CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-10879

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-07-26 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-26
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.2 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.1 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Affected configurations

• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04 • linux linux kernel (< 4.17.6) • debian debian linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References