Overview
- Description
- The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.5
- Impact score
- 4
- Exploitability score
- 2
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.9
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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"matchCriteriaId": "11C6B206-8716-4A16-81BD-F3B8C8ACBE19",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.13.7"
}
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"operator": "OR"
}
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