Bug 1303532 (CVE-2015-8812) - CVE-2015-8812 kernel: CXGB3: Logic bug in return code handling prematurely frees key structures causing Use after free or kernel panic.
Summary: CVE-2015-8812 kernel: CXGB3: Logic bug in return code handling prematurely fr...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-8812
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1309548
Blocks: 1247078 1247626
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Reported: 2016-02-01 08:32 UTC by Wade Mealing
Modified: 2021-10-21 00:50 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A use-after-free flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered to be congested. The kernel incorrectly misinterpreted the congestion as an error condition and incorrectly freed or cleaned up the socket buffer (skb). When the device then sent the skb's queued data, these structures were referenced. A local attacker could use this flaw to panic the system (denial of service) or, with a local account, escalate their privileges.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 00:50:17 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:2574 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2016-11-03 12:06:10 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:2584 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: kernel-rt security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2016-11-03 12:08:49 UTC

Description Wade Mealing 2016-02-01 08:32:11 UTC 
A flaw was found in the CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered congested.  The kernel would incorrectly misinterpret the congestion as an error condition and incorrectly free/clean up the skb. When the device would then send the skb's queued, these structures would be referenced and may panic the system or allow an attacker to escalate privileges in a use-after-free scenario.

From the patch: 

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The cxgb3_*_send() functions return NET_XMIT_ values, which are
positive integers values. So don't treat positive return values
as an error.
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Upstream commit:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67f1aee6f45059fd6b0f5b0ecb2c97ad0451f6b3

CVE assignment:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/311
Comment 1 Wade Mealing 2016-02-05 09:23:25 UTC 
Statement: 

This issue affects the Linux kernels as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and realtime kernels and may be addressed in a future update.

This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently
planned to be addressed in future updates in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 . For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
Comment 2 Wade Mealing 2016-02-11 09:41:05 UTC 
Acknowledgements:

Name: Venkatesh Pottem (Red Hat Engineering)
Comment 4 Wade Mealing 2016-02-18 05:37:48 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1309548]
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2016-02-28 08:20:49 UTC 
kernel-4.3.6-201.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2016-02-28 12:20:59 UTC 
kernel-4.4.2-301.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2016-03-05 01:19:45 UTC 
kernel-4.4.3-201.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 15:15:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2574 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 19:41:05 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2584 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 21:31:56 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2574 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-03 21:47:24 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:2584 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
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