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CVE-2018-10879
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.2
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-26T18:29:00.370 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:49.667

Summary

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image.

Affected products

canonical — ubuntu_linux

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