CVE-2018-10881

low-risk
Published 2018-07-26

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info function, a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.2/10 Medium
PHYSICAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (10)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Linux Canonical

References (30)

Patch http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/929792/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104901
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
Exploit https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200015
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10881
Patch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6e...
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3753-2/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
Patch http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/929792/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104901
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
and 10 more references
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low-risk
Severity 11/34 · Low
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 16/34 · Moderate