Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-5873 - Use After Free vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An issue was discovered in the __ns_get_path function in fs/nsfs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. Due to a race condition when accessing files, a Use After Free condition can occur. This also affects all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) before security patch level 2018-07-05.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2018-0258.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nsfs: mark dentry with DCACHE_RCUACCESS (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 28576290] (CVE-2018-5873) - dm crypt: add middle-endian variant of plain64 IV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 28604628] - IB/ipoib: Improve filtering log message (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Fix wrong update of arp_blocked counter (Yuval Shaia) - IB/ipoib: Update RX counters after ACL filtering (Yuval Shaia) - IB/ipoib: Filter RX packets before adding pseudo header (Yuval Shaia) - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 28664501] (CVE-2018-16658) - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 28664577] (CVE-2017-13695) - uek-rpm: Disable deprecated CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER (Victor Erminpour) [Orabug: 28680213] last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117764 published 2018-09-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117764 title OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0258) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The package checks in this plugin were extracted from OracleVM # Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0258. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117764); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:35"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13695", "CVE-2018-16658", "CVE-2018-5873"); script_name(english:"OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0258)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the RPM output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - nsfs: mark dentry with DCACHE_RCUACCESS (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 28576290] (CVE-2018-5873) - dm crypt: add middle-endian variant of plain64 IV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 28604628] - IB/ipoib: Improve filtering log message (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Fix wrong update of arp_blocked counter (Yuval Shaia) - IB/ipoib: Update RX counters after ACL filtering (Yuval Shaia) - IB/ipoib: Filter RX packets before adding pseudo header (Yuval Shaia) - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 28664501] (CVE-2018-16658) - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 28664577] (CVE-2017-13695) - uek-rpm: Disable deprecated CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER (Victor Erminpour) [Orabug: 28680213]" ); # https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2018-September/000893.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?851cd234" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:kernel-uek-firmware"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"OracleVM Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleVM/release", "Host/OracleVM/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/release"); if (isnull(release) || "OVS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM"); if (! preg(pattern:"^OVS" + "3\.4" + "(\.[0-9]|$)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "OracleVM 3.4", "OracleVM " + release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleVM/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "OracleVM", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.4", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"OVS3.4", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "kernel-uek / kernel-uek-firmware"); }
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4227.NASL description Description of changes: [4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek] - nsfs: mark dentry with DCACHE_RCUACCESS (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 28576290] {CVE-2018-5873} - dm crypt: add middle-endian variant of plain64 IV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 28604628] - IB/ipoib: Improve filtering log message (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Fix wrong update of arp_blocked counter (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Update RX counters after ACL filtering (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Filter RX packets before adding pseudo header (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 28664501] {CVE-2018-16658} - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 28664577] {CVE-2017-13695} - uek-rpm: Disable deprecated CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER (Victor Erminpour) [Orabug: 28680213] last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117769 published 2018-09-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117769 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4227) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4227. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117769); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:39"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13695", "CVE-2018-16658", "CVE-2018-5873"); script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4227)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Description of changes: [4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek] - nsfs: mark dentry with DCACHE_RCUACCESS (Cong Wang) [Orabug: 28576290] {CVE-2018-5873} - dm crypt: add middle-endian variant of plain64 IV (Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk) [Orabug: 28604628] - IB/ipoib: Improve filtering log message (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Fix wrong update of arp_blocked counter (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Update RX counters after ACL filtering (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - IB/ipoib: Filter RX packets before adding pseudo header (Yuval Shaia) [Orabug: 28655409] - cdrom: Fix info leak/OOB read in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 28664501] {CVE-2018-16658} - ACPICA: acpi: acpica: fix acpi operand cache leak in nseval.c (Seunghun Han) [Orabug: 28664577] {CVE-2017-13695} - uek-rpm: Disable deprecated CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER (Victor Erminpour) [Orabug: 28680213]" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-September/008066.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-September/008067.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 6 / 7", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu); if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves")) { rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r"); cve_list = make_list("CVE-2017-13695", "CVE-2018-16658", "CVE-2018-5873"); if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list)) { audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2018-4227"); } else { __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text(); } } kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item("Host/uname/major_minor"); if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, "Unable to determine kernel major-minor level."); expected_kernel_major_minor = "4.1"; if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "running kernel level " + expected_kernel_major_minor + ", it is running kernel level " + kernel_major_minor); flag = 0; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.19.5.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.19.5.el7uek")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "affected kernel"); }
References
- https://www.codeaurora.org/security-bulletin/2018/07/02/july-2018-code-aurora-security-bulletin
- https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.9/commit/?id=34742aaf7cb16c95edba4a7afed6d2c4fa7e434b
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-07-01
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=073c516ff73557a8f7315066856c04b50383ac34