CVE-2018-10840

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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VIR risk

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Description

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.17.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.17.3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.17.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.17.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.17.3-1`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10840.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10840

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.