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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:45:57 +0200
From: Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
To: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE-2018-1000204: Linux kernel 3.18 to 4.16
infoleak due to incorrect handling of SG_IO ioctl
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 3:32 PM Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, Alexander,
Hi Vladis,
> Could you please, explain, why do you think CVE-2018-1000204 is a security
> flaw?
>
> > The problem has limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions
> > to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the Nero user manual
> > suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible.
>
> There is a check in the kernel in sg_build_indirect() exactly for this
> situation:
>
> [drivers/scsi/sg.c]
> if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) || !capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO))
> gfp_mask |= __GFP_ZERO;
Yes, you're right. It appears unlikely that a user has both
CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO.
> This means non-root user will get zero-ed pages even if it has o+rw access
> to /dev/sg*. Tests of your reproducer on systems available to me confirm
> this, i.e. non-root user gets a zero-ed out buffer even if it is able to
> access /dev/sg*.
>
> I may not got smth correctly, but for now I do not see CVE-2018-1000204
> as a security flaw and I believe a reject request to MITRE should be
> issued.
How do I proceed with this?
>
> Best regards,
> Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | Product Security Engineer
Thank you,
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