CVE-2017-18204: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.14.2 (fixed in 4.14.2)

Published 2018-02-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.