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LIN1018-6918 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2020-15437

Created: Nov 23, 2020    Updated: Jan 17, 2021
Resolved Date: Jan 4, 2021
Found In Version: 10.18.44.1
Fix Version: 10.18.44.21
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18
Component/s: Kernel

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2020-15437|https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15437]

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