Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: assertion error via xfs_aops.c
April 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop,
SLES.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 18/03/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force an assertion error via xfs_aops.c of the
Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-assertion-error-via-xfs-aops-c-28759