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CVE-2018-18690

Published: 26 October 2018

In the Linux kernel before 4.17, a local attacker able to set attributes on an xfs filesystem could make this filesystem non-operational until the next mount by triggering an unchecked error condition during an xfs attribute change, because xfs_attr_shortform_addname in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c mishandles ATTR_REPLACE operations with conversion of an attr from short to long form.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Kanda Motohiro discovered that writing extended attributes to an XFS file system in the Linux kernel in certain situations could cause an error condition to occur. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
linux
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-43.46)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.17.0-6.7)
trusty
Released (3.13.0-164.214)
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-141.167)
Patches:
Introduced by

1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2

Fixed by 7b38460dc8e4eafba06c78f8e37099d3b34d473c
linux-aws
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1031.33)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
trusty
Released (4.4.0-1037.40)
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1074.84)
linux-aws-hwe
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1031.33~16.04.1)
linux-oracle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
cosmic Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Not vulnerable
(4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1)
linux-azure
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1036.38)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1003.3)
trusty
Released (4.15.0-1036.38~14.04.2)
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1036.38~16.04.1)
linux-azure-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1036.38)
cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1036.38~16.04.1)
linux-euclid
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(was needs-triage ESM criteria)
linux-flo
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-gcp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1026.27)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.3)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-1026.27~16.04.1)
linux-gcp-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1004.5~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-gke
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
linux-goldfish
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(end of life)
linux-grouper
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

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

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-43.46~16.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(5.0.0-8.9~18.04.1)
cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.15.0-43.46~16.04.1)
linux-kvm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1028.28)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1002.2)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1039.45)
linux-lts-trusty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

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

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

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

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

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

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

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

cosmic Does not exist

trusty
Released (4.4.0-141.167~14.04.1)
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-maguro
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-mako
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(abandoned)
linux-manta
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [abandoned])
upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Does not exist

linux-oem
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1030.35)
cosmic
Released (4.15.0-1030.35)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial Ignored
(end of standard support, was needs-triage)
linux-raspi2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (4.15.0-1030.32)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4.18.0-1004.6)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1102.110)
linux-snapdragon
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (4.17~rc4)
xenial
Released (4.4.0-1106.111)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H