CVE-2018-14617
An 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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 4.17.10.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 9.0 | 9.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.html
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