CVE-2019-10638 (NVD)

2019-07-05

In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker 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). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses.

Products Linux_kernel
Type Inadequate Encryption Strength (CWE-326)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Patches https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/55f0fc7a02de8f12757f4937143d8d5091b2e40b
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/355b98553789b646ed97ad801a619ff898471b92
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/df453700e8d81b1bdafdf684365ee2b9431fb702
Links https://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4114-1/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00014.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497