CVE-2018-14613 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted btrfs image, triggering an invalid pointer dereference in the Linux kernel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2018-14613?

CVE-2018-14613 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in io_ctl_map_page() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of block group item validation in check_leaf_item in fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14613?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-14613?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2018-14613 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14613 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14613, GHSA-m46q-jh97-xm5g, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14613.

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