CVE-2018-13094
kernel: NULL pointer dereference in xfs_da_shrink_inode function
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 7, 2018
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp. This can lead to a system crash and a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference