Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006691
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Jun 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12929  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (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 Use After Free ntfs_read_locked_inode in the ntfs.ko filesystem driver in the Linux kernel 4.15.0 allows attackers to trigger a use-after-free read and possibly cause a denial of service (kernel oops or panic) via a crafted ntfs filesystem.

CVSS Base Scores

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