CVE-2020-15437

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15437
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-15437.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-15437
Related
Published
2020-11-23T21:15:11Z
Modified
2024-09-11T02:00:05Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The Linux kernel before version 5.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250core.c:serial8250isainitports() that allows local users to cause a denial of service by using the p->serial_in pointer which uninitialized.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.17-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.17-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.17-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}