NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004890
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12928  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. In the Linux kernel 4.15.0, a NULL pointer dereference was discovered in hfs_ext_read_extent in hfs.ko. This can occur during a mount of a crafted hfs filesystem.

CVSS Scores

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