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Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 19:22:20 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Petr Matousek <pmatouse@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request: Linux kernel: arm64: unhandled el0
traps
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On 08/08/2013 06:02 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2013 at 03:39:30PM +0530, P J P wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Linux kernel built for the ARM64(CONFIG_ARM64) platform is
>> vulnerable to a crash when the processor generates trap/esr, that
>> is not handled gracefully, which leads to bad_mode(), wherein
>> it'll die() or oops().
>>
>> A user/program could use this flaw to crash the kernel resulting
>> in DoS.
>>
>> Upstream fixes: =============== ->
>> https://git.kernel.org/linus/381cc2b9705512ee7c7f1839cbdde374625a2a9f
>>
>>
- -> https://git.kernel.org/linus/9955ac47f4ba1c95ecb6092aeaefb40a22e99268
>
> CVE requests for code that can only run on a processor that is not
> shipping yet? Isn't there a rule somewhere about CVEs not being
> allowed for stuff like this?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
Nope, they are shipping now. Not widely available, but a few more
months will fix that.
- --
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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