Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-14617

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory.

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Affected products

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Range: <=4.17.10
osv-coords118 versions
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Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.htmlnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/nvd

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