Race Condition Affecting kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_25-default package, versions <1-1.3.1
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed31 Oct 2018
Introduced: 31 Oct 2018
CVE-2017-18224 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_25-default to version 1-1.3.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_25-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-4_12_14-25_25-default package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel before 4.15, fs/ocfs2/aops.c omits use of a semaphore and consequently has a race condition for access to the extent tree during read operations in DIRECT mode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by modifying a certain e_cpos field.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18224.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1084831
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e4c56d41eef5595035872a2ec5a483f42e8917f
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103353
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e4c56d41eef5595035872a2ec5a483f42e8917f
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188