Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2018-07-16T20:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T07:46:47.078Z
Reserved: 2018-05-09T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-10840
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-16T20:29:00.377
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:42:07.110
Link: CVE-2018-10840
 Redhat
                        Redhat