Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18241
CVE-2017-18241
Description
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.
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Affected products
39- osv-coords38 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3
< 4.4.121-92.85.1+ 37 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-94.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.121-92.85.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.138-3.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d4fdf8ba0e5808ba9ad6b44337783bd9935e0982nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3910-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3910-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvdThird Party Advisory
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