SB2014092810 - Buffer overflow in Linux kernel

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3184)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69768
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141391
• https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=91
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214