CVE-2018-20976
High
CVE-2018-20976
An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18. A use after free exists, related to xfs_fs_fill_super failure.
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
August 19, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-20976
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An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18. A use after free exists, related to xfs_fs_fill_super failure.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00066.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0178
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0661
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c9fbd7bbc23dbdd73364be4d045e5d3612cf6e82
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K10269585?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4144-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4145-1/