CVE-2018-14617

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    CVE-2018-14617

    Published: 27 Jul 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200297, https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-fsdevel/msg130021.html

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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