Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: use after free via usb_sg_cancel
June 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, Linux, openSUSE Leap, Slackware, SLES,
Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: administrator access/rights, privileged
access/rights, user access/rights, denial of service on server,
denial of service on service, denial of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/04/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force the usage of a freed memory area via
usb_sg_cancel() 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-use-after-free-via-usb-sg-cancel-32156