vulnerability
Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2019-19319: kernel: out-of-bounds write in ext4_xattr_set_entry in fs/ext4/xattr.c
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 27, 2019 | Mar 12, 2021 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 27, 2019
Added
Mar 12, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.2, a setxattr operation, after a mount of a crafted ext4 image, can cause a slab-out-of-bounds write access because of an ext4_xattr_set_entry use-after-free in fs/ext4/xattr.c when a large old_size value is used in a memset call, aka CID-345c0dbf3a30.
Solution
linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos
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