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Bug 1481136 - (CVE-2017-10661) CVE-2017-10661 kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race
CVE-2017-10661 kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pret...
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170210,repor...
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Depends On: 1485408 1485409 1485404 1485405 1485406 1485407 1485410
Blocks: 1481154
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Reported: 2017-08-14 04:16 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2018-10-30 03:37 EDT (History)
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A race condition was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.11-rc1 in 'fs/timerfd.c' file which allows a local user to cause a kernel list corruption or use-after-free via simultaneous operations with a file descriptor which leverage improper 'might_cancel' queuing. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service of the system. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3083 None None None 2018-10-30 03:30 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3096 None None None 2018-10-30 03:37 EDT

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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-14 04:16:55 EDT 
The handling of the might_cancel queueing is not properly protected, so parallel operations on the file descriptor can race with each other and lead to list corruptions or use after free.

References:

https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=148587265720603&w=2

https://marc.info/?t=148587273100007&r=1&w=2

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-08-01#kernel-components

Upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1e38da300e1e395a15048b0af1e5305bd91402f6
Comment 4 Vladis Dronov 2017-08-25 11:20:24 EDT 
Statement:

This issue does not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as the code with the flaw is not present in the products listed.

This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future updates for the respective releases may address this issue.
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:30:40 EDT 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3083 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:36:47 EDT 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:3096 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
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