CVE-2018-12233

CVE-2018-12233 is a memory-corruption flaw in the Linux kernel’s JFS implementation (fs/jfs/xattr.c) that can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. The issue stems from an incorrect kmalloc leading to slab-out-of-bounds in jfs_xattr a...

CVE-2018-12233

In the eaget function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to creat...

CVE-2018-12233

In the eaget function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to creat...

CVE-2018-12233

In the eaget function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to creat...

CVE-2018-12233: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

In the eaget function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to creat...

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12233

In the eaget function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to creat...

PT-2018-11064 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions through 4.17.1 Description: A memory corruption bug in JFS can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This issue can be triggered by an unprivileged user with...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-maverick vulnerabilities (USN-1083-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Nelson Elhage discovered several problems with the Acorn Econet protocol driver. A local user could cause a denial of service...

openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0895-2)

This security update of the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 GA kernel updates the kernel to 2.6.27.54 and fixes various security issues and other bugs. Following security issues were fixed: CVE-2010-3310: Multiple integer signedness errors in net/rose/afrose.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to...

USN-1074-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. CVE-2009-4895 Dan Rosenberg discovered that the MOVEEXT ext4 ioctl did not correctly check file permissions. A local attacker could overwrite append-only...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : linux, linux-ec2, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-1000-1)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

USN-1000-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Dan Rosenberg discovered that the RDS network protocol did not correctly check certain parameters. A local attacker could exploit this gain root privileges. CVE-2010-3904 Al Viro discovered a race condition in the TTY driver. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a...

CVE-2010-2946

fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.2 does not properly handle a certain legacy format for storage of extended attributes, which might allow local users by bypass intended xattr namespace restrictions via an "os2." substring at the beginning of a name...

CVE-2010-2946: Improper Input Validation

fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35.2 does not properly handle a certain legacy format for storage of extended attributes, which might allow local users by bypass intended xattr namespace restrictions via an "os2." substring at the beginning of a name...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_28428

mmap/fork io,VM-JFS ddlock,thrd prf,usr lim %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26388; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_26794

JFS;stickybit;quota access;vxmaxlink tune %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26364; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

HP-UX Security Patch : PHKL_27278

mmap io,VM-JFS ddlock,thread perf,user limit %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. if !definedfunc"bnrandom" exit0; include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if description scriptid26371; scriptversion"1.8"; scriptsetattributeattribute:"pluginmodificationdate",...

CentOS 3 : kernel (CESA-2005:293)

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 kernel are now available. This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating syste...

Ubuntu 4.10 : linux-source-2.6.8.1 vulnerabilities (USN-110-1)

Alexander Nyberg discovered an integer overflow in the sysfswritefile function. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the kernel or possibly even execute arbitrary code with root privileges by writing to an user-writable file in /sys under certain low-memory conditions. However, there are...

security flaw

The JFS file system code in Linux 2.4.x has an information leak in which in-memory data is written to the device for the JFS file system, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the raw device...