Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: use after free via SMB2_write
October 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, denial of service on server, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 25/09/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
SMB2_write() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial of
service, and possibly to run code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-use-after-free-via-SMB2-write-30407