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Bug 1559318 - (CVE-2017-18241) CVE-2017-18241 kernel: Null pointer dereference in fs/f2fs/segment.c via mounting fs with noflush_merge option allows local denial of service
CVE-2017-18241 kernel: Null pointer dereference in fs/f2fs/segment.c via moun...
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170601,repor...
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Blocks: 1559320
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Reported: 2018-03-22 05:47 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2018-03-26 14:50 EDT (History)
45 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: kernel 4.13
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fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel 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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Last Closed: 2018-03-22 07:07:02 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-03-22 05:47:29 EDT
fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel 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.

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4fdf8ba0e5808ba9ad6b44337783bd9935e0982

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