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NTAP-20181003-0002 — CVE-2018-5391 Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability in NetApp Products
Published 2018-10-03 · Updated 2022-01-14 · Status: Final · Exploitation: Public
Official advisory: NTAP-20181003-0002 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.
CVEs in this advisory
Affected products
- AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A700s
- Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
- Data ONTAP Edge
- E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x
- FAS/AFF Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - A320/C190/A220/FAS2720/FAS2750/A800
- NetApp Cloud Backup (formerly AltaVault)
- NetApp HCI Compute Node (Bootstrap OS)
- NetApp SolidFire, Enterprise SDS & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
- NetApp VASA Provider for Clustered Data ONTAP 9.7 and above
- SnapProtect
- Storage Replication Adapter for Clustered Data ONTAP for VMware vSphere 9.7 and above
- StorageGRID (formerly StorageGRID Webscale)
What to do
- Check your ONTAP versions against the official advisory's affected-versions table.
- If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
- If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Related reading
- Common ONTAP problems (FAQ) — plain-language symptoms and fixes
- ONTAP security hardening — baseline lockdown guidance
- Ransomware protection on ONTAP — SnapLock, SnapMirror vaulting, Anomaly Detection
- ONTAP error messages index — EMS/WAFL/NFS/SnapMirror messages