Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2019-18675
Published: November 25, 2019 / Updated: February 24, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95692
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-2019-18675
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 execute arbitrary code.
The Linux kernel through 5.3.13 has a start_offset+size Integer Overflow in cpia2_remap_buffer in drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_core.c because cpia2 has its own mmap implementation. This allows local users (with /dev/video0 access) to obtain read and write permissions on kernel physical pages, which can possibly result in a privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18675
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://deshal3v.github.io/blog/kernel-research/mmap_exploitation
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_core.c
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200103-0001/
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=be83bbf806822b1b89e0a0f23cd87cddc409e429