An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3.
Priority LOW 28CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. There is an out-of-bounds read or a divide-by-zero error for an incorrect user_block_count in a corrupted f2fs image, leading to a denial of service (BUG).
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01791 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-13097
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4rpw-vhwc-m57p
References
Other 5
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200171
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security update
- 20190130 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-030-01)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151420/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9dc956b2c8523aed39d1e6508438be9fea28c8fc
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Sources
- CVE-2018-13097 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-13097 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4rpw-vhwc-m57p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-13097 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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