Linux Kernel version 3.18 to 4.16 incorrectly handles an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp. This may lead to copying up to 1000 kernel heap pages to the userspace. This has been fixed upstream in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 already. The problem has limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the Nero user manual suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that the requirement for an attacker to have both the CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO capabilities makes it "virtually impossible to exploit.
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00043.html | |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/26/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948 | Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00015.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00016.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2018-06-26 14:29
Updated : 2024-05-17 01:21
NVD link : CVE-2018-1000204
Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000204
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1000204
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE