CVE-2019-11191

Summary

CVECVE-2019-11191
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-04-12 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:02:00 UTC
Description** DISPUTED ** The Linux kernel through 5.0.7, when CONFIG_IA32_AOUT is enabled and ia32_aout is loaded, allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid a.out programs (if any exist) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_aout_binary() in fs/binfmt_aout.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because ASLR for a.out format executables has never been supported.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel < 4.8 local generic ASLR - another CVE-ID MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1570-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: Linux kernel < 4.8 local generic ASLR - another CVE-ID MLIST www.openwall.com
Linux Kernel CVE-2019-11191 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-4006-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4008-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/03/4/1 MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4006-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4007-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4007-2: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4008-3: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Linux kernel < 4.8 local generic ASLR bypass for setuid binaries MISC www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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