CVE-2018-10878 Information

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write and a denial of service or unspecified other impact is possible by mounting and operating a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/929237/ http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/929238/ https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199865 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10878 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=77260807d1170a8cf35dbb06e07461a655f67eee https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=819b23f1c501b17b9694325471789e6b5cc2d0d2 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8