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Status: Duplicate
Merged: issue 788304
Owner:
groeck@chromium.org
Closed: Dec 2017
Cc:
chromeos-kernel-security-bug-access@google.com
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Type: Bug-Security



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CVE-2017-16939 CrOS: Vulnerability reported in Linux kernel

Project Member Reported by vomit.go...@appspot.gserviceaccount.com, Dec 9 2017 
VOMIT (go/vomit) has received an external vulnerability report for the Linux kernel. 

Advisory: CVE-2017-16939
  Details: http://vomit.googleplex.com/advisory?id=CVE/CVE-2017-16939
  CVSS severity score: 7.2/10.0
  Description:

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages.



This bug was filed by http://go/vomit
Please contact us at vomit-team@google.com if you need any assistance.

Comment 1 by jorgelo@chromium.org, Dec 11 2017

Labels: Security_Severity-Low Security_Impact-Stable
Owner: groeck@chromium.org
Status: Assigned (was: Untriaged)
Gotta check if we compile in XFRM stuff, which I don't think we do. Low until confirmed otherwise.

Comment 2 by groeck@chromium.org, Dec 11 2017

Mergedinto: 788304
Status: Duplicate (was: Assigned)
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Comment 3 by sheriffbot@chromium.org, Mar 19 2018

Labels: allpublic
This bug has been closed for more than 14 weeks. Removing security view restrictions.

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