Bug 1416104 (CVE-2016-10154)

Summary:	CVE-2016-10154 kernel: smbencrypt() points a scatterlist to the stack causing DoS
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aquini, bhu, dhoward, fhrbata, gansalmon, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, williams
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 15:34:25 UTC

A possible DoS issue was found in cifs/smbencrypt.c when smbencrypt() points a scatterlist to the stack. This affects only kernels with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK enabled.

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=06deeec77a5a689cc94b21a8a91a76e42176685d

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/161

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-01-24 16:29:42 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1416128]

Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2017-01-24 17:46:19 UTC

This was fixed in the 4.9.1 stable kernels and is currently on all supported Fedora releases.