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CVE-2020-16119

Publication date 13 October 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

High

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel exploitable by a local attacker due to reuse of a DCCP socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid object as a listener after being released. Fixed in Ubuntu Linux kernel 5.4.0-51.56, 5.3.0-68.63, 4.15.0-121.123, 4.4.0-193.224, 3.13.0.182.191 and 3.2.0-149.196.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Hadar Manor discovered that the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel improperly handled socket reuse, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Read the notes from the security team

Mitigation

Blacklist the dccp ipv[46] autoloading aliases by adding the following lines to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-dccp.conf: alias net-pf-2-proto-0-type-6 off alias net-pf-2-proto-33-type-6 off alias net-pf-10-proto-0-type-6 off alias net-pf-10-proto-33-type-6 off

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-51.56
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-121.123
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-193.224
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-aws 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.91
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1117.131
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-aws-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1085.90~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.32
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1098.109~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-azure-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1099.110
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1031.32~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-azure-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.98~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1086.98
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-4.15 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1072.76
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1049.50
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1038.40
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-68.63
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-120.122~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-51.56~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1026.27
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1077.79
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1082.91
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
linux-oem 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1099.109
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-5.6 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.6.0-1031.32
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem-osp1 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.0.0-1069.75
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1057.62
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1056.61~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oracle-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1028.29~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.24
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-5.4 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.4.0-1021.24~18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1073.78
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1141.151
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2-5.3 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 5.3.0-1035.37
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-riscv 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.4.0-36.41
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 20.10 groovy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1089.98
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1145.155
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

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patch applied to the ubuntu-kernels was NACKed by upstream. The subsequent revision submitted upstream still needs rework and has not been accepted as of 2021-01-13.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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    • USN-4577-1
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    • USN-4578-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 14 October 2020
    • USN-4579-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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    • USN-4580-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerability
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    • LSN-0072-1
    • Kernel Live Patch Security Notice
    • 14 October 2020

Other references