VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-14609
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.66%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.66% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 5.0% on 21 September 2026 to 2.7% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199833Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500521/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199833Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500521/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.