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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 02:53:49 -0500 (EST)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: wmealing@...hat.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Linux kernel : Denial of service with specially crafted key file.

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> An issue with ASN1.1 DER decoder was reported that a specially created
> key can lead to a kernel panic via x509 certificate DER signature
> parsing.
> 
> Vulnerable code:

>> crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c

> int public_key_verify_signature(const struct public_key *pk,
>                                 const struct public_key_signature *sig)
> {
>         const struct public_key_algorithm *algo;
> 
>         BUG_ON(!pk);
>         BUG_ON(!pk->mpi[0]);
> 
> An attacker could craft a BER file without a public key and panic the system.

> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300237

Use CVE-2016-2053.

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CVE assignment team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority
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202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
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