CVE-2013-1774

The chase_port function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an attempted /dev/ttyUSB read or write operation on a disconnected Edgeport USB serial converter.

Date published : 2013-02-28

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=1ee0a224bc9aad1de496c795f96bc6ba2c394811

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.4