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CVE-2018-10840
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-16T20:29:00.377 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:44.487

Summary

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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