CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-7757

Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file.

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

5.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103348 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-03-08 02:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-7757

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7757

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-772