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CVE-2017-18224
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-03-12T03:29:00.260 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:12:25.847

Summary

In the Linux kernel before 4.15, fs/ocfs2/aops.c omits use of a semaphore and consequently has a race condition for access to the extent tree during read operations in DIRECT mode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by modifying a certain e_cpos field.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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