Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: buffer overflow via usb_get_extra_descriptor
February 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: Fedora, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SUSE
Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, denial of service on server.
Provenance: physical access.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 18/12/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can generate a buffer overflow via
usb_get_extra_descriptor() 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-get-extra-descriptor-28046