CVE-2017-18232 Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package, versions <0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed15 Mar 2018
Introduced: 15 Mar 2018
CVE-2017-18232 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 to version 0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1480.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103423
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18232
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0558f33c06bb910e2879e355192227a8e8f0219d
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4163-2/