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2019-10-18
In the Linux kernel before 5.3.4, a reference count usage error in the fib6_rule_suppress() function in the fib6 suppression feature of net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c, when handling the FIB_LOOKUP_NOREF flag, can be exploited by a local attacker to corrupt memory, aka CID-ca7a03c41753.
Products | Ubuntu_linux, Linux_kernel |
Type | Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) |
First patch | - None (likely due to unavailable code) |
Patches |
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ca7a03c4175366a92cee0ccc4fec0038c3266e26 |
Links |
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/
• https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.3.4 • https://launchpad.net/bugs/1847478 • https://usn.ubuntu.com/4161-1/ |