Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 27, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-14609

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized.

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Affected products

SUSE S.A./Linux Enterprise Debuginfoinferred
Range: <=4.17.10
Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.17.10
- (no CPE)range: <=4.17.10

Patches

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References

patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10500521/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104917nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3821-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3821-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/nvd

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