Bug 2231427 (CVE-2023-28938)

Summary:	CVE-2023-28938 mdadm: Uncontrolled resource consumption
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nigel Croxon <ncroxon>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ncroxon, xni
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	mdadm-4.2-rc2	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed:	2023-08-23 12:53:20 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2231431, 2231433, 2231434
Bug Blocks:	2231428

Description Pedro Sampaio 2023-08-11 14:29:18 UTC

Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a priviledged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

References:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00690.html

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2023-08-11 14:32:25 UTC

Created mdadm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2231431]