Intel SSD Data Center for SATA exploitable via SATA abuse

Excerpting Intel Security advisory:

Potential vulnerability in Intel® SSD Data Center Family for SATA
Intel ID: INTEL-SA-00050
Product family: Intel® SSD Data Center Family for SATA
Impact of vulnerability: Denial of Service
Severity rating: Important
Original release: Mar 15, 2016

If the Intel SSD Data Center Family for SATA product receives certain commands that violate the SATA protocol, the drive may stop responding to host commands and, in that event, user data will be inaccessible. The Intel SSD Data Center Family for SATA product series was designed to the ATA-ACS specification. If the Intel SSD Data Center Family for SATA product receives certain commands that violate the SATA protocol, the drive may stop responding to host commands and, in that event, user data will be inaccessible. There is no risk of data corruption as a result of this issue. Platforms with a host implementation that complies with the SATA protocol are not at risk for this issue. Intel recommends that customers with affected product should download and apply the mitigated firmware version using the Intel® Solid State Drive Data Center Tool, which is available from the Intel Download Center (https://downloadcenter.intel.com).

https://security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx?intelid=INTEL-SA-00050&languageid=en-fr
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23931/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Data-Center-Tool