Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-default-man package, versions <4.12.14-25.13.1
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed16 Aug 2018
Introduced: 16 Aug 2018
CVE-2018-10883 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-default-man to version 4.12.14-25.13.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-man package and not the kernel-default-man package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10883.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1087082
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099863
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10883
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1596846
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- 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/