cve/2017/CVE-2017-18079.md

### [CVE-2017-18079](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18079)
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### Description

drivers/input/serio/i8042.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact because the port->exists value can change after it is validated.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon