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CVE-2018-7757 Detail

Description

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-7757
NVD Published Date:
03/08/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE