SB2018010421 - Denial of service in Linux Kernel
Published: January 4, 2018 Updated: March 12, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018010421
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7757)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c source code in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function due to memory leak. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.