CVE-2017-18232
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.
Find out more about CVE-2017-18232 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Physical |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) (kernel-rt) | RHSA-2018:3096 | 2018-10-30 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (kernel) | RHSA-2018:3083 | 2018-10-30 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | realtime-kernel | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Not affected |