BF Specification of CVE-2019-14814 Heap Overflow in Marvell wifi diver in Linux kernel up to excluding v5.3
Missing verification of 'rate_ie->len' towards a upper limit leads to use of an inconsistent size for an object, allowing a pointer reposition over its bounds, which, when used in 'memcpy()' leads to a heap buffer overflow. If exploited, this can lead to denial of service – system crash; and possibly arbitrary code execution.
vendor:product: linux:linux_kernel:* |
Class | Definition |
DVR | Data Verification (DVR) class – Data are verified (semantics check) or corrected (assign, remove) improperly. |
MAD | Memory Addressing (MAD) class – The pointer to an object is initialized, repositioned, or reassigned to an improper memory address. |
MUS | Memory Use (MUS) class – An object is initialized, read, written, or cleared improperly. |
Operation | Definition |
Verify | Verify operation – Check data semantics (proper value/meaning) in order to accept (and possibly correct) or reject it. |
Reposition | Reposition operation – Change the pointer to another position inside its object. |
Write | Write operation – Change the data value of an object to another meaningful value. |
Cause/Consequence | Definition |
Code Bug | Code Bug type – Defect in the implementation of the operation – proper operands over an improper operation. A first cause for the chain of weaknesses underlying a software security vulnerability. Must be fixed to resolve the vulnerability. |
Missing Code | Missing Code bug - The operation is entirely absent. |
Data Error/Fault | Data Fault/Error type – The object data has harmed semantics or inconsistent or wrong value. |
Inconsistent Value | Inconsistent Value fault/error – Data value does not correspond to the value of a related data (e.g., inconstancy between the value of a size variable and the actual buffer size). |
Wrong Size | Wrong Size fault/error – The value used as size does not match the actual size of the object (e.g., to restrict pointer repositioning or index increment/decrement in a repetition statement). |
Address Error/Fault | Address Fault/Error type – The object address in use is wrong. |
Over Bounds Pointer | Over Bounds Pointer fault/error – Holds an address above the upper boundary of its object. |
Memory Corruption/Disclosure Final Error | Memory Corruption/Disclosure exploitable error type – An exploitable or undefined system behavior caused by memory addressing, allocation, use, and deallocation bugs. |
Buffer Overflow | Buffer Overflow exploitable error – Writing above the upper bound of an object – aka Buffer Over-Write. |
Operation Attribute | Definition |
Mechanism | Mechanism operation attribute type – Shows how the buggy/faulty operation code is performed. |
Range | Range operation attribute – The operation checks data are within a (min, max) interval. |
Sequential | Sequential operation attribute – The operation is via iterating over the object elements. |
Source Code | Source Code operation attribute type – Shows where the operation with the bug or a faulty operand is in the program – in what kind of software. |
Codebase | Codebase operation attribute – The operation is in the programmer's code - in the application itself. |
Execution Space | Execution Space operation attribute type – Shows where the buggy/faulty operation code is running or with what privilege level. |
Admin | Admin operation attribute – The bugged code runs in an environment with access control policy with unlimited (admin user) permission. |
Kernel | Kernel operation attribute – The bugged code runs in an environment with privilege levels with access privileged instructions (e.g., ring 0 in x86 architecture). |
Operand Attribute | Definition |
Data State | Data State operand attribute type operand attribute – Shows where the data come from. |
In Use | In Use operand attribute – Data are from a volatile storage (e.g., RAM, cache memory). |
Address State | Address State operand attribute type - State operand attribute type – Shows where the address is in the memory layout. |
Heap | Heap operand attribute – The object is a dynamically allocated data structure (e.g., via malloc() and new). |
Size Kind | Size Kind operand attribute type – Shows what the limit for traversal of the object is. |
Used | Used operand attribute – A supplied size for an object. |