CVE-2019-10639

Summary

CVECVE-2019-10639
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-05 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:02:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel 4.x (starting from 4.1) and 5.x before 5.0.8 allows Information Exposure (partial kernel address disclosure), leading to a KASLR bypass. Specifically, it is possible to extract the KASLR kernel image offset using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). This key contains enough bits from a kernel address (of a static variable) so when the key is extracted (via enumeration), the offset of the kernel image is exposed. This attack can be carried out remotely, by the attacker forcing the target device to send UDP or ICMP (or certain other) traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. Forcing a server to send UDP traffic is trivial if the server is a DNS server. ICMP traffic is trivial if the server answers ICMP Echo requests (ping). For client targets, if the target visits the attacker's web page, then WebRTC or gQUIC can be used to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. NOTE: this attack against KASLR became viable in 4.1 because IP ID generation was changed to have a dependency on an address associated with a network namespace.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-326

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
July 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4497-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.0.8 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
netns: provide pure entropy for net_hash_mix() · torvalds/linux@355b985 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
support.f5.com/csp/article/K32804955 CONFIRM support.f5.com
support.f5.com/csp/article/K32804955 CONFIRM support.f5.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1716-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
arxiv.org/pdf/1906.10478.pdf MISC arxiv.org Third Party Advisory
myF5 support.f5.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1757-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-4115-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4497-1] linux security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1885-1] linux-4.9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1862-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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