Bug 1490421 (CVE-2017-14489) - CVE-2017-14489 kernel: scsi: nlmsg is not properly parsed in iscsi_if_rx function
Summary: CVE-2017-14489 kernel: scsi: nlmsg is not properly parsed in iscsi_if_rx func...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2017-14489
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1481997 1487070 1490423 1494489 1494490 1494491
Blocks: 1490424
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Reported: 2017-09-11 14:02 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-10-27 10:53 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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The iscsi_if_rx() function in 'drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c' in the Linux kernel from v2.6.24-rc1 through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (a system panic) by making a number of certain syscalls by leveraging incorrect length validation in the kernel code.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 10:53:16 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-09-11 14:02:51 UTC 
The iscsi_if_rx() function in 'drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c' in the Linux kernel since v2.6.24-rc1 through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (a system panic) by making a number of certain syscalls by leveraging incorrect length validation in the kernel code.

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/506

A proposed upstream patch:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9923803/
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2017-09-11 14:03:25 UTC 
Acknowledgments:

Name: ChunYu Wang (Red Hat)
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2017-09-11 14:04:54 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1490423]
Comment 7 Justin M. Forbes 2018-01-29 16:37:10 UTC 
This was fixed for Fedora with the 4.13.5 stable updates
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