Bug 1551051 (CVE-2018-5803) - CVE-2018-5803 kernel: Missing length check of payload in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:_sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service
Summary: CVE-2018-5803 kernel: Missing length check of payload in net/sctp/sm_make_chu...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-5803
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: Engineering1551052 1551053 Engineering1551905 Engineering1551906 Engineering1551907 Engineering1551908 Engineering1551909 Engineering1552009 Engineering1740299 Engineering1740300 Engineering1740302 Engineering1740303
Blocks: Embargoed1551057
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Reported: 2018-03-02 16:17 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-09-09 13:19 UTC (History)
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An error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP, packet length can be exploited by a malicious local user to cause a kernel crash and a DoS.
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:42:10 UTC

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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:1854 0 None None None 2018-06-19 04:48:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:2948 0 None None None 2018-10-30 08:58:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3083 0 None None None 2018-10-30 07:31:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2018:3096 0 None None None 2018-10-30 07:37:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:0641 0 None None None 2019-03-26 07:45:15 UTC

Description Adam Mariš 2018-03-02 16:17:10 UTC 
An error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited by a malicious local user to cause a kernel crash and a DoS.

References:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146620/secunia-sctpmakechunkdos.txt

https://marc.info/?t=151818093200004&r=1&w=2

https://marc.info/?t=151818682600001&r=1&w=2

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07f2c7ab6f8d0a7e7c5764c4e6cc9c52951b9d9c
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2018-03-02 16:18:32 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1551053]
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2018-06-19 04:48:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2018:1854 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:31:26 UTC 
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 12 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 07:37:35 UTC 
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 13 errata-xmlrpc 2018-10-30 08:58:17 UTC 
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
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2019-03-26 07:45:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2

Via RHSA-2019:0641 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0641
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