Description
An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN frame modification rules allow bitwise logical operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc field. The privileged user "root" with CAP_NET_ADMIN can create a CAN frame modification rule that makes the data length code a higher value than the available CAN frame data size. In combination with a configured checksum calculation where the result is stored relatively to the end of the data (e.g. cgw_csum_xor_rel) the tail of the skb (e.g. frag_list pointer in skb_shared_info) can be rewritten which finally can cause a system crash. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may write arbitrary content beyond the data registers in the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw manipulated outgoing frames.
Published: 2019-01-03
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1731-2 linux regression update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1771-1 linux-4.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13336 An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN frame modification rules allow bitwise logical operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc field. The privileged user "root" with CAP_NET_ADMIN can create a CAN frame modification rule that makes the data length code a higher value than the available CAN frame data size. In combination with a configured checksum calculation where the result is stored relatively to the end of the data (e.g. cgw_csum_xor_rel) the tail of the skb (e.g. frag_list pointer in skb_shared_info) can be rewritten which finally can cause a system crash. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may write arbitrary content beyond the data registers in the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw manipulated outgoing frames.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3932-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3932-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4115-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4118-1 Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00068}

epss

{'score': 0.00089}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:19:16.818Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3701

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-03T16:29:00.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:21.783

Link: CVE-2019-3701

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Severity :

Publid Date: 2018-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-3701 - Bugzilla

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