Security Advisory
CVE-2018-14611
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of chunk type flag checks in btrfs_check_chunk_valid in fs/btrfs/volumes.c.
Published Date
July 27, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory