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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18216 Moderate

UBUNTU-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 Not scored
Published March 5, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

81 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

40 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

19 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

139 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws

19 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-3798-2

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence