Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-18224): linux-hwe vulnerability
2
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
03/12/2018
11/21/2024
11/19/2024
11/27/2024
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)
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-azure
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcp
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-hwe
- ubuntu-upgrade-linux-hwe-edge
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