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CVE-2017-18204

medium

Description

The ocfs2_setattr function in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via DIO requests.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/28f5a8a7c033cbf3e32277f4cc9c6afd74f05300

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103183

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-9337

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=28f5a8a7c033cbf3e32277f4cc9c6afd74f05300

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00452