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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:49:44 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request -- kernel: net: slab corruption due
to improper synchronization around inet->opt
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On 08/31/2012 10:11 AM, Petr Matousek wrote:
> Description of the problem: Lack proper synchronization to
> manipulate inet->opt ip_options can lead to system crash.
>
> Problem is that ip_make_skb() calls ip_setup_cork() and
> ip_setup_cork() possibly makes a copy of ipc->opt (struct
> ip_options), without any protection against another thread
> manipulating inet->opt. Another thread can change inet->opt pointer
> and free old one under us.
>
> Given right server application (setting socket options and
> processing traffic over the same socket at the same time), remote
> attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. More likely
> though, local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the
> system.
>
> Upstream fix:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=f6d8bd051c391c1c0458a30b2a7abcd939329259
>
> Thanks,
Please use CVE-2012-3552 for this issue.
- --
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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