UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18232

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CVE-2017-18232
Published: 15 Mar 2018, 04:29
Last modified:03 Jun 2026, 13:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Mar 2018, 04:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Jun 2026, 13:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    all | < 4.4.0-166.195

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 4.4.0-1056.60 | < 4.4.0-1096.107

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    < 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    < 4.4.0-1023.28 | all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    < 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    < 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-kvm

    < 4.4.0-1060.67

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial

    < 4.4.0-166.195~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    < 4.4.0-1124.133

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-snapdragon

    < 4.4.0-1128.136 | < 4.15.0-1053.57

References (5)