CVE-2018-13099
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 3, 2018 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:38 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsLinux KernelDebian LinuxUbuntu Linux
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inline.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4. A denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which an inline inode contains an invalid reserved blkaddr.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=3bfe2049c222b23342ff2a216cd5a869e8a14897
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dbe38dc386910c668c75ae616b99b823b59f3eb
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/52
- https://sourceforge.net/p/linux-f2fs/mailman/message/36356878/
References (15)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-10/msg00033.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151420/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200179x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=3bfe2049c222b23342ff2a216cd5a869e8a14897x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dbe38dc386910c668c75ae616b99b823b59f3ebMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Oct/4CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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