Bug 1886285 (CVE-2020-26541)

Summary: CVE-2020-26541 kernel: security bypass in certs/blacklist.c and certs/system_keyring.c
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: acaringi, airlied, bhu, blc, bmasney, brdeoliv, bskeggs, dhoward, dvlasenk, esammons, fhrbata, hdegoede, hkrzesin, iboverma, ichavero, itamar, jarodwilson, jeremy, jforbes, jglisse, jlelli, john.j5live, jonathan, josef, jpazdziora, jross, jshortt, jstancek, jwboyer, kcarcia, kernel-maint, kernel-mgr, lgoncalv, linville, masami256, mbenatto, mchehab, mcressma, mjg59, mlangsdo, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rkeshri, rt-maint, rvrbovsk, sgrubb, steved, walters, williams
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in certs/blacklist.c, When signature entries for EFI_CERT_X509_GUID are contained in the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database, the entries are skipped. This can cause a security threat and breach system integrity, confidentiality and even lead to a denial of service problem.
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Bug Depends On: 1886287, 1890097, 1890098, 1890099, 1890100, 1890101, 1890102, 1890103, 1893793, 1893794, 1893795, 1906358, 1906359, 1906360, 1906361, 1906362, 1911193, 1965270, 1965271    
Bug Blocks: 1886288    

Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2020-10-08 06:21:18 UTC
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in certs/blacklist.c, When signature entries for EFI_CERT_X509_GUID are contained in the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database, the entries are skipped. This can cause a security threat and breach system integrity, confidentiality and even lead to a denial of service problem.

The Linux kernel does not properly enforce the Secure Boot Forbidden Signature Database (aka dbx) protection mechanism.

References:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/9/15/1871

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2020-10-08 06:23:58 UTC
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1886287]

Comment 6 Rohit Keshri 2020-11-03 16:16:38 UTC
Mitigation:

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Comment 24 errata-xmlrpc 2021-06-29 15:26:33 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:2599 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2599

Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2021-06-29 16:28:14 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:2570 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2570

Comment 26 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-06-29 16:40:35 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-2020-26541

Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2021-07-07 14:52:50 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:2666 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2666

Comment 28 errata-xmlrpc 2021-07-20 21:27:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:2719 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2719

Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2021-07-20 22:10:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2021:2718 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2718