CVE-2018-20836 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2018-20836

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20....

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux kernel, ubuntu linux, debian linux, traffix signaling delivery controller, active iq unified manager, snapprotect, solidfire \& hci management node, solidfire \& hci storage node, storage replication adapter for clustered data ontap, vasa provider for clustered data ontap, virtual storage console, hci compute node, leap
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 3.17, 3.19, 4.5, 4.10, 4.15, 16.04, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0, 5.0.0, 5.1.0, 9.5, 7.2, 15.0, 15.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 7th, 2019
Last Modified: August 5th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.