CVE-2019-3701

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.19.13 - Authenticated Out-of-bounds Write via CAN Frame Modification Rules

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN frame modification rules allow bitwise logical operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc field. The privileged user "root" with CAP_NET_ADMIN can create a CAN frame modification rule that makes the data length code a higher value than the available CAN frame data size. In combination with a configured checksum calculation where the result is stored relatively to the end of the data (e.g. cgw_csum_xor_rel) the tail of the skb (e.g. frag_list pointer in skb_shared_info) can be rewritten which finally can cause a system crash. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may write arbitrary content beyond the data registers in the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw manipulated outgoing frames.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=154651842302479&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106443
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120386
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3932-2/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17957133
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=154661373531512&w=2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4115-1/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 4.4
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
linux/linux_kernel < 4.19.13
Published Jan 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026