CVE-2017-18232
Public on 2018-03-15
Modified on 2020-08-24
Description
The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a mutex within libsas. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2018-04-19 | ALAS-2018-993 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | kernel | 2020-08-18 | ALAS2-2020-1480 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |