Use After Free Affecting kernel-vanilla-base package, versions <4.12.14-25.13.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-KERNELVANILLABASE-2762418
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Aug 2018

Introduced: 16 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-10876  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-vanilla-base package and not the kernel-vanilla-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in Linux kernel in the ext4 filesystem code. A use-after-free is possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image.