CVE-2019-3901 Information

Description

A race condition in perf_event_open() allows local attackers to leak sensitive data from setuid programs. As no relevant locks (in particular the cred_guard_mutex) are held during the ptrace_may_access() call it is possible for the specified target task to perform an execve() syscall with setuid execution before perf_event_alloc() actually attaches to it allowing an attacker to bypass the ptrace_may_access() check and the perf_event_exit_task(current) call that is performed in install_exec_creds() during privileged execve() calls. This issue affects kernel versions before 4.8.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89937 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3901 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00041.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00042.html https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190517-0005/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.7