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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.2 Medium

CVE-2018-10840

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

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

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.

Affected products

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kernel heap-based buffer overflow in fs/ext4/xattr.c

  • n/aaffected

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