Bug 1308846 (CVE-2016-3070)

Summary:	CVE-2016-3070 kernel: Null pointer dereference in trace_writeback_dirty_page()
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aquini, bhu, dhoward, fhrbata, iboverma, jkacur, joelsmith, jross, kernel-mgr, kstutsma, lgoncalv, matt, mcressma, nmurray, plougher, pmatouse, rvrbovsk, security-response-team, slawomir, vdronov, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel that an attempt to move page mapped by AIO ring buffer to the other node triggers NULL pointer dereference at trace_writeback_dirty_page(), because aio_fs_backing_dev_info.dev is 0.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2019-07-12 13:04:08 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1306851, 1331967, 1331968
Bug Blocks:	1308847

Description Adam Mariš 2016-02-16 09:30:23 UTC

It was reported that attempt to move page mapped by aio ring buffer to other node triggers NULL pointer dereference at trace_writeback_dirty_page(), because aio_fs_backing_dev_info.dev is 0.

Product bug (contains reproducer):

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306851

Upstream patch:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=42cb14b110a5698ccf26ce59c4441722605a3743

Comment 1 Vladis Dronov 2016-03-23 18:46:40 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Jan Stancek (Red Hat)

Comment 2 Vladis Dronov 2016-03-23 19:04:52 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. Future updates for the respective releases may address the issue.

Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-03-24 08:53:55 UTC

Internal CVE assignment: CVE-2016-3070

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 15:35:34 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2574 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 19:42:22 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2584 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 21:32:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2574 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 21:47:59 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2584 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html

Comment 15 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-07-12 13:04:08 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-3070