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Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:14:28 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: xen/blkback: Check device permissions before allowing
OP_DISCARD
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On 06/05/2013 11:46 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Hey,
>
> John Haxby and Dan Carpenter recommended I ask for an CVE number
> here.
>
> The bug is that if a system admin provides a disk (which supports
> the discard aka TRIM or SCSI UNMAP) to a guest as read-only - there
> are no checks done. Which means that the OS can destroy the data.
>
> The likehood of somebody using 'ro' disks I think is small - but
> there is probably one person who does it and would be unhappy that
> a guest OS can destroy the underlaying data.
>
> I have a patch (and a test-case) ready (see attached). I think I
> just need an CVE number and need to send the mentioned patch to
> Linus?
>
Please use CVE-2013-2140 for this issue.
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Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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