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CVE-2017-18224

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18224 describes a race condition in the Linux kernel's OCFS2 filesystem, specifically affecting versions prior to 4.15. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (BUG) by manipulating the e_cpos field during direct mode read operations. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.7), it requires local access and has high impact on availability, but is difficult to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18224Moderate

kernel: race condition due to concurrent access to extent tree in fs/ocfs2/aops.c

Nov 15, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/3e4c56d41eef5595035872a2ec5a483f42e8917f
PatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4188
securityfocus.com / bid/103353
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry