CVE-2020-10942

En el kernel de Linux versiones anteriores a 5.5.8, la función get_raw_socket en el archivo drivers/vhost/net.c carece de una comprobación de un campo sk_family, que podría permitir a atacantes desencadenar una corrupción de pila del kernel por medio de llamadas de sistema diseñadas.

A stack buffer overflow issue was found in the get_raw_socket() routine of the Host kernel accelerator for virtio net (vhost-net) driver. It could occur while doing an ictol(VHOST_NET_SET_BACKEND) call, and retrieving socket name in a kernel stack variable via get_raw_socket(). A user able to perform ioctl(2) calls on the '/dev/vhost-net' device may use this flaw to crash the kernel resulting in DoS issue.

Al Viro discovered that the Linux kernel for s390x systems did not properly perform page table upgrades for kernel sections that use secondary address mode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that the Intel Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for errors in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. Various other issues were also addressed.