CVE-2017-18216: Linux Kernel

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

In fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c in the Linux kernel before 4.15, local users can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) because a required mutex is not used.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.15 (fixed in 4.15)

Published 2018-03-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.