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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-18360: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-18360: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/31/2019
Created
08/29/2019
Added
08/28/2019
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

In change_port_settings in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3, local users could cause a denial of service by division-by-zero in the serial device layer by trying to set very high baud rates.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

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