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SUSE: CVE-2017-18079: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-18079: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/29/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/14/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-ec2-extra

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0437-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0525-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0555-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0660-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0841-1
  • 102895
  • USN-3655-1
  • USN-3655-2
  • CVE-2017-18079
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