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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-1000112: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-1000112: Important: kernel security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/04/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/25/2017
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

Linux kernel: Exploitable memory corruption due to UFO to non-UFO path switch. When building a UFO packet with MSG_MORE __ip_append_data() calls ip_ufo_append_data() to append. However in between two send() calls, the append path can be switched from UFO to non-UFO one, which leads to a memory corruption. In case UFO packet lengths exceeds MTU, copy = maxfraglen - skb->len becomes negative on the non-UFO path and the branch to allocate new skb is taken. This triggers fragmentation and computation of fraggap = skb_prev->len - maxfraglen. Fraggap can exceed MTU, causing copy = datalen - transhdrlen - fraggap to become negative. Subsequently skb_copy_and_csum_bits() writes out-of-bounds. A similar issue is present in IPv6 code. The bug was introduced in e89e9cf539a2 ("[IPv4/IPv6]: UFO Scatter-gather approach") on Oct 18 2005.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

  • 100262
  • DSA-3981
  • CVE-2017-1000112
  • RHSA-2017:2918
  • RHSA-2017:2930
  • RHSA-2017:2931
  • RHSA-2017:3200
  • RHSA-2019:1931
  • RHSA-2019:1932
  • RHSA-2019:4159
  • USN-3384-1
  • USN-3384-2
  • USN-3385-1
  • USN-3385-2
  • USN-3386-1
  • USN-3386-2
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