Bug 1094299 (CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738) - CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738 kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via FDRAWCMD floppy ioctl command
Summary: CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738 kernel: block: floppy: privilege escalation via F...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-1737, CVE-2014-1738
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1094302 1094303 1094304 1094306 1094308 1094310 1094311 1094312 1094313 1094314 1094315 1094316 1094318 1096195
Blocks: 1094326
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Reported: 2014-05-05 12:56 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2023-05-12 03:26 UTC (History)
23 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free (using the kfree() function) arbitrary kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737, Important) It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low) Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the system.
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Last Closed: 2014-07-17 05:33:46 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0557 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security update 2014-05-27 20:25:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0740 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2014-06-11 00:44:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0771 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2014-06-19 21:52:21 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0772 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2014-06-19 22:02:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0786 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-06-24 19:58:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0800 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2014-06-26 21:07:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0801 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security update 2014-06-26 21:17:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0900 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security and bug fix update 2014-07-17 19:32:34 UTC

Description Petr Matousek 2014-05-05 12:56:28 UTC 
A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's floppy driver treated userspace provided data in certain error code path while processing FDRAWCMD ioctl command. An local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to kfree() arbitrary data. (CVE-2014-1737)

It was found that Linux kernel's floppy driver leaked internal kernel memory addresses to userspace during processing of FDRAWCMD ioctl command. An local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to get information about kernel heap arrangment. (CVE-2014-1738)

An local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the system. 

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Matthew Daley for reporting these issues.
Comment 6 Petr Matousek 2014-05-07 15:30:27 UTC 
Upstream patches:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2145e15e0557a01b9195d1c7199a1b92cb9be81f
Comment 7 Petr Matousek 2014-05-09 12:04:28 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1096195]
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2014-05-16 10:04:26 UTC 
kernel-3.14.4-200.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2014-05-21 23:22:17 UTC 
kernel-3.14.4-100.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2014-05-27 16:28:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  MRG for RHEL-6 v.2

Via RHSA-2014:0557 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0557.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 20:46:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0740 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0740.html
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-19 17:53:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0771 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0771.html
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-19 18:03:22 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 EUS - Server Only

Via RHSA-2014:0772 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0772.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-24 15:59:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0786 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0786.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-26 17:08:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 AUS

Via RHSA-2014:0800 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0800.html
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-26 17:17:54 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Long Life

Via RHSA-2014:0801 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0801.html
Comment 17 Martin Prpič 2014-07-16 08:16:12 UTC 
IssueDescription CVE-2014-1737:

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy driver handled user space provided data in certain error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to free (using the kfree() function) arbitrary kernel memory.

Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738 to escalate their privileges on the system.

IssueDescription CVE-2014-1738:

It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap arrangement.

Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738 to escalate their privileges on the system.
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-17 15:32:57 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 EUS - Server and Compute Node Only

Via RHSA-2014:0900 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0900.html
Comment 19 Vincent Danen 2014-07-17 15:45:18 UTC 
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