Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: use after free via allocate_trace_buffer
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Android OS, Linux, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server, denial of service on service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 11/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
allocate_trace_buffer() 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-allocate-trace-buffer-30599