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CVE-2018-10879: Use After Free

First published: Fri Jun 29 2018(Updated: )

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and so a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact by when renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image. References: <a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001">https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001</a> Upstream patches: <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d</a> <a href="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a">https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a</a>

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Linux Linux kernel<4.17.6
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Google Android
debian/linux
5.10.223-1
5.10.226-1
6.1.106-3
6.1.112-1
6.11.4-1
6.11.5-1

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