Bug 1332139 (CVE-2016-3713) - CVE-2016-3713 kernel: kvm: out-of-bounds access in set_var_mtrr_msr
Summary: CVE-2016-3713 kernel: kvm: out-of-bounds access in set_var_mtrr_msr
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-3713
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1336410
Blocks: 1332140
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-05-02 11:04 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:56 UTC (History)
28 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 02:51:05 UTC
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Proposed patch (1.56 KB, patch)
2016-05-02 11:08 UTC, Adam Mariš 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-05-02 11:04:39 UTC 
Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine(CONFIG_KVM) with variable Memory Type Range Registers(MTRR) support is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds r/w access issue. It could occur while accessing processor's MTRRs via ioctl(2) calls.

A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to manipulate host kernel's memory bytes leading to information disclosure or crashing the kernel resulting in DoS.

Upstream patch:
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  -> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/5/17/350

Reference:
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  -> http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/16/2
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-05-02 11:04:45 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: David Matlack (Google)
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-05-02 11:08:25 UTC 
Created attachment 1152898 [details]
Proposed patch
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2016-05-12 10:57:01 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Comment 4 Prasad Pandit 2016-05-16 12:02:12 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1336410]
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-05-24 18:02:48 UTC 
kernel-4.5.5-300.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-06-01 20:23:07 UTC 
kernel-4.4.11-200.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-06-02 14:57:34 UTC 
kernel-4.5.5-201.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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