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Message-ID: <20170117133351.12825381@bahia.lan>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:33:51 +0100
From: Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>
To: P J P <ppandit@...hat.com>
Cc: oss security list <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, Jann Horn
<jannh@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: CVE-2016-9602 Qemu: 9p: virtfs allows guest to access host
filesystem
On Tue, 17 Jan 2017 17:48:59 +0530 (IST)
P J P <ppandit@...hat.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Quick Emulator(Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9
> File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper link following issue.
> It could occur while accessing symbolic link files on a shared host directory.
>
> A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system
> beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a
> host.
>
> Reference:
> ----------
> -> http://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup
> -> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1413929
>
>
> Please see a proposed patch to fix this issue attached herein.
>
The proposed patch DOES NOT fix the vulnerability because of a TOCTTOU
issue. Please ignore it. I'm working on another fix I hope to complete
this week.
> This issue was discovered by Jann Horn of Google Project Zero.
>
> 'CVE-2016-9602' has been assigned to this issue by Red Hat Inc.
>
> Thank you.
> --
> Prasad J Pandit / Red Hat Product Security Team
> 47AF CE69 3A90 54AA 9045 1053 DD13 3D32 FE5B 041F
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