CVE-2017-14340

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14340
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-15 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-12-07 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE macro in fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h in the Linux kernel before 4.13.2 does not verify that a filesystem has a realtime device, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via vectors related to setting an RHINHERIT flag on a directory.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-14340 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.2 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
1491344 – (CVE-2017-14340) CVE-2017-14340 kernel: xfs: unprivileged user kernel oops CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
xfs: XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE() should be false if no rt device present · torvalds/linux@b31ff3c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3981-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE-2017-14340: Linux kernel: xfs: unprivileged user kernel oops CONFIRM seclists.org Mailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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