CVE-2018-10879
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.9%
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
- [UNKNOWN] · kernel
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.0 REDHAT
- 4.2 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 6.1 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C - EPSS
- 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile
- Published
- 2018-07-26
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
Security advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d7385…
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c88…
- 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.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879
- 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