Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18232
CVE-2017-18232
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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Affected products
2- Range: <=4.15.9
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103423nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187nvd
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