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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10882: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2018:2948)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-10882: Important: kernel-alt security, bug fix, and enhancement update (RHSA-2018:2948)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/27/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
02/14/2023

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound write in in fs/jbd2/transaction.c code, a denial of service, and a system crash by unmounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel

References

  • 106503
  • CVE-2018-10882
  • RHSA-2018:2948

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