CVE-2018-1093

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1093
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-02 03:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-08-29 10:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ext4_valid_block_bitmap function in fs/ext4/balloc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image because balloc.c and ialloc.c do not validate bitmap block numbers.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4188-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-3676-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3752-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
199181 – Out-of-bound access in ext4_valid_block_bitmap when mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 image MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Issue Tracking
USN-3752-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3676-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
oss-security - a number of CVEs for issues in the filesystem's code in the Linux kernel MISC openwall.com Mailing List
[SECURITY] [DLA 1392-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
USN-3752-3: Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3754-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git - Ext4 filesystem tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch
1560782 – (CVE-2018-1093) CVE-2018-1093 kernel: Out of bounds read in ext4/balloc.c:ext4_valid_block_bitmap() causes crash with crafted ext4 image MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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