Buffer overflow in Lustre

CVE-2019-20432

In the Lustre file system before 2.12.3, the mdt module has an out-of-bounds access and panic due to the lack of validation for specific fields of packets sent by a client. mdt_file_secctx_unpack does not validate the value of name_size derived from req_capsule_get_size.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20432?
CVE-2019-20432 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lustre, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-20432?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.