Riskcovery

CVE-2020-15437

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Nov 23, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Jun 30, 2020

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Description

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux kerneln/a
  • 5.7 (verified), possibly others 4.18Affected

References

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