Bug 1474928 (CVE-2017-11600) - CVE-2017-11600 kernel: Out-of-bounds access via an XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netlink message
Summary: CVE-2017-11600 kernel: Out-of-bounds access via an XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netl...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-11600
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: 1474929 1479417 1479418 1479419 1479420 1479421 1479422 1695808 1695809
Blocks: 1474933
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-07-25 16:05 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:50 UTC (History)
38 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
The xfrm_migrate() function in the net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c file in the Linux kernel built with CONFIG_XFRM_MIGRATE does not verify if the dir parameter is less than XFRM_POLICY_MAX. This allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending a XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE netlink message. This flaw is present in the Linux kernel since an introduction of XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE in 2.6.21-rc1, up to 4.13-rc3.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:18:01 UTC
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xfrm_migrate_panic_dmesg.txt (3.37 KB, text/plain)
2017-08-02 16:16 UTC, Vladis Dronov 		no flags Details
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1965 0 None None None 2018-06-26 16:50:27 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:2003 0 None None None 2018-06-26 16:51:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1170 0 None None None 2019-05-14 19:08:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:1190 0 None None None 2019-05-14 20:26:35 UTC

Description Andrej Nemec 2017-07-25 16:05:25 UTC 
xfrm_migrate() function in net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c file in the Linux kernel build with CONFIG_XFRM_MIGRATE does not check that the dir parameter is less than XFRM_POLICY_MAX. This allows a local attacker cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending a XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE netlink message. This flaw is present in the Linux kernel since an introduction of XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE in 2.6.21-rc1 and upto 4.13-rc3.

References:

http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2017/Jul/30

http://marc.info/?t=150169629800003&r=1&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=150169627919528&w=2

Suggested upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/klassert/ipsec.git/commit/?id=7bab09631c2a303f87a7eb7e3d69e888673b9b7e

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7bab09631c2a303f87a7eb7e3d69e888673b9b7e
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-07-25 16:06:11 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1474929]
Comment 2 Vladis Dronov 2017-08-02 16:16:06 UTC 
Created attachment 1308338 [details]
xfrm_migrate_panic_dmesg.txt
Comment 6 Vladis Dronov 2017-08-08 14:30:20 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 as the code with the flaw is not present in the products listed or is not exploitable.

This issue affects the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for these products may address this issue.
Comment 7 Justin M. Forbes 2018-01-29 16:27:54 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 4.12.11 stable updates
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-26 16:50:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:1965 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1965
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-26 16:51:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2003 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2003
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-14 19:08:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2019:1170 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2019-05-14 20:26:33 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Via RHSA-2019:1190 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190
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