Local privilege escalation via unchecked driver-name copy
Published May 4, 2023 · Updated Jan 29, 2025
A stack buffer overflow in illumos-gate before 676abcb allows local users to gain kernel privileges through stat on a long /dev/net name. The ddi_parse function uses the attacker-controlled driver-name length as the strlcpy size, allowing a long device name to overrun the caller's fixed stack buffer. Any unprivileged user in a global or non-global zone can trigger the overflow; stack canaries generally convert it to a kernel crash, while exploitation can yield arbitrary kernel code execution when an information leak is also available.
Summary
What happened
A stack buffer overflow in illumos-gate before 676abcb allows local users to gain kernel privileges through stat on a long /dev/net name. The ddi_parse function uses the attacker-controlled driver-name length as the strlcpy size, allowing a long device name to overrun the caller's fixed stack buffer. Any unprivileged user in a global or non-global zone can trigger the overflow; stack canaries generally convert it to a kernel crash, while exploitation can yield arbitrary kernel code execution when an information leak is also available.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-31284
- Published
- May 4, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 29, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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