CVE-2018-7757 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.10

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CVE-2018-7757 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.10

Linux kernel source tree

Library home page: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: adc86a86e0ac98007fd3af905bc71e9f29c1502c

Found in base branch: xsentinel-1.7-experimental

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

android_kernel_samsung_j7elte/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
android_kernel_samsung_j7elte/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c

Vulnerability Details

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.

Publish Date: 2018-03-08

URL: CVE-2018-7757

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7757

Release Date: 2018-03-08

Fix Resolution: v4.16-rc1

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