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Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 07:52:32 -0500 (EST)
From: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: CVE-2017-15129: Linux kernel: net: double-free and memory
corruption in get_net_ns_by_id()
Heololo,
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in a network namespaces code affecting the Linux
kernel since v4.0-rc1 through v4.15-rc5. The function get_net_ns_by_id() does not check
for the net::count value after it has found a peer network in netns_ids idr which could
lead to double free and memory corruption. This vulnerability could allow an unprivileged
local user to induce kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a crash. Due to
the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe
it is unlikely.
References:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=151370451121029&w=2
https://marc.info/?t=151370468900001&r=1&w=2 (a whole thread)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1531174
An upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=21b5944350052d2583e82dd59b19a9ba94a007f0
Best regards,
Vladis Dronov | Red Hat, Inc. | Product Security Engineer
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