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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…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 36%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.42% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3083 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f02 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4187 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/103423 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3096 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4163-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /4163-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred

Sources

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