CVE-2018-7757

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.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2018-03-08 14:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 00:03


NVD link : CVE-2018-7757

Mitre link : CVE-2018-7757

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-7757


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime