CVE-2018-7757

NameCVE-2018-7757
DescriptionMemory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1369-1, DSA-4187-1, DSA-4188-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
sid, trixie6.11.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.101-1DLA-1369-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.56-1DSA-4187-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.88-1DSA-4188-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.15.17-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/4a491b1ab11ca0556d2fda1ff1301e862a2d44c4 (4.16-rc1)

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