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Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-13095: ELSA-2019-2029: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 3, 2018
Added
Aug 15, 2019
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. A denial of service (memory corruption and BUG) can occur for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents than fit in the inode fork.
An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel. A denial of service due to the NULL pointer dereference can occur for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents than fit in the inode fork.

Solution

oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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