Bug 1440871 (CVE-2017-7286)

Summary:	CVE-2017-7286 kernel: Inode integer overflow
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	agordeev, aquini, bhu, dhoward, esammons, fhrbata, gansalmon, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, labbott, lgoncalv, lwang, madhu.chinakonda, matt, mchehab, mcressma, mguzik, nmurray, pholasek, plougher, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, slawomir, vdronov, williams
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	[REJECTED CVE] The Linux kernel package 3.16.0-28 mishandles a series of mmap system calls for /dev/zero with different starting addresses, with a stated impact of "allowing for a local user to possibly gain root access," aka an "inode integer overflow."	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1440872
Bug Blocks:	1440874

Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 16:11:19 UTC

The Linux kernel package 3.16.0-28 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS mishandles a series of mmap system calls for /dev/zero with different starting addresses, with a stated impact of "allowing for a local user to possibly gain root access," aka an "inode integer overflow."

External References:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141930/Linux-3.16.0-28-Integer-Overflow.html

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-04-10 16:12:36 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1440872]

Comment 2 Vladis Dronov 2017-04-20 15:11:34 UTC

Statement:

MITRE has rejected this CVE as the flaw was not confirmed:

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7286

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033458#c5

None of the Red Hat products is vulnerable to this not-a-flaw.