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FreeBSD Security Advisory - Linux Input Validation

FreeBSD Security Advisory - Linux Input Validation
Posted Nov 23, 2012
Authored by Mateusz Guzik | Site security.freebsd.org

FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD is binary-compatible with the Linux operating system through a loadable kernel module/optional kernel component. A programming error in the handling of some Linux system calls may result in memory locations being accessed without proper validation. It is possible for a local attacker to overwrite portions of kernel memory, which may result in a privilege escalation or cause a system panic.

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advisories | CVE-2012-4576
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FreeBSD Security Advisory - Linux Input Validation

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FreeBSD-SA-12:08.linux Security Advisory
The FreeBSD Project

Topic: Linux compatibility layer input validation error

Category: core
Module: kernel
Announced: 2012-11-22
Credits: Mateusz Guzik
Affects: All supported versions of FreeBSD.
Corrected: 2012-11-22 23:15:38 UTC (RELENG_7, 7.4-STABLE)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_7_4, 7.4-RELEASE-p11)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_8, 8.3-STABLE)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_8_3, 8.3-RELEASE-p5)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_9, 9.1-PRERELEASE)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_9_0, 9.0-RELEASE-p5)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_9_1, 9.1-RC1-p1)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_9_1, 9.1-RC2-p1)
2012-11-22 22:52:15 UTC (RELENG_9_1, 9.1-RC3-p1)
CVE Name: CVE-2012-4576

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

I. Background

FreeBSD is binary-compatible with the Linux operating system through a
loadable kernel module/optional kernel component.

II. Problem Description

A programming error in the handling of some Linux system calls may
result in memory locations being accessed without proper validation.

III. Impact

It is possible for a local attacker to overwrite portions of kernel
memory, which may result in a privilege escalation or cause a system
panic.

IV. Workaround

No workaround is available, but systems not using the Linux binary
compatibility layer are not vulnerable.

The following command can be used to test if the Linux binary
compatibility layer is loaded:

# kldstat -m linuxelf

V. Solution

Perform one of the following:

1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 7-STABLE, 8-STABLE, or 9-STABLE,
or to the RELENG_7_4, RELENG_8_3, RELENG_9_0, or RELENG_9_1 security
branch dated after the correction date.

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

The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 7.4,
8.3, 9.0, and 9.1 systems.

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

# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-12:08/linux.patch
# fetch http://security.FreeBSD.org/patches/SA-12:08/linux.patch.asc

b) Apply the patch.

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

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

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

Systems running 7.4-RELEASE, 8.3-RELEASE, 9.0-RELEASE, 9.1-RC1,
9.1-RC2, or 9.1-RC3 on the i386 or amd64 platforms can be updated via
the freebsd-update(8) utility:

# freebsd-update fetch
# freebsd-update install

VI. Correction details

The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
corrected in FreeBSD.

Subversion:

Branch/path Revision
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
stable/7/ r243418
releng/7.4/ r243417
stable/8/ r243417
releng/8.3/ r243417
stable/9/ r243417
releng/9.0/ r243417
releng/9.1/ r243417
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

VII. References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4576

The latest revision of this advisory is available at
http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:08.linux.asc
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