CVE-2017-18232

kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 8, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE-833 · Deadlock