Re: Linux kernel: fixed bug in net/core/flow_dissector.c

[Alexander Popov <alex.popov () linux com>]

On 24.08.2017 21:03, Seth Arnold wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 05:52:45PM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
> > I was asked to investigate a suspicious kernel crash on some Linux
> > server. It is at least a remote DoS (and maybe RCE): Linux is crashed by
> > receiving a single special MPLS packet.
> >
> > I bisected and found out that the bug was introduced in
> > commit b3baa0fbd02a1a9d493d8cb92ae4a4491b9e9d13
> > And was later fixed it in
> > commit a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0
>
> > Is it worth requesting a CVE ID for that issue?
>
> I think it is, it's an easy way to make sure all downstream consumers
> are alerted to the issue.

I've requested a CVE ID at https://cveform.mitre.org/ and got
CVE-2017-13715 for this issue.

Best regards,
Alexander