Bug 1549586 (CVE-2017-18200) - CVE-2017-18200 kernel: mishandling reference counts associated with f2fs_wait_discard_bios calls allowing local attacker to cause denial of service
Summary: CVE-2017-18200 kernel: mishandling reference counts associated with f2fs_wait...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-18200
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1550580
Blocks: 1549588
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Reported: 2018-02-27 13:19 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:45 UTC (History)
45 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 4.14
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The f2fs implementation in the Linux kernel, before 4.14, mishandles reference counts associated with f2fs_wait_discard_bios calls. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG), as demonstrated by fstrim.
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Last Closed: 2018-03-01 14:22:45 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-02-27 13:19:12 UTC 
The f2fs implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.14 mishandles reference counts associated with f2fs_wait_discard_bios calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG), as demonstrated by fstrim.

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=638164a2718f337ea224b747cf5977ef143166a4
Comment 2 Vladis Dronov 2018-03-01 14:16:45 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1550580]
Comment 4 Vladis Dronov 2018-03-01 14:22:45 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, its real-time kernel, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for ARM 64 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 9 LE, as the code with the flaw is not built and shipped in the products listed.
Comment 5 Justin M. Forbes 2018-03-01 16:06:30 UTC 
This was fixed in 4.14 rebases for all Fedora releases.
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