CVE-2017-7618

Published: 10 April 2017

crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Sabrina Dubroca discovered that the asynchronous cryptographic hash (ahash) implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle a full request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion).

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Author

Note

jdstrand

android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Not vulnerable (4.10.0-22.24)
	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-79.100)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Released (4.10.0-22.24)
	Patches: Introduced by ab6bf4e5e5e4298e8649e635bee25542cccbfd97 Fixed by ef0579b64e93188710d48667cb5e014926af9f1b
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Ignored (end of life)
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-aws Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1002.2)
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1018.27)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-azure Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1)
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.11.0-1009.9)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-euclid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Ignored (was needed ESM criteria)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gcp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.10.0-1004.4)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-gke Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1014.14)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Released (4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-hwe-edge Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Released (4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2)
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-kvm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1004.9)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored [end of standard support])
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Released (4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	xenial	Does not exist
	yakkety	Does not exist
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-oem Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Not vulnerable (4.13.0-1008.9)
	zesty	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Not vulnerable (4.10.0-1006.8)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1057.64)
	yakkety	Ignored (end of life)
	zesty	Released (4.10.0-1006.8)
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	upstream	Released (4.11~rc8)
	artful	Not vulnerable (4.4.0-1059.63)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	xenial	Released (4.4.0-1059.63)
	yakkety	Released (4.4.0-1059.63)
	zesty	Released (4.4.0-1059.63)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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