CVE-2018-20836

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20836
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-07 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-03 02:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. There is a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c, leading to a use-after-free.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller 5.0.0 All All All
Application F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller 5.1.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Hardware Netapp Hci Compute Node - All All All
Application Netapp Snapprotect - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Management Node - All All All
Application Netapp Solidfire Hci Storage Node - All All All
Application Netapp Storage Replication Adapter For Clustered Data Ontap - All All All
Application Netapp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap All All All All
Application Netapp Virtual Storage Console All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
scsi: libsas: fix a race condition when smp task timeout · torvalds/linux@b90cd6f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4495-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
support.f5.com/csp/article/K11225249 CONFIRM support.f5.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4497-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1716-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4495-1] linux security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
USN-4076-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1757-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Linux Kernel CVE-2018-20836 Race Condition Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
May 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4497-1] linux security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1884-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1885-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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