NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-tools-libs package, versions *
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0.06% (28th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-KERNELTOOLSLIBS-1981529
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 3 Jul 2017
Introduced: 3 Jul 2017
CVE-2017-18079 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7 kernel-tools-libs.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs package and not the kernel-tools-libs package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102895
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/340d394a789518018f834ff70f7534fc463d3226
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.4
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18079
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/
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