CVE-2017-18216
Moderate
CVE-2017-18216
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.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
March 5, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-18216
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=853bc26a7ea39e354b9f8889ae7ad1492ffa28d2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103278
- 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