First published: Tue Jul 03 2018(Updated: )
An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inline.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4. A denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which an inline inode contains an invalid reserved blkaddr.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Linux Kernel | <=4.4 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian GNU/Linux | =9.0 | |
openSUSE | =42.3 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
debian/linux | 5.10.223-1 5.10.226-1 6.1.123-1 6.1.119-1 6.12.11-1 6.12.12-1 |
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CVE-2018-13099 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability due to out-of-bounds memory access in the Linux kernel.
To fix CVE-2018-13099, upgrade to the secure versions listed, such as 5.10.223-1 or 6.1.123-1, among others.
CVE-2018-13099 affects Linux kernel versions up to and including 4.4.
CVE-2018-13099 impacts systems running modified f2fs filesystem images in Linux distributions such as Debian, Ubuntu, and openSUSE.
Exploiting CVE-2018-13099 can lead to a denial of service condition where the system may become unresponsive.