Security Bulletin: IBM Flex System switch firmware products are affected by a vulnerability in the Kernel (CVE-2020-12464)

Summary

IBM Flex System switch firmware products have addressed the following Kernel vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-12464
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the usb_sg_cancel function in drivers/usb/core/message.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/181213 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Firmware fix versions are available on Fix Central: <http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/&gt;

IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_en2092-7.8.26.0_anyos_noarch)

| 7.8.26.0

IBM Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_si4093-7.8.26.0_anyos_noarch)

| 7.8.26.0

IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093/EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_en4093r-7.8.26.0_anyos_noarch)

| 7.8.26.0

IBM Flex System CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch firmware

(ibm_fw_scsw_cn4093-7.8.26.0_anyos_noarch)

| 7.8.26.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None