ASA-2019-00629 – Linux kernel: NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock()

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Allele Security Alert

ASA-2019-00629

Identifier(s)

ASA-2019-00629, CVE-2019-18680, CID-91573ae4aed0

Title

NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock()

Vendor(s)

Linux foundation

Product(s)

Linux kernel

Affected version(s)

Linux kernel versions before 4.4.195

Linux kernel versions since the following commit:

net: rds: force to destroy connection if t_sock is NULL in rds_tcp_kill_sock()
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e97b06cfdc5213494c22dd5c2b41ff8b15e0ee

Fixed version(s)

Linux kernel version 4.4.195

Linux kernel versions with the following commit applied:

net: rds: Fix NULL ptr use in rds_tcp_kill_sock
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e

Proof of concept

Unknown

Description

There is a NULL pointer dereference in rds_tcp_kill_sock() in net/rds/tcp.c that will cause denial of service.

Technical details

Unknown

Credits

Unknown

Reference(s)

net: rds: Fix NULL ptr use in rds_tcp_kill_sock
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e

net: rds: Fix NULL ptr use in rds_tcp_kill_sock
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/91573ae4aed0a49660abdad4d42f2a0db995ee5e

net: rds: force to destroy connection if t_sock is NULL in rds_tcp_kill_sock()
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e97b06cfdc5213494c22dd5c2b41ff8b15e0ee

net: rds: force to destroy connection if t_sock is NULL in rds_tcp_kill_sock()
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e97b06cfdc5213494c22dd5c2b41ff8b15e0ee

LKML: Mao Wenan: [PATCH stable 4.4 net] net: rds: Fix NULL ptr use in rds_tcp_kill_sock
https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/18/337

ChangeLog-4.4.195
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.195

CVE-2019-18680 - Red Hat Customer Portal
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18680

CVE-2019-18680 in Ubuntu
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-18680.html

CVE-2019-18680 | SUSE
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18680

CVE-2019-18680
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18680

CVE-2019-18680
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-18680

CVE-2019-18680
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18680

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Last modified: December 6, 2019

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