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Bug 1553371 - (CVE-2017-18222) CVE-2017-18222 kernel: Memory corruption in ethtool_get_strings function in hns driver
CVE-2017-18222 kernel: Memory corruption in ethtool_get_strings function in h...
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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=low,public=20180308,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1553373
Blocks: 1553374
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Reported: 2018-03-08 13:26 EST by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2018-03-21 10:23 EDT (History)
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In the Linux kernel, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impacts.
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Last Closed: 2018-03-20 05:46:52 EDT
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2018-03-08 13:26:13 EST 
In the Linux kernel, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

An upstream patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=412b65d15a7f8a93794653968308fc100f2aa87c
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2018-03-08 13:27:01 EST 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1553373]
Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2018-03-08 13:56:54 EST 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 4.12 kernels
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