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CVE-2018-20976

Published: 18 August 2019

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the XFS file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle mount failures in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-65.74)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-10.11)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-13.14)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-9.12)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-165.193)
Patches:
Introduced by

8daaa83145ef1f0a146680618328dbbd0fa76939

Fixed by c9fbd7bbc23dbdd73364be4d045e5d3612cf6e82
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1051.53)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1004.4)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1095.106)
linux-aws-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1021.24~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1051.53~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.18.0-1011.11~18.04.1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1003.3)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1004.4)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1006.6)
trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1060.65)
linux-azure-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1007.8~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.18.0-1011.11~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1060.65)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1020.20~18.04.1)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1004.4)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1046.49)
linux-gcp-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1008.9~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (5.0.0-1020.20~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-4.15
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1045.48)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1011.11~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-65.74~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-15.16~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-65.74~16.04.1)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1047.47)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1003.3)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1004.4)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1059.66)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-lts-xenial
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1057.66)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan
Released (4.15.0-1057.66)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-oem-5.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1002.4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem-osp1
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.11)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.11)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.11)
focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1026.29)
disco
Released (5.0.0-1004.8)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1002.2)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1005.5)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1026.29~16.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1007.12~18.04.1)
disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oracle-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1011.12~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1048.52)
disco Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1005.7)
eoan Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1006.6)
focal Not vulnerable
(5.4.0-1004.4)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1123.132)
linux-raspi2-5.3
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.3.0-1017.19~18.04.1)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial Does not exist

linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1065.72)
disco Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-1010.10)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.18~rc1)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1127.135)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H