SB2019060409 - Red Hat update for kernel-alt
Published: June 4, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Null pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13095)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree() function in the Extended File System (XFS) component, as defined in the source code file fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c due to boundary error when mounting XFS filesystems. A local attacker can access the system, mount an XFS filesystem that submits malicious input, trigger a NULL pointer dereference memory error and cause the affected software to terminate abnormally.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.