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SUSE: CVE-2017-18224: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-18224: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/11/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
11/08/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cluster-md-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-dlm-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-gfs2-kmp-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure
  • suse-upgrade-ocfs2-kmp-default

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:3589-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3593-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3934-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3961-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:4069-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:4072-1
  • 103353
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2017-18224
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