CVE-2018-14609
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.1AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 2.69%• Percentile: 85%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference
The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.
Affected Systems
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
14.04 | 16.04
- debian•linux
< 4.18.8-1 | < 4.18.8-1 | < 4.18.8-1 | < 4.18.8-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 4.4.0-139.165 | < 4.15.0-58.64
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1034.37 | < 4.4.0-1072.82 | < 4.15.0-1047.49
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
< 4.15.0-2018.18 | all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-hwe
< 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
< 4.15.0-1059.64~14.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1055.60 | < 4.18.0-1011.11~18.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
< 4.15.0-2006.7 | all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1008.10
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
< 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-gke-4.15
< 4.15.0-1040.42
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1037.43 | < 4.15.0-1042.42
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-139.165~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-oem
< 4.15.0-1050.57
- ubuntu•linux-oracle
< 4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1 | < 4.15.0-1021.23
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1100.108 | < 4.15.0-1043.46 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1104.109 | < 4.15.0-1060.66
- debian•debian_linux
8.0 | 9.0
- linux•linux_kernel
≤ 4.17.10
References (16)
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500521/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199833
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14609
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3821-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3821-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14609
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14609