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Debian: CVE-2018-14722: btrfsmaintenance -- security update

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Aug 15, 2018

Added

Jul 30, 2024

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in evaluate_auto_mountpoint in btrfsmaintenance-functions in btrfsmaintenance through 0.4.1. Code execution as root can occur via a specially crafted filesystem label if btrfs-{scrub,balance,trim} are set to auto in /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance (this is not the default, though).

Solution

debian-upgrade-btrfsmaintenance

References

CVE-2018-14722
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-14722
EUVD-EUVD-2018-6611
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-6611

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