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Medium
CVE-2018-10879
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem....
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 26th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H