Bug 1195248 (CVE-2015-0274) - CVE-2015-0274 kernel: xfs: replacing remote attributes memory corruption
Summary: CVE-2015-0274 kernel: xfs: replacing remote attributes memory corruption
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-0274
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1145837 1195251
Blocks: 1176616
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Reported: 2015-02-23 13:31 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2023-05-12 07:31 UTC (History)
26 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.
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Last Closed: 2015-03-24 06:19:34 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0290 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-03-05 16:13:58 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0694 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2015-03-17 18:39:44 UTC

Description Petr Matousek 2015-02-23 13:31:44 UTC 
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled
replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions.

A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this
flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Fixed by:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8275cdd0e7ac550dcce2b3ef6d2fb3b808c1ae59

Introduced by:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e461fcb

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank Eric Windisch of the Docker project for reporting
this issue.
Comment 2 Petr Matousek 2015-02-23 13:35:54 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise 5 and 6. This issue does affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-05 13:05:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2015:0290 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-03-17 14:41:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  MRG for RHEL-6 v.2

Via RHSA-2015:0694 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
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