CVE-2017-18232

The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-03-15

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103423
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187