#VU11837 Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-10021
Published: April 16, 2018 / Updated: April 16, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11837
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10021
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of analog telephone adapter (ATA) device commands by the drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c source code file. A local attacker can execute ATA device commands to trigger certain failure conditions, trigger an ata qc leak and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 4.16.