Bug 2216383 (CVE-2023-0459)

Summary:	CVE-2023-0459 kernel: Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions may leak kernel information
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Rohit Keshri <rkeshri>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, bhu, chwhite, crwood, dbohanno, ddepaula, debarbos, dfreiber, dvlasenk, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jferlan, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, kernel-mgr, ldoskova, lgoncalv, nmurray, ptalbert, qzhao, rogbas, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, scweaver, vkumar, walters, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ymankad
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Kernel 5.7-rc1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A vulnerability was found in copy_from_user in 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker to bypass the "access_ok" sanity check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(), resulting in kernel data leaking.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	2216378

Description Rohit Keshri 2023-06-21 04:57:34 UTC

Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). 

This would allow an attacker to leak information. 

Refer:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4b842e4e25b12951fa10dedb4bc16bc47e3b850c

Comment 7 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2023-10-04 18:41:37 UTC

This issue was fixed upstream in kernel version 5.7-rc1. The kernel packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 were previously updated to a version that contains the fix via the following errata:

kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1988

kernel-rt in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1975