5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.2%
The Linux kernel before 5.4.2 mishandles ext4_expand_extra_isize, as demonstrated by use-after-free errors in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry, related to fs/ext4/inode.c and fs/ext4/super.c, aka CID-4ea99936a163.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
linux:linux_kernel | linux linux kernel | lt | 5.4.2 |
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205609
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205707
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.2
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ea99936a1630f51fc3a2d61a58ec4a1c4b7d55a
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ea99936a1630f51fc3a2d61a58ec4a1c4b7d55a
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
usn.ubuntu.com/4258-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4284-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4287-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/4287-2/
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.2%