Linux Kernel up to 5.4.13 mptctl.c __mptctl_ioctl race condition

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.13. Impacted is the function __mptctl_ioctl of the file drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c. Such manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-12652. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.13 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function __mptctl_ioctl of the file drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The __mptctl_ioctl function in drivers/message/fusion/mptctl.c in the Linux kernel before 5.4.14 allows local users to hold an incorrect lock during the ioctl operation and trigger a race condition, i.e., a "double fetch" vulnerability, aka CID-28d76df18f0a. NOTE: the vendor states "The security impact of this bug is not as bad as it could have been because these operations are all privileged and root already has enormous destructive power."

The weakness was disclosed 05/05/2020. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12652 since 05/05/2020. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 5.4.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.0
• 5.4.1
• 5.4.2
• 5.4.3
• 5.4.4
• 5.4.5
• 5.4.6
• 5.4.7
• 5.4.8
• 5.4.9
• 5.4.10
• 5.4.11
• 5.4.12
• 5.4.13

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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