Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: memory corruption via check_input_term
October 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, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux
Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: administrator access/rights, denial of service on
server.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 19/08/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a memory corruption via check_input_term()
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-memory-corruption-via-check-input-term-30083