vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-18079: ELSA-2019-4315: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 3, 2017
Added
Jan 4, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of i8042 serial ports. An attacker could cause a kernel panic if they are able to add and remove devices as the module is loaded.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek
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