CVE-2013-4588 (published 2013-11-20T13:19Z)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v2 base score: 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
CVSS v3 base score: 7.0, HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-119
cwe_name: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
description: The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
extended_description: 
            Certain languages allow direct addressing of memory locations and do not automatically ensure that these locations are valid for the memory buffer that is being referenced. This can cause read or write operations to be performed on memory locations that may be associated with other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
author: Arjan van de Ven
author_date: 2010-01-04 16:37:12+01:00
msg: ipvs: Add boundary check on ioctl arguments

The ipvs code has a nifty system for doing the size of ioctl command
copies; it defines an array with values into which it indexes the cmd
to find the right length.

Unfortunately, the ipvs code forgot to check if the cmd was in the
range that the array provides, allowing for an index outside of the
array, which then gives a "garbage" result into the length, which
then gets used for copying into a stack buffer.

Fix this by adding sanity checks on these as well as the copy size.

[ horms@verge.net.au: adjusted limit to IP_VS_SO_GET_MAX ]
Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
repo_name: torvalds/linux
description: Linux kernel source tree
repo_language: C
owner: torvalds
file_changes: filename: ip_vs_ctl.c
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -2077,6 +2077,10 @@ do_ip_vs_set_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, unsigned int len)
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (cmd < IP_VS_BASE_CTL || cmd > IP_VS_SO_SET_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (len < 0 || len >  MAX_ARG_LEN)
+		return -EINVAL;
 	if (len != set_arglen[SET_CMDID(cmd)]) {
 		pr_err("set_ctl: len %u != %u\n",
 		       len, set_arglen[SET_CMDID(cmd)]);
@@ -2352,17 +2356,25 @@ do_ip_vs_get_ctl(struct sock *sk, int cmd, void __user *user, int *len)
 {
 	unsigned char arg[128];
 	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned int copylen;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (cmd < IP_VS_BASE_CTL || cmd > IP_VS_SO_GET_MAX)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (*len < get_arglen[GET_CMDID(cmd)]) {
 		pr_err("get_ctl: len %u < %u\n",
 		       *len, get_arglen[GET_CMDID(cmd)]);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (copy_from_user(arg, user, get_arglen[GET_CMDID(cmd)]) != 0)
+	copylen = get_arglen[GET_CMDID(cmd)];
+	if (copylen > 128)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(arg, user, copylen) != 0)
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&__ip_vs_mutex))

programming_language: C