PT-2018-6767
CVE-2017-18241
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Published
2017-09-14
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Updated
2019-03-18
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13
Description:
The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and panic. This occurs when using a noflush merge option that triggers a NULL value for a
flush cmd control data structure.Recommendations:
For versions prior to 4.13, update to version 4.13 or later to resolve the issue.
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