CVE

CVE-2018-14617

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.

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

5.5

Published

Jul 27, 2018

Modified

Jun 17, 2026