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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10879: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10879: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
07/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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