NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions <0:4.18.0-305.el8
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PERF-3973749
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 21 Jul 2020
Introduced: 21 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15437 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 perf to version 0:4.18.0-305.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1578.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The Linux kernel before version 5.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:serial8250_isa_init_ports() that allows local users to cause a denial of service by using the p->serial_in pointer which uninitialized.
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