Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: out-of-bounds memory reading via set_geometry
August 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: Debian, Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop,
SLES.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on server.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 29/07/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
set_geometry() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial
of service, or to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-set-geometry-29903