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Debian: CVE-2018-20836: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-20836: linux -- security update

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/07/2019
Created
08/15/2019
Added
08/14/2019
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. There is a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c, leading to a use-after-free.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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