CVE-2018-20836

NameCVE-2018-20836
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1884-1, DLA-1885-1, DSA-4495-1, DSA-4497-1, ELA-156-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.16.84-1fixed
stretch (security)4.9.320-2fixed
stretch (lts), stretch4.9.320-3fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)4.19.316-1fixed
bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.112-1fixed
trixie6.11.7-1fixed
sid6.11.9-1fixed
linux-4.9 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.9.303-1~deb8u3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
linuxsourcejessie3.16.72-1DLA-1884-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.168-1+deb9u5DSA-4497-1
linuxsourcebuster4.19.37-5+deb10u2DSA-4495-1
linuxsource(unstable)5.2.6-1
linux-4.9sourcejessie4.9.168-1+deb9u5~deb8u1DLA-1885-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/b90cd6f2b905905fb42671009dc0e27c310a16ae

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