Heap-based Buffer Overflow The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package linux-gcp-6.18 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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- published10 Jan 2026
- disclosed16 Jul 2018
Introduced: 16 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-10840 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Chainguard security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Chainguard:latest.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-gcp-6.18 package and not the linux-gcp-6.18 package as distributed by Chainguard.
Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10840
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1582346
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104858
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0162
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10840
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/