SB2020061215 - Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel fs
Published: June 12, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020061215
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10732)
The vulnerability allows a local user to read memory contents or crash the application.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource error within the fill_thread_core_info() function in fs/binfmt_elf.c. A local user can read memory contents or crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-10732
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=aca969cacf07f41070d788ce2b8ca71f09d5207d
- https://github.com/google/kmsan/issues/76
- https://github.com/ruscur/linux/commit/a95cdec9fa0c08e6eeb410d461c03af8fd1fef0a
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/1252558055629299712
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00008.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4411-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4427-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4439-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4440-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0005/
- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAG_fn=VZZ7yUxtOGzuTLkr7wmfXWtKK9BHHYawj=rt9XWnCYvg%40mail.gmail.com/