Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions <0:3.10.0-957.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-4828952
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 14 Jun 2018
Introduced: 14 Jun 2018
CVE-2018-10883 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-bootwrapper to version 0:3.10.0-957.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:3083.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10883
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8bc1379b82b8e809eef77a9fedbb75c6c297be19
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e09463f220ca9a1a1ecfda84fcda658f99a1f12a
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10883
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- 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://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596846
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS