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F5 Networks: K94735334 (CVE-2018-10883): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-10883

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F5 Networks: K94735334 (CVE-2018-10883): Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-10883

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/30/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
12/12/2019

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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