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CVE-2018-10879 Detail

Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/ Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/ Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001 Exploit  Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-416 Use After Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-10879
NVD Published Date:
07/26/2018
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.