Bug 1565455 (CVE-2017-18257) - CVE-2017-18257 kernel: Inifinite loop caused by integer overflow in fs/f2fs/data.c:__get_data_block() allows for denial of service
Summary: CVE-2017-18257 kernel: Inifinite loop caused by integer overflow in fs/f2fs/d...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-18257
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1565456
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Reported: 2018-04-10 04:32 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-02-17 00:32 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 4.11
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The Linux kernel was found to be vulnerable to an infinite loop cause by an integer overflow in the fs/f2fs/data.c:__get_data_block() function. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
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Last Closed: 2018-04-11 09:54:28 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-04-10 04:32:27 UTC 
The Linux kernel was found to be vulnerable to an infinite loop cause by an integer overflow in the fs/f2fs/data.c:__get_data_block() function. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service.

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b86e33075ed1909d8002745b56ecf73b833db143
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