vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-10689): blktrace vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 3, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 19, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 3, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 19, 2025
Description
blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.
Solution
ubuntu-upgrade-blktrace
References
- CVE-2018-10689
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-10689
- CWE-119
- URL-http://git.kernel.dk/?p=blktrace.git;a=log;h=d61ff409cb4dda31386373d706ea0cfb1aaac5b7
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/axboe/blktrace.git/commit/?id=d61ff409cb4dda31386373d706ea0cfb1aaac5b7
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10689
- URL-https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-btrace/msg00847.html
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