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Debian: CVE-2018-14609: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-14609: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/27/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/02/2018
Modified
07/07/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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