Security Bulletin: IBM RackSwitch firmware products are affected by a vulnerability in the Kernel (CVE-2020-12464)

Summary

IBM RackSwitch firmware products have addressed the following Kernel vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-12464
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the usb_sg_cancel function in drivers/usb/core/message.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181213 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

IBM RackSwitch G7028

(G7028_Image_7.6.6.0)

| 7.6.6.0

IBM RackSwitch G8316

(G8316_Image_7.9.28.0)

| 7.9.28.0

IBM RackSwitch G8052

(G8052_Image_7.11.18.0)

| 7.11.18.0

IBM RackSwitch G8264

(G8264_Image_7.11.18.0)

| 7.11.18.0

IBM RackSwitch G8332

(G8332_Image_7.7.34.0)

| 7.7.34.0

IBM RackSwitch G8264T

(G8264T_Image_7.9.28.0)

| 7.9.28.0

IBM RackSwitch G8124/G8124E

(G8124_G8124E_Image_7.11.18.0)

| 7.11.18.0

G8264CS_SI_Fabric_Image - Bundle

(G8264CS_SI_Fabric_Image_7.8.26.0)

| 7.8.26.0

IBM RackSwitch G8264CS

(G8264CS_Image_7.8.26.0)

| 7.8.26.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None