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CVE-2017-18079
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-01-29T05:29:00.260 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:09.990

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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