Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-13233
Published: July 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19110
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13233
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c file due to a race condition between modify_ldt() and a #BR exception for an MPX bounds violation when accessing LDT entry. A local user can create a specially crafted application and escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13233
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1879
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.9
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=de9f869616dd95e95c00bdd6b0fcd3421e8a4323
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/de9f869616dd95e95c00bdd6b0fcd3421e8a4323