Bug 1808130 (CVE-2020-1750)

Summary: CVE-2020-1750 machine-config-operator-container: mmap stressor makes the cluster unresponsive
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jason Shepherd <jshepherd>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: amurdaca, bmontgom, eparis, hannsj_uhl, jburrell, jokerman, nstielau, sponnaga
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: openshift/machine-config-operator 4.4.3, openshift/machine-config-operator 4.3.25, openshift/machine-config-operator 4.2.36 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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A flaw was found in the machine-config-operator that causes an OpenShift node to become unresponsive when a container consumes a large amount of memory. An attacker could use this flaw to deny access to schedule new pods in the OpenShift cluster.
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Last Closed: 2020-05-04 16:31:54 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1806786, 1808138, 1808139    
Bug Blocks: 1807756    

Description Jason Shepherd 2020-02-27 21:50:17 UTC
A flaw was found in machine-config-operator that causes an OpenShift node to become unresponsive when a container consumes a large amount of memory. An attacker can use this flaw to deny access to schedule new pods in the OpenShift cluster.

Upstream commit: https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator/pull/1450

Comment 4 Jason Shepherd 2020-03-01 20:41:01 UTC
Acknowledgments:

Name: Cheryl A Fillekes (IBM)

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2020-05-04 10:51:12 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4

Via RHSA-2020:1939 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1939

Comment 6 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-05-04 16:31:54 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-2020-1750

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2020-06-17 20:16:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.3

Via RHSA-2020:2439 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2439

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2020-07-01 16:06:34 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.2

Via RHSA-2020:2595 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2595