NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13

CVE-2017-18241 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

fs/f2fs/segment.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) by using a noflush_merge option that triggers a NULL value for a flush_cmd_control data structure.

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