CVEs-PoC/2017/CVE-2017-18224.md

### [CVE-2017-18224](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-18224)
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### Description

In the Linux kernel before 4.15, fs/ocfs2/aops.c omits use of a semaphore and consequently has a race condition for access to the extent tree during read operations in DIRECT mode, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by modifying a certain e_cpos field.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon