oss-security - CVE request: kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group

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Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:35:12 +0800
From: Eugene Teo <eteo@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: coley@...re.org
Subject: CVE request: kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not
 in new file's group

This was committed in upstream kernel; Reported by David Watson.

"When creating a file, open()/creat() allows the setgid bit to be set
via the mode argument even when, due to the bsdgroups mount option or
the file being created in a setgid directory, the new file's group is
one which the user is not a member of.  The user can then use
ftruncate() and memory-mapped I/O to turn the new file into an arbitrary
binary and thus gain the privileges of this group, since these
operations do not clear the setgid bit."

This bug could lead to a possible privileged information disclosure.

Upstream commit:
7b82dc0e64e93f430182f36b46b79fcee87d3532

References:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8420
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463661

Thanks, Eugene
-- 
Eugene Teo / Red Hat Security Response Team

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