Untrusted Length Value Vulnerability in ext4_read_inline_data() Function

CVE-2018-11412 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode.

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