CVE-2018-10879
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 16.04 | 16.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 18.04 | 18.04.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 4.17.6 |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
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