CVE-2017-18079

kernel: Null pointer dereference in drivers/input/serio/i8042.c leading to denial-of-service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 3, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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.

Statement

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, its real-time kernel and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. At this time there are no plans to fix this issue.

This issue does not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for ARM 64 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 9 LE.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference