CVE-2018-20836 Information

Description

An 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00025.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108196 https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b90cd6f2b905905fb42671009dc0e27c310a16ae https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b90cd6f2b905905fb42671009dc0e27c310a16ae https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00016.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/13 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0003/ https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K11225249 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4076-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4495 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.1