Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix kernel panic when check_interval is changed

2018-02-28 Thread Seunghun Han
Hello, Borislav. 2018-02-28 18:32 GMT+09:00 Borislav Petkov : > On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 05:05:04AM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: >> >> It is a critical security problem because the attacker can make kernel >> >> panic >> >> by writing a value to the check_interval file in userspace, and it can be >>

Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix kernel panic when check_interval is changed

2018-02-28 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 05:05:04AM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: > >> It is a critical security problem because the attacker can make kernel > >> panic > >> by writing a value to the check_interval file in userspace, and it can be > >> used for Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. > > > > As only root can

Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix kernel panic when check_interval is changed

2018-02-25 Thread Seunghun Han
Hello, Greg. 2018-02-23 19:52 GMT+09:00 Greg Kroah-Hartman : > On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 07:13:50PM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: >> I am Seunghun Han and a senior security researcher at National Security >> Research Institute of South Korea. >> >> I found a critical security issue which can make kerne

Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix kernel panic when check_interval is changed

2018-02-23 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 07:13:50PM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: > I am Seunghun Han and a senior security researcher at National Security > Research Institute of South Korea. > > I found a critical security issue which can make kernel panic in userspace. > After analyzing the issue carefully, I foun

Re: [PATCH] x86: mce: fix kernel panic when check_interval is changed

2018-02-23 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 07:13:50PM +0900, Seunghun Han wrote: > I am Seunghun Han and a senior security researcher at National Security > Research Institute of South Korea. > > I found a critical security issue which can make kernel panic in userspace. > After analyzing the issue carefully, I foun