CVE-2018-13098

Description

An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. A denial of service (slab out-of-bounds read and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which FI_EXTRA_ATTR is set in an inode.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.32%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200173 third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/ vendor advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=76d56d4ab4f2a9e4f085c7d77172194ddaccf7d2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-13098?
CVE-2018-13098 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-13098?
To fix CVE-2018-13098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-13098 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-13098 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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