Bug 1292045 (CVE-2015-8569)

Summary:	CVE-2015-8569 kernel: Information leak from getsockname
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	agordeev, aquini, arm-mgr, bhu, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, iboverma, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, joelsmith, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, kstutsma, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, mguzik, mrg-program-list, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rvrbovsk, slawomir, slong, vdronov, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	An out-of-bounds flaw was found in the kernel, where the length of the sockaddr parameter was not checked in the pptp_bind() and pptp_connect() functions. As a result, more kernel memory was copied out than required, leaking information from the kernel stack (including kernel addresses). A local system user could exploit this flaw to bypass kernel ASLR or leak other information.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2016-01-26 13:28:44 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1292047
Bug Blocks:	1292049

Description Adam Mariš 2015-12-16 10:36:18 UTC

It was found that there was missing the check of the length of the passed sockaddr in pptp_bind() and pptp_connect() functions, copying out more kernel memory than required, leaking information from the kernel stack, including kernel addresses. This can be used for kernel ASLR bypassing or other information leaks.

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=09ccfd238e5a0e670d8178cf50180ea81ae09ae1

Reproducer:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/12/14/252

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/510

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2015-12-16 10:36:57 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1292047]

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2016-01-12 07:58:47 UTC

kernel-4.3.3-300.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Vladis Dronov 2016-01-26 13:25:46 UTC

Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 as the code with the flaw is not present in the products listed.

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-02-01 06:23:04 UTC

kernel-4.3.4-200.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.