Linux kernel built with support for XFS file system is vulnerable to a NULL
pointer dereference flaw. This occurs while accessing blocks beyond the end
of the file system, possibly on a corrupted device.
A user able to mount the file system could use this flaw to crash the kernel, resulting in DoS.Upstream fix:
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-> https://git.kernel.org/linus/eb178619f930fa2ba2348de332a1ff1c66a31424
Reference:
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-> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918009
Thank you.
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Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Security Response Team
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