Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via usb/mon/mon_text.c
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
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: 15/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via usb/mon/mon_text.c
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-buffer-overflow-via-usb-mon-mon-text-c-30616