Unimac MDIO Probe Function Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability

CVE-2018-8043 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

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