Out-of-bounds Read Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1
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- published27 Jul 2018
- disclosed27 Jul 2018
Introduced: 27 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-14610 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.144-3.1~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.
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is out-of-bounds access in write_extent_buffer() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of verification that each block group has a corresponding chunk at mount time, within btrfs_read_block_groups in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14610
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199837
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10503415/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00013.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/