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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.
Base Score
6.5| Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| Vector String | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Base Severity | Medium |
| Version | 3.1 |
| Attack Vector (AV) | LOCAL |