CVE-2018-10878

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10878

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10878.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.17.3-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.17.3-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.17.3-1
debian debiansidfixed4.17.3-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.17.3-1

References

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