Description
In the Linux kernel before 5.2, a setxattr operation, after a mount of a crafted ext4 image, can cause a slab-out-of-bounds write access because of an ext4_xattr_set_entry use-after-free in fs/ext4/xattr.c when a large old_size value is used in a memset call, aka CID-345c0dbf3a30.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 27, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified