CVE-2017-18257 Information

Description

The __get_data_block function in fs/f2fs/data.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and loop) via crafted use of the open and fallocate system calls with an FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b86e33075ed1909d8002745b56ecf73b833db143 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b86e33075ed1909d8002745b56ecf73b833db143 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

5.5