FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync

From: FreeBSD Security Advisories (security-advisories_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 05/26/04

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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 13:32:51 +0200 (CEST)

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    FreeBSD-SA-04:11.msync Security Advisory
                                                              The FreeBSD Project

    Topic: buffer cache invalidation implementation issues

    Category: core
    Module: sys
    Announced: 2004-05-26
    Credits: Stephan Uphoff <ups@tree.com>
                    Matt Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
    Affects: All FreeBSD versions prior to the correction date
    Corrected: 2004-05-25 22:46:38 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.10-STABLE)
                    2004-05-25 23:07:55 UTC (RELENG_5_2, 5.2.1-RELEASE-p8)
                    2004-05-22 23:09:19 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE)
                    2004-05-25 23:01:21 UTC (RELENG_4_9, 4.9-RELEASE-p9)
                    2004-05-25 23:01:19 UTC (RELENG_4_8, 4.8-RELEASE-p22)
    CVE Name: CAN-2004-0435
    FreeBSD only: YES

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    I. Background

    The msync(2) system call is used by applications to request that
    modified memory pages are written to permanent storage.

    II. Problem Description

    Programming errors in the implementation of the msync(2) system call
    involving the MS_INVALIDATE operation lead to cache consistency
    problems between the virtual memory system and on-disk contents.

    III. Impact

    In some situations, a user with read access to a file may be able to
    prevent changes to that file from being committed to disk.

    IV. Workaround

    There is no workaround.

    V. Solution

    Perform one of the following:

    1) Upgrade your vulnerable system to 4-STABLE; or to the RELENG_5_2,
    RELENG_4_10, RELENG_4_9, or RELENG_4_8 security branch dated after the
    correction date.

    2) To patch your present system:

    The following patches have been verified to apply to FreeBSD 4.8, 4.9,
    4.10 and 5.2 systems.

    a) Download the relevant patch from the location below, and verify the
    detached PGP signature using your PGP utility.

    [FreeBSD 5.2]
    # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-04:11/msync5.patch
    # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-04:11/msync5.patch.asc

    [FreeBSD 4.8, 4.9, 4.10]
    # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-04:11/msync4.patch
    # fetch ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-04:11/msync4.patch.asc

    b) Apply the patch.

    # cd /usr/src
    # patch < /path/to/patch

    c) Recompile your kernel as described in
    <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the
    system.

    VI. Correction details

    The following list contains the revision numbers of each file that was
    corrected in FreeBSD.

    Branch Revision
      Path
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------
    RELENG_4
      src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_readwrite.c 1.65.2.16
      src/sys/vm/vm_map.c 1.187.2.30
    RELENG_4_10
      src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_readwrite.c 1.65.2.14.4.1
      src/sys/vm/vm_map.c 1.187.2.24.2.4
    RELENG_4_9
      src/UPDATING 1.73.2.89.2.10
      src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.32.2.10
      src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_readwrite.c 1.65.2.14.2.1
      src/sys/vm/vm_map.c 1.187.2.23.2.1
    RELENG_4_8
      src/UPDATING 1.73.2.80.2.25
      src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.44.2.29.2.23
      src/sys/ufs/ufs/ufs_readwrite.c 1.65.2.13.2.1
      src/sys/vm/vm_map.c 1.187.2.17.2.1
    RELENG_5_2
      src/UPDATING 1.282.2.16
      src/sys/conf/newvers.sh 1.56.2.15
      src/sys/ufs/ffs/ffs_vnops.c 1.119.2.1
      src/sys/vm/vm_object.c 1.317.2.1
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