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CVE-2017-18204
The ocfs2_setattr function in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock)…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.45%
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- mitre
Description
The ocfs2_setattr function in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via DIO requests.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- USN-3617-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3619-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3617-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/28f5a8a7c033cbf3e32277f4cc9c6afd74f05300 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3655-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=28f5a8a7c033cbf3e32277f4cc9c6afd74f05300 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-3655-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3617-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 103183 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3619-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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