CVE-2017-18241

fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by using a noflush_merge option that triggers a NULL value for a flush_cmd_control data structure.

Score

CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-03-21

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4fdf8ba0e5808ba9ad6b44337783bd9935e0982
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d4fdf8ba0e5808ba9ad6b44337783bd9935e0982
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188