VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-10883
A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.53%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.53%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.53% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10883Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8bc1379b82b8e809eef77a9fedbb75c6c297be19Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e09463f220ca9a1a1ecfda84fcda658f99a1f12aPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10883Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8bc1379b82b8e809eef77a9fedbb75c6c297be19Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e09463f220ca9a1a1ecfda84fcda658f99a1f12aPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K94735334?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3879-2/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.