CVE-2017-18550

Description

An issue was discovered in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13. There is potential exposure of kernel stack memory because aac_get_hba_info does not initialize the hbainfo structure.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory kernel.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=342ffc26693b528648bdc9377e51e4f2450b4860 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-18550?
CVE-2017-18550 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-18550?
To fix CVE-2017-18550, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-18550 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-18550 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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