CVE-2018-14722

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in evaluate_auto_mountpoint in btrfsmaintenance-functions in btrfsmaintenance through 0.4.1. Code execution as root can occur via a specially crafted filesystem label if btrfs-{scrub,balance,trim} are set to auto in /etc/sysconfig/btrfsmaintenance (this is not the default, though).

Affected products

Btrfsmaintenance Project Btrfsmaintenance: through 0.4.1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/14/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102721
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/08/14/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102721

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