Use After Free Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.110-1~deb8u1
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- published11 Jul 2018
- disclosed26 Jul 2018
Introduced: 11 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-10879 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.110-1~deb8u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10879
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902
- 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/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596806