An exploitable vulnerability exists in the grsecurity PaX patch for the function read_kmem, in PaX from version pax-linux-4.9.8-test1 to 4.9.24-test7, grsecurity official from version grsecurity-3.1-4.9.8-201702060653 to grsecurity-3.1-4.9.24-201704252333, grsecurity unofficial from version v4.9.25-unofficialgrsec to v4.9.74-unofficialgrsec. PaX adds a temp buffer to the read_kmem function, which is never freed when an invalid address is supplied. This results in a memory leakage that can lead to a crash of the system. An attacker needs to induce a read to /dev/kmem using an invalid address to exploit this vulnerability.
References
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https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0784 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
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Information
Published : 2019-10-31 14:15
Updated : 2022-06-07 11:41
NVD link : CVE-2019-5023
Mitre link : CVE-2019-5023
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CWE
CWE-772
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Products Affected
opensrcsec
- grsecurity
- pax