Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-18193
Published: March 19, 2018 / Updated: March 19, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11165
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18193
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c source code due to improper handling of extent trees. A local attacker can use an application with multiple threads, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c source code due to improper handling of extent trees. A local attacker can use an application with multiple threads, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-18193
Update to version 4.13.