Bug 822754 (CVE-2012-2372)

Summary: CVE-2012-2372 kernel: rds-ping cause kernel panic
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Eugene Teo (Security Response) <eteo>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: agordeev, anton, arozansk, dhoward, fenlason, fhrbata, kernel-mgr, lwang, plougher, pmatouse, security-response-team, sforsber
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Bug Depends On: 803936, 822755, 822756, 822757, 833683    
Bug Blocks: 822747    

Description Eugene Teo (Security Response) 2012-05-18 04:22:02 UTC 
Reported by Li Honggang (internal):
Attempting an rds connection from the IP address of an IPoIB interface to itself causes a kernel panic due to a BUG_ON() being triggered.  Making the test less strict allows rds-ping to work without crashing the machine.

A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the sytem.
Comment 4 Petr Matousek 2012-06-05 18:04:54 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux MRG. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 may address this issue.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-18 13:35:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:0743 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
Comment 6 Murray McAllister 2012-12-04 03:59:47 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Li Honggang of Red Hat.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2012-12-04 20:53:12 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2012:1540 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html