CVE-2020-15437 (GCVE-0-2020-15437)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-23 20:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:15
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
openEuler CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/21/80 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a linux kernel Affected: 5.7 (verified), possibly others 4.18
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