Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <4.12.14-25.13.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELDOCS-2760214
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2018

Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-10883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 kernel-docs to version 4.12.14-25.13.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs 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.