CVE-2018-11412

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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Description

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11412

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11412.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.17.3-1`
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`

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11412.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11412

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