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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10876: Moderate: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (RHSA-2019:0525)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10876: Moderate: kernel-alt security and bug fix update (RHSA-2019:0525)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
03/14/2019
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

A flaw was found in Linux kernel in the ext4 filesystem code. A use-after-free is possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel

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