CVE-2018-10021

Red Hat statement

This issue has been fully addressed with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and later, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. As a result, no versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and 9 are currently affected by this vulnerability. Furthermore, Red Hat Product Security does not classify this as a security vulnerability. Given that the relevance of this vulnerability has been disputed by a third party vendors. The argument is that the issue can only be triggered under very specific conditions—namely, by physically proximate attackers who manually unplug SAS Host Bus Adapter cables. As a result, the vulnerability is not considered a significant security risk, since it requires direct physical access and cannot be exploited remotely. Given these constraints, this flaw is not classified as a security vulnerability, but rather a system reliability issue in highly specific, physical environments.

Red Hat mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.