Vulnerability CVE-2018-10879
Published: 2018-07-26

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.

Type:

CWE-416

 (Use After Free)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.1/10
8.5/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
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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