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CVE-2017-18204

Publication date 27 February 2018

Last updated 4 October 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

The ocfs2_setattr function in fs/ocfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via DIO requests.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the OCFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel deadlock).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 4.13.0-38.43
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-119.143
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.13.0-149.199
linux-aws 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1054.63
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-1016.16
linux-aws-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-1014.17
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fde-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-bluefield 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1008.10
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-1012.16
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gkeop-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needed
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ibm-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iot-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-iot 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1020.25
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-quantal 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-raring 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-saucy 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
linux-lts-wily 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-119.143~14.04.1
linux-maguro 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-nvidia-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.13.0-1022.24
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-6.8 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 4.13.0-1016.17
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1086.94
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by Ubuntu Pro ppa version
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 4.4.0-1088.93
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1088.93
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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    • USN-3619-1
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    • USN-3617-3
    • Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
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    • USN-3617-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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    • USN-3617-2
    • Linux (HWE) vulnerabilities
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    • USN-3655-2
    • Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 22 May 2018

Other references