The implementation of lib9p's handling of RWALK messages...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
Feb 15, 2024
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Aug 29, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Feb 15, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Feb 15, 2024
Last updated
Aug 29, 2024
The implementation of lib9p's handling of RWALK messages was missing a bounds check needed when unpacking the message contents. The missing check means that the receipt of a specially crafted message will cause lib9p to overwrite unrelated memory.
The bug can be triggered by a malicious bhyve guest kernel to overwrite memory in the bhyve(8) process. This could potentially lead to user-mode code execution on the host, subject to bhyve's Capsicum sandbox.
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