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CVE-2017-18257 (GCVE-0-2017-18257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-04-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
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Summary
The __get_data_block function in fs/f2fs/data.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and loop) via crafted use of the open and fallocate system calls with an FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b86e3307… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2018-04-04 00:00
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