SB2018032011 - Fedora 26 update for kernel
Published: March 20, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032011
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18232)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation due to mishandling of a mutex within libsas. A local attacker can trigger certain error-handling code and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.