Bug 1498016 (CVE-2017-15299)

Summary: CVE-2017-15299 kernel: Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernel
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: airlied, ajax, aquini, bhu, blc, bskeggs, dhoward, eparis, esandeen, fhrbata, hdegoede, hkrzesin, hwkernel-mgr, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jarodwilson, jforbes, jkacur, jonathan, josef, jross, jwboyer, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, mchehab, mcressma, mjg59, mlangsdo, nmurray, quintela, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, slawomir, steved, vdronov, williams
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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A vulnerability was found in the key management subsystem of the Linux kernel. An update on an uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading to denial of service (DoS).
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Bug Depends On: 1497217, 1498017, 1502569, 1502570, 1502571, 1503242    
Bug Blocks: 1498018    

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-03 10:15:22 UTC
A vulnerability was found in the key management subsystem of the Linux kernel. An update on an uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading to DoS.

References:

https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1499828.html

https://marc.info/?t=150654188100001&r=1&w=2

https://marc.info/?t=150783958600011&r=1&w=2

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=60ff5b2f547af3828aebafd54daded44cfb0807a

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-03 10:16:41 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1498017]

Comment 4 Vladis Dronov 2017-10-13 13:34:42 UTC
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 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 this issue.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2017-10-24 05:28:20 UTC
kernel-4.13.8-300.fc27 has been pushed to the Fedora 27 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2017-10-25 21:20:20 UTC
kernel-4.13.8-100.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2017-10-25 23:13:18 UTC
kernel-4.13.8-200.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 05:05:20 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:0654 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654