CVE-2018-14617

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14617
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-08-13 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1531-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[PATCH v2] hfsplus: fix NULL dereference in hfsplus_lookup() — Linux Filesystem Development MISC www.spinics.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
200297 – Kernel panic in hfsplus_lookup() when open a file in a corrupted hfs+ filesystem MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3821-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3821-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4308-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 671064 EulerOS Security Update for kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)
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