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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:14:57 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE-2020-35519 Linux kernel: x25_bind
out-of-bounds read
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 01:20:18AM +0530, Rohit Keshri wrote:
>Hello Team,
>
>An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in x25_bind in
>net/x25/af_x25.c in the Linux kernel. A bounds check failure allows a local
>attacker with a user account on the system to gain access to out-of-bounds
>memory, leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.
>The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,
>integrity, as well as system availability.
>
>'CVE-2020-35519' was assigned by Red Hat.
This mail doesn't even mention where/how this is fixed. Is this
6ee50c8e262a ("net/x25: prevent a couple of overflows")?
If so, it's already fixed in all stable kernels.
How can the issue cause a leak btw?
--
Thanks,
Sasha
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