Re: CVE request: kernel: sctp: Fix kernel panic while process protocol violation parameter

[Eugene Teo <eteo () redhat com>]

Eugene Teo wrote:
> Eugene Teo wrote:
> > This was committed in upstream kernel recently.
> >
> > "[PATCH] sctp: Fix kernel panic while process protocol violation parameter
> >
> > Since call to function sctp_sf_abort_violation() need paramter 'arg'
> > with 'struct sctp_chunk' type, it will read the chunk type and chunk
> > length from the chunk_hdr member of chunk. But call to
> > sctp_sf_violation_paramlen() always with 'struct sctp_paramhdr' type's
> > parameter, it will be passed to sctp_sf_abort_violation(). This may
> > cause kernel panic."
> >
> > Upstream commit: ba0166708ef4da7eeb61dd92bbba4d5a749d6561
> >
> > This is user-triggerable.
>
> Ping Steve. This needs a CVE name too. Thanks!

My bad. Steve assigned this with CVE-2008-4618.

Thanks, Eugene