Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: out-of-bounds memory reading via SMB2_negotiate
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Linux, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on server, denial of
service on service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 22/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via
SMB2_negotiate() of the Linux kernel, in order to trigger a denial
of service, or to obtain sensitive information.
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