Vulnerability CVE-2015-8019


Published: 2016-05-02

Description:
The skb_copy_and_csum_datagram_iovec function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel 3.14.54 and 3.18.22 does not accept a length argument, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write system call followed by a recvmsg system call.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Linux Kernel <= 3.18 Buffer overflow when copying data from skbuff to userspace
Sabrina
28.10.2015

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1276588
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/11
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/530642/

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