CVE-2017-18224

kernel: race condition due to concurrent access to extent tree in fs/ocfs2/aops.c

Published Mar 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4188-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9356 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 9:13 PM
Reserved
Mar 11, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 12, 2018, 3:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:12 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 15, 2017, 12:00 AM