Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202003-6

Severity: High
Date : 2020-03-08
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-2732 CVE-2020-9383
Package : linux
Type : multiple issues
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1108

Summary

The package linux before version 5.5.7.arch1-1 is vulnerable to
multiple issues including authentication bypass and information
disclosure.

Resolution

Upgrade to 5.5.7.arch1-1.

pacman -Syu “linux>=5.5.7.arch1-1”

The problems have been fixed upstream in version 5.5.7.arch1.

Workaround

None.

Description

• CVE-2020-2732 (information disclosure)

An issue has been found in KVM before 5.5.7, where vmx_check_intercept
ws is not yet fully implemented on Intel processors, causing e.g. the
I/O or MSR interception bitmaps not to be checked. This in turn allowed
the L2 guest to trick the L0 hypervisor into accessing sensitive
information on the L1 hypervisor.

• CVE-2020-9383 (authentication bypass)

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.5.6. set_fdc in
drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read
because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it,
aka CID-2e90ca68b0d2.

Impact

A local malicious attacker can disclose sensitive information through
side-channel cache attacks, or bypass authentication measures by
abusing the floppy drivers.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/25/3
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg208259.html
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=07721feee46b4b248402133228235318199b05ec
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=35a571346a94fb93b5b3b6a599675ef3384bc75c
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e71237d3ff1abf9f3388337cfebf53b96df2020d
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2e90ca68b0d2f5548804f22f0dd61145516171e3
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-2732
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-9383