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CVE-2017-18232

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Description

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.

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103423

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-03-15

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00075

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