Bug 1421638 (CVE-2017-5970)

Summary:	CVE-2017-5970 kernel: ipv4: Invalid IP options could cause skb->dst drop
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aquini, arm-mgr, bhu, dhoward, fhrbata, gansalmon, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jcm, jforbes, jkacur, joelsmith, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, slawomir, vdronov, williams, wmealing
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where having malicious IP options present would cause the ipv4_pktinfo_prepare() function to drop/free the dst. This could result in a system crash or possible privilege escalation.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1433198, 1433199, 1433200, 1433201
Bug Blocks:	1421640

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-02-13 10:37:57 UTC

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker that can send packets containing malicious IP options could cause the ipv4_pktinfo_prepare() function to drop/free the dst. This could result in a system crash or possible privilege escalation if the attacker is able to place crafted objects in this dropped location.

Upstream patch:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/414
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/

Comment 3 Wade Mealing 2017-03-17 04:08:51 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1433198]

Comment 5 Wade Mealing 2017-03-17 04:36:49 UTC

Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 as the code which can trigger 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 Linux kernel updates for the respective releases might address this issue.

Comment 6 Justin M. Forbes 2017-03-17 12:24:22 UTC

This was fixed in Fedora with the 4.9.11 updates that went to stable releases 2017-02-24.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-01 19:12:46 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2077 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-02 07:52:57 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1842 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-09-06 20:39:53 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Via RHSA-2017:2669 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669