NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-1062.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.73% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PERF-2138545
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed12 Apr 2018

Introduced: 12 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-13093  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-1062.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occurs because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during allocation.