Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.17.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004503
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed26 Jul 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-10879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.17.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free. A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

CVSS Base Scores

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