CVE-2017-17805
Description
The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.14.11.a-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.14.7-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.97 | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| debian | 9.0 | affected | |
| suse | 42.2 | affected | |
| suse | 12 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 16.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 17.10 | affected | |
References
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-4
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-3
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-2
- https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201801-1
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ecaaab5649781c5a0effdaf298a925063020500e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102291
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2473
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecaaab5649781c5a0effdaf298a925063020500e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.