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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1531-1 linux-4.9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4308-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-6524 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3821-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3821-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4094-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4118-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00371}

epss

{'score': 0.00258}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:29:51.972Z

Reserved: 2018-07-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-14617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-27T04:29:00.627

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:25.840

Link: CVE-2018-14617

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-06-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14617 - Bugzilla

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