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K11225249 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-20836

2019-07-1200:00:00
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AI Score

7.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.01

Percentile

83.8%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2018-20836)

Impact

An attacker can exploit this issue to cause denial of service (DoS) and run arbitrary code.