oss-security - CVE request: kernel: taskstats local DoS

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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:17:07 +0400
From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@...nwall.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE request: kernel: taskstats local DoS

"Currently a single process may register exit handlers unlimited times.
It may lead to a bloated listeners chain and very slow process terminations.
E.g. after 10KK sent TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_REGISTER_CPUMASKs ~300 Mb of
kernel memory is stolen for the handlers chain and "time id" shows 2-7
seconds instead of normal 0.003.  It makes it possible to exhaust all
kernel memory and to eat much of CPU time by triggerring numerous exits
on a single CPU.

The patch limits the number of times a single process may register
itself on a single CPU to one."

It makes it possible for unprivileged user eat kernel memory and CPU
without triggering OOM killer.

Was introduced in f9fd8914c1acca0d98b69d831b128d5b52f03c51.

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2011/06/16/605

Thanks,

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Vasiliy Kulikov
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