CVE-2011-2689

Bug #819572 reported by Kees Cook
258
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Low
Andy Whitcroft
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-ec2 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Hardy
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Lucid
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Maverick
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Natty
Fix Released
Low
Andy Whitcroft
Oneiric
Invalid
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

The gfs2_fallocate function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0-rc1 does not ensure that the size of a chunk allocation is a multiple of the block size, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) by arranging for all resource groups to have too little free space.

Break-Fix: 3921120e757f9167f3fcd3a1781239824471b14d 6905d9e4dda6112f007e9090bca80507da158e63

Revision history for this message
Kees Cook (kees) wrote :

CVE-2011-2689

tags: added: kernel-cve-tracking-bug
security vulnerability: no → yes
Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Fix Committed
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
description: updated
Kees Cook (kees)
description: updated
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → In Progress
Andy Whitcroft (apw)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee: nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
status: New → In Progress
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
assignee: nobody → Andy Whitcroft (apw)
status: New → In Progress
Tim Gardner (timg-tpi)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Kees Cook (kees)
description: updated
Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
description: updated
Kees Cook (kees)
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ec2 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-mvl-dove (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-maverick (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Lucid):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Hardy):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Maverick):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-fsl-imx51 (Ubuntu Natty):
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux-ti-omap4 - 2.6.38-1209.15

---------------
linux-ti-omap4 (2.6.38-1209.15) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  * Release tracking bug
    - LP: #837761

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [Config] Turn on CONFIG_USER_NS and DEVPTS_MULTIPLE_INSTANCES.
    - LP: #787749

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add enic/fnic to nic-modules udeb, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #801610

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * mpt2sas: prevent heap overflows and unchecked reads
    - LP: #780546
  * agp: fix arbitrary kernel memory writes
    - LP: #775809
  * can: add missing socket check in can/raw release
    - LP: #780546
  * agp: fix OOM and buffer overflow
    - LP: #775809
  * bonding: Incorrect TX queue offset, CVE-2011-1581
    - LP: #792312
    - CVE-2011-1581
  * fs/partitions/efi.c: corrupted GUID partition tables can cause kernel
    oops
    - LP: #795418
    - CVE-2011-1577
  * can: Add missing socket check in can/bcm release.
    - LP: #796502
    - CVE-2011-1598
  * USB: ehci: remove structure packing from ehci_def
    - LP: #791552
  * taskstats: don't allow duplicate entries in listener mode,
    CVE-2011-2484
    - LP: #806390
    - CVE-2011-2484
  * ext4: init timer earlier to avoid a kernel panic in __save_error_info,
    CVE-2011-2493
    - LP: #806929
    - CVE-2011-2493
  * dccp: handle invalid feature options length, CVE-2011-1770
    - LP: #806375
    - CVE-2011-1770
  * pagemap: close races with suid execve, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * report errors in /proc/*/*map* sanely, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * close race in /proc/*/environ, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * auxv: require the target to be tracable (or yourself), CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * deal with races in /proc/*/{syscall, stack, personality}, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * rose: Add length checks to CALL_REQUEST parsing, CVE-2011-1493
    - LP: #816550
    - CVE-2011-1493
  * GFS2: make sure fallocate bytes is a multiple of blksize, CVE-2011-2689
    - LP: #819572
    - CVE-2011-2689
  * Bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace.
    - LP: #819569
    - CVE-2011-2492
  * Add mount option to check uid of device being mounted = expect uid,
    CVE-2011-1833
    - LP: #732628
    - CVE-2011-1833
  * ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable, CVE-2011-2699
    - LP: #827685
    - CVE-2011-2699
  * perf: Fix software event overflow, CVE-2011-2918
    - LP: #834121
    - CVE-2011-2918
  * proc: fix oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020

linux-ti-omap4 (2.6.38-1209.13) natty; urgency=low

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #772381

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Ubuntu-2.6.38-9.43

  [ Bryan Wu ]

  * merge Ubuntu-2.6.38-9.43
  * cherry-pick 6 patches from u2 of 'for-ubuntu' branch
  * [Config] Sync up configs for 2.6.38.4

  [ Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski ]

  * SAUCE: Revert "x86, hibernate: Initialize mmu_cr4_features during boot"
    - LP: #764758

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * [Config] updateconfigs for 2.6.38.4

  [ Paolo Pisati ]

  * [Conf...

Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.38-11.50

---------------
linux (2.6.38-11.50) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #848246

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "eCryptfs: Handle failed metadata read in lookup"
  * Revert "KVM: fix kvmclock regression due to missing clock update"
  * Revert "ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb
    allocations"

linux (2.6.38-11.49) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #836903

  [ Adam Jackson ]

  * SAUCE: drm/i915/pch: Fix integer math bugs in panel fitting
    - LP: #753994

  [ Keng-Yu Lin ]

  * SAUCE: Input: ALPS - Enable Intellimouse mode for Lenovo Zhaoyang E47
    - LP: #632884, #803005

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * [Config] Force perf to use libiberty for demangling
    - LP: #783660

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add enic/fnic to udebs
    - LP: #801610

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * eeepc-wmi: add keys found on EeePC 1215T
    - LP: #812644
  * eCryptfs: Handle failed metadata read in lookup
    - LP: #509180
  * pagemap: close races with suid execve, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * report errors in /proc/*/*map* sanely, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * close race in /proc/*/environ, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * auxv: require the target to be tracable (or yourself), CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * deal with races in /proc/*/{syscall, stack, personality}, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * vmscan: fix a livelock in kswapd
    - LP: #813797
  * mmc: Add PCI fixup quirks for Ricoh 1180:e823 reader
    - LP: #773524
  * mmc: Added quirks for Ricoh 1180:e823 lower base clock frequency
    - LP: #773524
  * rose: Add length checks to CALL_REQUEST parsing, CVE-2011-1493
    - LP: #816550
    - CVE-2011-1493
  * pata_marvell: Add support for 88SE91A0, 88SE91A4
    - LP: #777325
  * GFS2: make sure fallocate bytes is a multiple of blksize, CVE-2011-2689
    - LP: #819572
    - CVE-2011-2689
  * Bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace.
    - LP: #819569
    - CVE-2011-2492
  * drm/nv50-nvc0: work around an evo channel hang that some people see
    - LP: #583760
  * KVM: fix kvmclock regression due to missing clock update
    - LP: #795717
  * Add mount option to check uid of device being mounted = expect uid,
    CVE-2011-1833
    - LP: #732628
    - CVE-2011-1833
  * proc: fix oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable, CVE-2011-2699
    - LP: #827685
    - CVE-2011-2699
  * ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb allocations
    - LP: #728835
  * perf: Fix software event overflow, CVE-2011-2918
    - LP: #834121
    - CVE-2011-2918
 -- Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:23:38 -0300

Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :
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This bug was fixed in the package linux-lts-backport-natty - 2.6.38-11.50~lucid1

---------------
linux-lts-backport-natty (2.6.38-11.50~lucid1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #848588

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "eCryptfs: Handle failed metadata read in lookup"
  * Revert "KVM: fix kvmclock regression due to missing clock update"
  * Revert "ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb
    allocations"

linux (2.6.38-11.49) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #836903

  [ Adam Jackson ]

  * SAUCE: drm/i915/pch: Fix integer math bugs in panel fitting
    - LP: #753994

  [ Keng-Yu Lin ]

  * SAUCE: Input: ALPS - Enable Intellimouse mode for Lenovo Zhaoyang E47
    - LP: #632884, #803005

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * [Config] Force perf to use libiberty for demangling
    - LP: #783660

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * [Config] Add enic/fnic to udebs
    - LP: #801610

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * eeepc-wmi: add keys found on EeePC 1215T
    - LP: #812644
  * eCryptfs: Handle failed metadata read in lookup
    - LP: #509180
  * pagemap: close races with suid execve, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * report errors in /proc/*/*map* sanely, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * close race in /proc/*/environ, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * auxv: require the target to be tracable (or yourself), CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * deal with races in /proc/*/{syscall, stack, personality}, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * vmscan: fix a livelock in kswapd
    - LP: #813797
  * mmc: Add PCI fixup quirks for Ricoh 1180:e823 reader
    - LP: #773524
  * mmc: Added quirks for Ricoh 1180:e823 lower base clock frequency
    - LP: #773524
  * rose: Add length checks to CALL_REQUEST parsing, CVE-2011-1493
    - LP: #816550
    - CVE-2011-1493
  * pata_marvell: Add support for 88SE91A0, 88SE91A4
    - LP: #777325
  * GFS2: make sure fallocate bytes is a multiple of blksize, CVE-2011-2689
    - LP: #819572
    - CVE-2011-2689
  * Bluetooth: l2cap and rfcomm: fix 1 byte infoleak to userspace.
    - LP: #819569
    - CVE-2011-2492
  * drm/nv50-nvc0: work around an evo channel hang that some people see
    - LP: #583760
  * KVM: fix kvmclock regression due to missing clock update
    - LP: #795717
  * Add mount option to check uid of device being mounted = expect uid,
    CVE-2011-1833
    - LP: #732628
    - CVE-2011-1833
  * proc: fix oops on invalid /proc/<pid>/maps access, CVE-2011-1020
    - LP: #813026
    - CVE-2011-1020
  * ipv6: make fragment identifications less predictable, CVE-2011-2699
    - LP: #827685
    - CVE-2011-2699
  * ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb allocations
    - LP: #728835
  * perf: Fix software event overflow, CVE-2011-2918
    - LP: #834121
    - CVE-2011-2918

linux (2.6.38-11.48) natty-proposed; urgency=low

  [Herton R. Krzesinski]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #818175

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "HID: magicmouse: ignore 'ivalid report id' while switching
   ...

Changed in linux-lts-backport-natty (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Lucid):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Precise):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Hardy):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Maverick):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in linux-lts-backport-oneiric (Ubuntu Natty):
status: New → Invalid
importance: Undecided → Low
Paolo Pisati (p-pisati)
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Invalid
Changed in linux-ti-omap4 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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