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FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs

FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs
Posted Aug 21, 2019
Authored by Karsten Konig | Site security.freebsd.org

FreeBSD Security Advisory - System calls operating on file descriptors obtain a reference to relevant struct file which due to a programming error was not always put back, which in turn could be used to overflow the counter of affected struct file. A local user can use this flaw to obtain access to files, directories, sockets, etc., opened by processes owned by other users. If obtained struct file represents a directory from outside of user's jail, it can be used to access files outside of the jail. If the user in question is a jailed root they can obtain root privileges on the host system.

tags | advisory, overflow, local, root
systems | freebsd, bsd
advisories | CVE-2019-5603
SHA-256 | b8976c51a157ffad5c715c1c5e8e3c4be69500c550b1d9f9a9862cd2b065c512

FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs

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============================================================================FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project

Topic: Reference count overflow in mqueue filesystem 32-bit compat

Category: core
Module: kernel
Announced: 2019-08-20
Credits: Karsten König, Secfault Security
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Corrected: 2019-08-20 17:45:22 UTC (stable/12, 12.0-STABLE)
2019-08-20 17:51:32 UTC (releng/12.0, 12.0-RELEASE-p10)
2019-08-20 17:46:22 UTC (stable/11, 11.3-STABLE)
2019-08-20 17:51:32 UTC (releng/11.3, 11.3-RELEASE-p3)
2019-08-20 17:51:32 UTC (releng/11.2, 11.2-RELEASE-p14)
CVE Name: CVE-2019-5603

For general information regarding FreeBSD Security Advisories,
including descriptions of the fields above, security branches, and the
following sections, please visit <URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/>.

Note: This issue is related to the previously disclosed SA-19:15.mqueuefs.
It is another instance of the same bug and as such shares the same CVE.

I. Background

mqueuefs(5) implements POSIX message queue file system which can be used
by processes as a communication mechanism.

'struct file' represents open files, directories, sockets and other
entities.

II. Problem Description

System calls operating on file descriptors obtain a reference to
relevant struct file which due to a programming error was not always put
back, which in turn could be used to overflow the counter of affected
struct file.

III. Impact

A local user can use this flaw to obtain access to files, directories,
sockets, etc., opened by processes owned by other users. If obtained
struct file represents a directory from outside of user's jail, it can
be used to access files outside of the jail. If the user in question is
a jailed root they can obtain root privileges on the host system.

IV. Workaround

No workaround is available. Note that the mqueuefs file system is not
enabled by default.

V. Solution

Upgrade your vulnerable system to a supported FreeBSD stable or
release / security branch (releng) dated after the correction date,
and reboot.

Perform one of the following:

1) To update your vulnerable system via a binary patch:

Systems running a RELEASE version of FreeBSD on the i386 or amd64
platforms can be updated via the freebsd-update(8) utility:

# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install
# shutdown -r +10min "Security update"

2) To update your vulnerable system via a source code patch:

The following patches have been verified to apply to the applicable
FreeBSD release branches.

a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.

# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-19:24/mqueuefs.patch
# fetch https://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-19:24/mqueuefs.patch.asc
# gpg --verify mqueuefs.patch.asc

b) Apply the patch. Execute the following commands as root:

# cd /usr/src
# patch < /path/to/patch

c) Recompile your kernel as described in
<URL:https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
system.

VI. Correction details

The following list contains the correction revision numbers for each
affected branch.

Branch/path Revision
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
stable/12/ r351255
releng/12.0/ r351261
stable/11/ r351257
releng/11.3/ r351261
releng/11.2/ r351261
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

To see which files were modified by a particular revision, run the
following command, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number, on a
machine with Subversion installed:

# svn diff -cNNNNNN --summarize svn://svn.freebsd.org/base

Or visit the following URL, replacing NNNNNN with the revision number:

<URL:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=NNNNNN>

VII. References

<other info on vulnerability>

<URL:https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-5603>

The latest revision of this advisory is available at
<URL:https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:24.mqueuefs.asc>
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