CVE-2014-3153: security - Re: Linux kernel futex local privilege escalation (CVE-2014-3153)

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Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 08:49:50 -0700 From: Kees Cook <kees@…ntu.com> To: oss-security@…ts.openwall.com Subject: Re: Linux kernel futex local privilege escalation (CVE-2014-3153)

On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 06:45:45PM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:

This was handled via linux-distros, hence the mandatory oss-security posting. The issue was made public earlier today, and is included in this Debian advisory:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00130.html

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CVE-2014-3153

Pinkie Pie discovered an issue in the futex subsystem that allows a
local user to gain ring 0 control via the futex syscall. An
unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the kernel (resulting
in denial of service) or for privilege escalation.

Specifically, the futex syscall can leave a queued kernel waiter hanging on the stack. By manipulating the stack with further syscalls, the waiter structure can be altered. When later woken up, the altered waiter can result in arbitrary code execution in ring 0.

This flaw is especially urgent to fix because futex tends to be available within most Linux sandboxes (because it is used as a glibc pthread primitive).

-Kees

– Kees Cook

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