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Bug 1541846 - (CVE-2018-1000026) CVE-2018-1000026 kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet
CVE-2018-1000026 kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can...
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20180112,repor...
: Security
Depends On: 1541859 1546761 1546744 1546760 1546762 1546763
Blocks: 1541849
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Reported: 2018-02-04 23:16 EST by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2018-10-30 04:58 EDT (History)
45 users (show)

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Improper validation in the bnx2x network card driver of the Linux kernel version 4.15 can allow for denial of service (DoS) attacks via a packet with a gso_size larger than ~9700 bytes. Untrusted guest VMs can exploit this vulnerability in the host machine, causing a crash in the network card.
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Tracker ID Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:2948 None None None 2018-10-30 04:57 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3083 None None None 2018-10-30 03:31 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3096 None None None 2018-10-30 03:37 EDT

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Description Sam Fowler 2018-02-04 23:16:56 EST
Improper validation in the bnx2x network card driver of the Linux kernel version 4.15 can allow for denial of service (DoS) attacks via a packet with a gso_size larger than ~9700 bytes. Untrusted guest VMs can exploit this vulnerability in the host machine, causing a crash in the network card.

References:

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/859410/

https://marc.info/?t=151606867000005&r=1&w=2

http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2018/01/16/40

http://lists.openwall.net/netdev/2018/01/18/96

Upstream commits:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8914a595110a6eca69a5e275b323f5d09e18f4f9

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b16f048729bf35e6c28a40cbfad07239f9dcd90
Comment 3 Vladis Dronov 2018-02-19 08:48:53 EST
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1546744]
Comment 6 Vladis Dronov 2018-02-19 09:46:29 EST
Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, as supported configurations are not affected.

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, its real-time kernel, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for ARM 64 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 9 LE. Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2018-02-23 10:33:20 EST
kernel-4.15.4-200.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:31:14 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 11 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 03:37:17 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
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 04:57:37 EDT
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2018:2948 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948

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