CVE-2018-11412
Moderate
CVE-2018-11412
In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.
Exploit probability
16.2%
Published
May 24, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-11412
View original source
In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104291
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0525
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1580
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199803
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44832/