CVE-2017-18216

Description

In fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c in the Linux kernel before 4.15, local users can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) because a required mutex is not used.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=853bc26a7ea39e354b9f8889ae7ad1492ffa28d2

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/853bc26a7ea39e354b9f8889ae7ad1492ffa28d2

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3