CVE-2020-12659

Se detectó un problema en el kernel de Linux versiones anteriores a 5.6.7. En la función xdp_umem_reg en el archivo net/xdp/xdp_umem.c se presenta una escritura fuera de límites (por un usuario con la capacidad CAP_NET_ADMIN) debido a una falta de comprobación del headroom.

An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the Network XDP (the eXpress Data Path) module in the Linux kernel's xdp_umem_reg function in net/xdp/xdp_umem.c. When a user with special user privilege of CAP_NET_ADMIN (or root) calls setsockopt to register umem ring on XDP socket, passing the headroom value larger than the available space in the chunk, it leads to an out-of-bounds write, causing panic or possible memory corruption. This flaw may lead to privilege escalation if a local end-user is granted permission to influence the execution of code in this manner.