Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18216
CVE-2017-18216
Description
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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Affected products
2- Range: <4.15
Patches
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References
10- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/853bc26a7ea39e354b9f8889ae7ad1492ffa28d2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103278nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.htmlnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3798-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3798-2/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvd
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