Re: Re: CVE request: linux kernel - local DoS with cgroup offline code

[Andreas Stieger <astieger () suse com>]

On 11/05/2016 04:59 PM, cve-assign () mitre org wrote:
> > A malicious user who can run an arbitrary image with a
> non-privileged user
> > in a Container-as-a-service cloud environment could use the exploit to
> > deadlock the container nodes to deny the service for other users.
>
> > container> $ trinity -D --disable-fds=memfd --disable-fds=timerfd \
> >              --disable-fds=pipes --disable-fds=testfile \
> >              --disable-fds=sockets --disable-fds=perf \
> >              --disable-fds=epoll --disable-fds=eventfd \
> >              --disable-fds=drm
>
> > # systemctl status docker
> > <hang...>
>
> > task kworker/45:4:146035 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
>
> > "cgroup is trying to offline a cpuset css, which
> > takes place under cgroup_mutex. The offlining ends up trying to drain
> > active usages of a sysctl table which apparently is not happening."
> There is
> > no fix at this time as far as I can tell.
>
> Use CVE-2016-9191.

Fix:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=93362fa47fe98b62e4a34ab408c4a418432e7939

Introduced by:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f0c3b5093addc8bfe9fe3a5b01acb7ec7969eafa

v3.11-rc1...v4.10-rc4

Andreas


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