CVE-2019-13272: Linux Kernel Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
First published: Tue Jul 16 2019(Updated: )
Kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel mishandles contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows local users to obtain root access.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel-alt | <0:4.14.0-115.12.1.el7a | 0:4.14.0-115.12.1.el7a |
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:4.18.0-80.7.2.rt9.154.el8_0 | 0:4.18.0-80.7.2.rt9.154.el8_0 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_0 | 0:4.18.0-80.7.2.el8_0 |
| Linux kernel | ||
| redhat/kernel | <5.1.17 | 5.1.17 |
| ubuntu/linux | <4.15.0-58.64 | 4.15.0-58.64 |
| ubuntu/linux | <5.0.0-25.26 | 5.0.0-25.26 |
| ubuntu/linux | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux | <4.4.0-159.187 | 4.4.0-159.187 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws | <4.15.0-1047.49 | 4.15.0-1047.49 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws | <5.0.0-1014.16 | 5.0.0-1014.16 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws | <4.4.0-1090.101 | 4.4.0-1090.101 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-aws-hwe | <4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1 | 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure | <5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 | 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure | <5.0.0-1014.14 | 5.0.0-1014.14 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure | <4.15.0-1055.60 | 4.15.0-1055.60 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-edge | <5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 | 5.0.0-1014.14~18.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-edge | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-azure-edge | <4.15.0-1055.60 | 4.15.0-1055.60 |
| ubuntu/linux-euclid | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-flo | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp | <4.15.0-1040.42 | 4.15.0-1040.42 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp | <5.0.0-1013.13 | 5.0.0-1013.13 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp | <4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 | 4.15.0-1040.42~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-edge | <4.15.0-1040.42 | 4.15.0-1040.42 |
| ubuntu/linux-gcp-edge | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gke | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15 | <4.15.0-1040.42 | 4.15.0-1040.42 |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-gke-5.0 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-goldfish | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-grouper | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe | <5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1 | 5.0.0-25.26~18.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe | <4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 | 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge | <4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 | 4.15.0-58.64~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-kvm | <4.15.0-1042.42 | 4.15.0-1042.42 |
| ubuntu/linux-kvm | <5.0.0-1013.14 | 5.0.0-1013.14 |
| ubuntu/linux-kvm | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-kvm | <4.4.0-1054.61 | 4.4.0-1054.61 |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-trusty | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-utopic | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-vivid | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-wily | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-lts-xenial | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-maguro | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-mako | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-manta | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem | <4.15.0-1050.57 | 4.15.0-1050.57 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem | <4.15.0-1050.57 | 4.15.0-1050.57 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem | <4.15.0-1050.57 | 4.15.0-1050.57 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-5.4 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1 | <5.0.0-1018.20 | 5.0.0-1018.20 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1 | <5.0.0-1018.20 | 5.0.0-1018.20 |
| ubuntu/linux-oem-osp1 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle | <4.15.0-1021.23 | 4.15.0-1021.23 |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle | <5.0.0-1004.8 | 5.0.0-1004.8 |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle | <4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1 | 4.15.0-1021.23~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2 | <4.15.0-1043.46 | 4.15.0-1043.46 |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2 | <5.0.0-1014.14 | 5.0.0-1014.14 |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2 | <4.4.0-1118.127 | 4.4.0-1118.127 |
| ubuntu/linux-raspi2-5.3 | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-snapdragon | <4.15.0-1060.66 | 4.15.0-1060.66 |
| ubuntu/linux-snapdragon | <5.0.0-1018.19 | 5.0.0-1018.19 |
| ubuntu/linux-snapdragon | <5.2 | 5.2 |
| ubuntu/linux-snapdragon | <4.4.0-1122.128 | 4.4.0-1122.128 |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=3.16.52<3.16.71 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.1.39<4.2 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.4.40<4.4.185 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.8.16<4.9 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.9.1<4.9.185 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.10<4.14.133 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.15<4.19.58 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.20<5.1.17 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| Fedoraproject Fedora | =29 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =18.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =19.04 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =8.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux For Real Time | =8 | |
| All of | ||
| Netapp Aff A700s Firmware | ||
| NetApp AFF A700s | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410c | ||
| All of | ||
| Netapp H610s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H610s | ||
| Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere | ||
| Netapp E-series Performance Analyzer | ||
| NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller | >=11.0.0<=11.60.3 | |
| Netapp Hci Management Node | ||
| NetApp Service Processor | ||
| Netapp Solidfire | ||
| Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage | ||
| Netapp Hci Compute Node | ||
| Netapp Aff A700s Firmware | ||
| NetApp AFF A700s | ||
| Netapp H410c Firmware | ||
| Netapp H410c | ||
| Netapp H610s Firmware | ||
| Netapp H610s | ||
| debian/linux | 4.19.249-2 4.19.304-1 5.10.209-2 5.10.205-2 6.1.76-1 6.1.85-1 6.6.15-2 6.7.12-1 |
Remedy
For mitigation, please refer to the Red Hat Knowledgebase article: https://access.redhat.com/articles/4292201
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Reference Links
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13272 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13272
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1730895
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2809
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2405
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2411
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-13272
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153663/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Broken-Permission-Object-Lifetime-Handling.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154957/Linux-Polkit-pkexec-Helper-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156929/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165051/Linux-Kernel-5.1.x-PTRACE_TRACEME-pkexec-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1903
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140671
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.17
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41ee
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41ee
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00022.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00023.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGRK5LYWBJ4E4SRI4DKX367NHYSI3VOH/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/30
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4484
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336?utm_source=f5support&amp;utm_medium=RSS
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-13272
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1730897
- https://access.redhat.com/articles/4292201
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2417
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGRK5LYWBJ4E4SRI4DKX367NHYSI3VOH/
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4093-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4094-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4095-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4117-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4118-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13272
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13272
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-13272
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/64b875f7ac8a5d60a4e191479299e931ee949b67
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41ee
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-13272
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