CVE-2018-14611

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-14611
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-27 04:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-06-10 13:15:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of chunk type flag checks in btrfs_check_chunk_valid in fs/btrfs/volumes.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3932-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
199839 – use-after-free in try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs image MISC bugzilla.kernel.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3932-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[v2] btrfs: Add chunk type check in read a chunk - Patchwork MISC patchwork.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2241-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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