APPLIED/CMT[X]: [SRU][F/B/X][CVE-2020-25284][PATCH v2 0/1] rbd: require global CAP_SYS_ADMIN for mapping and unmapping

[Ian May]

This patch was applied in the following patchset:

Xenial update: v4.4.237 upstream stable release
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1897602

Thanks!
Ian

On 2020-09-25 12:30:06 , William Breathitt Gray wrote:
> SRU Justification
> =================
> 
> [Impact]
> 
> The rbd block device driver in drivers/block/rbd.c in the Linux kernel
> through 5.8.9 used incomplete permission checking for access to rbd
> devices, which could be leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap rbd
> block devices, aka CID-f44d04e696fe.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> 
> Regression potential is low. This fix simply checks if the proper
> permission is held; the only users affected by this change will be those
> who should not have access to rbd devices in the first place.
> 
> [Miscellaneous]
> 
> It's a simple cherry-pick for Focal and Bionic. The Xenial backport
> consisted of just removing the changes for sysfs attributes that do not
> exist in Xenial, and making minor context adjustments.
> 
> Ilya Dryomov (1):
>   rbd: require global CAP_SYS_ADMIN for mapping and unmapping
> 
>  drivers/block/rbd.c | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
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