Public bug reported: [Impact] Any user may spam dmesg may issuing an invalid ioctl to /dev/vsock.
[Fix] Do not print anything to dmesg when an invalid ioctl is issued to /dev/vsock. [Test case] ioctl(open("/dev/vsock", O_RDONLY), garbage, 0); [Potential regression] vsock users may regress. ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Fix Released ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Low Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Low Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) Status: In Progress ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Low Assignee: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) Status: In Progress ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Focal) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Assignee: (unassigned) => Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo (cascardo) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Bionic) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1971480 Title: issuing invalid ioctl to /dev/vsock may spam dmesg Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Status in linux source package in Focal: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] Any user may spam dmesg may issuing an invalid ioctl to /dev/vsock. [Fix] Do not print anything to dmesg when an invalid ioctl is issued to /dev/vsock. [Test case] ioctl(open("/dev/vsock", O_RDONLY), garbage, 0); [Potential regression] vsock users may regress. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1971480/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp