CVE-2018-14609 (GCVE-0-2018-14609)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-27 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:29
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Summary
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500521/ x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199833 x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2018-07-26 00:00
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