Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info()
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() can be called without RTNL or RCU.
Use RCU protection and dev_net_rcu() to avoid potential UAF.
Details
- Affected product:
- Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.4.0 (+2 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
openvswitch: use RCU protection in ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info()
ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info() can be called without RTNL or RCU.
Use RCU protection and dev_net_rcu() to avoid potential UAF.