CVE-2018-10879

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    CVE-2018-10879

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-1/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104902, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-3/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-5/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3871-4/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948, https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200001, http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928666/, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=513f86d73855ce556ea9522b6bfd79f87356dc3a, http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/928667/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10879, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5369a762c882c0b6e9599e4ebbb3a9ba9eee7e2d

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