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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-18232: ELSA-2018-3083: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-18232: ELSA-2018-3083: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/08/2017
Created
05/08/2019
Added
11/06/2018
Modified
11/29/2024

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. 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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

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