An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. An Integer Overflow in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically makes the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. For example, a local user can cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls.
References
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/78c9c4dfbf8c04883941445a195276bb4bb92c76 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://github.com/lcytxw/bug_repro/tree/master/bug_200189 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200189 | Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3848-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/ | Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2018-07-02 10:29
Updated : 2019-04-03 05:04
NVD link : CVE-2018-12896
Mitre link : CVE-2018-12896
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CWE
CWE-190
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
linux
- linux_kernel