The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x through 2.6.33-rc5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible.

The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in several third-party components and libraries :

  - Apache Tomcat 
  - Apache Tomcat Manager
  - cURL 
  - Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
  - Kernel 
  - Microsoft SQL Express
  - OpenSSL
  - pam_krb5

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2013-0039 for details.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0504 :

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following security issues :

* multiple flaws were found in the mmap and mremap implementations. A local user could use these flaws to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-0291, Important)

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Fast Userspace Mutexes (futexes) implementation. The unlock code path did not check if the futex value associated with pi_state->owner had been modified.
A local user could use this flaw to modify the futex value, possibly leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation when the pi_state->owner pointer is dereferenced. (CVE-2010-0622, Important)

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel Network File System (NFS) implementation. A local user on a system that has an NFS-mounted file system could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges on that system.
(CVE-2010-1087, Important)

* a flaw was found in the sctp_process_unk_param() function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to an SCTP listening port on a target system, causing a kernel panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-1173, Important)

* a flaw was found in the Linux kernel Transparent Inter-Process Communication protocol (TIPC) implementation. If a client application, on a local system where the tipc module is not yet in network mode, attempted to send a message to a remote TIPC node, it would dereference a NULL pointer on the local system, causing a kernel panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-1187, Important)

* a buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel Global File System 2 (GFS2) implementation. In certain cases, a quota could be written past the end of a memory page, causing memory corruption, leaving the quota stored on disk in an invalid state. A user with write access to a GFS2 file system could trigger this flaw to cause a kernel crash (denial of service) or escalate their privileges on the GFS2 server. This issue can only be triggered if the GFS2 file system is mounted with the 'quota=on' or 'quota=account' mount option.
(CVE-2010-1436, Important)

* a race condition between finding a keyring by name and destroying a freed keyring was found in the Linux kernel key management facility. A local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-1437, Important)

* a flaw was found in the link_path_walk() function in the Linux kernel. Using the file descriptor returned by the open() function with the O_NOFOLLOW flag on a subordinate NFS-mounted file system, could result in a NULL pointer dereference, causing a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-1088, Moderate)

* a missing permission check was found in the gfs2_set_flags() function in the Linux kernel GFS2 implementation. A local user could use this flaw to change certain file attributes of files, on a GFS2 file system, that they do not own. (CVE-2010-1641, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Jukka Taimisto and Olli Jarva of Codenomicon Ltd, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Wind River on behalf of their customer, for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1173; Mario Mikocevic for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1436; and Dan Rosenberg for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1641.

This update also fixes several bugs. Documentation for these bug fixes will be available shortly from http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0504/Kernel_Security
_Update/ index.html

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

This update fixes the following security issues :

  - multiple flaws were found in the mmap and mremap     implementations. A local user could use these flaws to     cause a local denial of service or escalate their     privileges. (CVE-2010-0291, Important)

  - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Fast     Userspace Mutexes (futexes) implementation. The unlock     code path did not check if the futex value associated     with pi_state->owner had been modified. A local user     could use this flaw to modify the futex value, possibly     leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation     when the pi_state->owner pointer is dereferenced.
    (CVE-2010-0622, Important)

  - a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux     kernel Network File System (NFS) implementation. A local     user on a system that has an NFS-mounted file system     could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or     escalate their privileges on that system.
    (CVE-2010-1087, Important)

  - a flaw was found in the sctp_process_unk_param()     function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission     Protocol (SCTP) implementation. A remote attacker could     send a specially crafted SCTP packet to an SCTP     listening port on a target system, causing a kernel     panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-1173, Important)

  - a flaw was found in the Linux kernel Transparent     Inter-Process Communication protocol (TIPC)     implementation. If a client application, on a local     system where the tipc module is not yet in network mode,     attempted to send a message to a remote TIPC node, it     would dereference a NULL pointer on the local system,     causing a kernel panic (denial of service).
    (CVE-2010-1187, Important)

  - a buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel     Global File System 2 (GFS2) implementation. In certain     cases, a quota could be written past the end of a memory     page, causing memory corruption, leaving the quota     stored on disk in an invalid state. A user with write     access to a GFS2 file system could trigger this flaw to     cause a kernel crash (denial of service) or escalate     their privileges on the GFS2 server. This issue can only     be triggered if the GFS2 file system is mounted with the     'quota=on' or 'quota=account' mount option.
    (CVE-2010-1436, Important)

  - a race condition between finding a keyring by name and     destroying a freed keyring was found in the Linux kernel     key management facility. A local user could use this     flaw to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) or     escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-1437, Important)

  - a flaw was found in the link_path_walk() function in the     Linux kernel. Using the file descriptor returned by the     open() function with the O_NOFOLLOW flag on a     subordinate NFS-mounted file system, could result in a     NULL pointer dereference, causing a denial of service or     privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-1088, Moderate)

  - a missing permission check was found in the     gfs2_set_flags() function in the Linux kernel GFS2     implementation. A local user could use this flaw to     change certain file attributes of files, on a GFS2 file     system, that they do not own. (CVE-2010-1641, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Jukka Taimisto and Olli Jarva of Codenomicon Ltd, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Wind River on behalf of their customer, for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1173; Mario Mikocevic for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1436; and Dan Rosenberg for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1641.

This update also fixes several bugs.

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel update fixes lots of bugs and one security issue :

  - The nfswaiton_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in     the Linux kernel allows attackers to cause a denial of     service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating     a file and an operation that is not interruptible.
    (CVE-2010-1087)

a. vCenter Server and vCenter Update Manager update Microsoft    SQL Server 2005 Express Edition to Service Pack 3

   Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (SQL Express)    distributed with vCenter Server 4.1 Update 1 and vCenter Update    Manager 4.1 Update 1 is upgraded from  SQL Express Service Pack 2    to SQL Express Service Pack 3, to address multiple security    issues that exist in the earlier releases of Microsoft SQL Express.

   Customers using other database solutions need not update for    these issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2008-5416, CVE-2008-0085, CVE-2008-0086,    CVE-2008-0107 and CVE-2008-0106 to the issues addressed in MS SQL    Express Service Pack 3.

b. vCenter Apache Tomcat Management Application Credential Disclosure

   The Apache Tomcat Manager application configuration file contains    logon credentials that can be read by unprivileged local users.

   The issue is resolved by removing the Manager application in    vCenter 4.1 Update 1.

   If vCenter 4.1 is updated to vCenter 4.1 Update 1 the logon    credentials are not present in the configuration file after the    update.

   VMware would like to thank Claudio Criscione of Secure Networking    for reporting this issue to us.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2010-2928 to this issue.

c. vCenter Server and ESX, Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version    1.6.0_21

   Oracle (Sun) JRE update to version 1.6.0_21, which addresses    multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of    Oracle (Sun) JRE.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0_19: CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0082,    CVE-2010-0084, CVE-2010-0085, CVE-2010-0087, CVE-2010-0088,    CVE-2010-0089, CVE-2010-0090, CVE-2010-0091, CVE-2010-0092,    CVE-2010-0093, CVE-2010-0094, CVE-2010-0095, CVE-2010-0837,    CVE-2010-0838, CVE-2010-0839, CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841,    CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0845,    CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847, CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849,    CVE-2010-0850.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the following name to the security issue fixed in    Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.6.0_20: CVE-2010-0886.

d. vCenter Update Manager Oracle (Sun) JRE is updated to version   1.5.0_26

   Oracle (Sun) JRE update to version 1.5.0_26, which addresses    multiple security issues that existed in earlier releases of    Oracle (Sun) JRE.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    Oracle (Sun) JRE 1.5.0_26: CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3566,    CVE-2010-3567, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3561, CVE-2010-3573,    CVE-2010-3565,CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569,  CVE-2009-3555,    CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3562,    CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3554, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3572,    CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3557, CVE-2010-3541,    CVE-2010-3574.

e. vCenter Server and ESX Apache Tomcat updated to version 6.0.28

   Apache Tomcat updated to version 6.0.28, which addresses multiple    security issues that existed in earlier releases of Apache Tomcat

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    Apache Tomcat 6.0.24: CVE-2009-2693, CVE-2009-2901, CVE-2009-2902,i    and CVE-2009-3548.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the following names to the security issues fixed in    Apache Tomcat 6.0.28: CVE-2010-2227, CVE-2010-1157.

f. vCenter Server third-party component OpenSSL updated to version    0.9.8n

   The version of the OpenSSL library in vCenter Server is updated to    0.9.8n.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-0740 and CVE-2010-0433 to the    issues addressed in this version of OpenSSL.

g. ESX third-party component OpenSSL updated to version 0.9.8p

   The version of the ESX OpenSSL library is updated to 0.9.8p.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-3864 and CVE-2010-2939 to the    issues addressed in this update.

h. ESXi third-party component cURL updated

   The version of cURL library in ESXi is updated.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2010-0734 to the issues addressed in    this update.

i. ESX third-party component pam_krb5 updated

   The version of pam_krb5 library is updated.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2008-3825 and CVE-2009-1384 to the    issues addressed in the update.

j. ESX third-party update for Service Console kernel

   The Service Console kernel is updated to include kernel version    2.6.18-194.11.1.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-1084, CVE-2010-2066, CVE-2010-2070,    CVE-2010-2226, CVE-2010-2248, CVE-2010-2521, CVE-2010-2524,    CVE-2010-0008, CVE-2010-0415, CVE-2010-0437, CVE-2009-4308,    CVE-2010-0003, CVE-2010-0007, CVE-2010-0307, CVE-2010-1086,    CVE-2010-0410, CVE-2010-0730, CVE-2010-1085, CVE-2010-0291,    CVE-2010-0622, CVE-2010-1087, CVE-2010-1173, CVE-2010-1437,    CVE-2010-1088, CVE-2010-1187, CVE-2010-1436, CVE-2010-1641, and    CVE-2010-3081 to the issues addressed in the update.

   Notes :
   - The update also addresses the 64-bit compatibility mode    stack pointer underflow issue identified by CVE-2010-3081. This    issue was patched in an ESX 4.1 patch prior to the release of    ESX 4.1 Update 1 and in a previous ESX 4.0 patch release.
   - The update also addresses CVE-2010-2240 for ESX 4.0.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 kernel was updated to 2.6.27.48, fixing various bugs and security issues :

  - The do_gfs2_set_flags() function in fs/gfs2/file.c of     the Linux kernel does not verify the ownership of a     file, which allows local users to bypass intended access     restrictions via a SETFLAGS ioctl request.
    (CVE-2010-1641)

  - The nfs_wait_on_request() function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c     of the Linux kernel allows attackers to cause a denial     of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to     truncating a file and an operation that is not     interruptible. (CVE-2010-1087)

  - When strict overcommit is enabled, mm/shmem.c does not     properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd,     which allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
    (CVE-2010-1643)

  - A race condition in the find_keyring_by_name() function     in security/keys/keyring.c of the Linux kernel allows     local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands     that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing     deletion by the key_cleanup() function. (CVE-2010-1437)

  - arch/1/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel,     when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a     security check for access to a kernel page, which allows     local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory.
    (CVE-2010-1446)

  - The release_one_tty() function in drivers/char/tty_io.c     of the Linux kernel omits certain required calls to the     put_pid() function, which has an unspecified impact and     local attack vectors. (CVE-2010-1162)

  - The r8169 driver of the Linux kernel does not properly     check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the     MTU, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a     crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets     containing A characters and certain packets containing E     characters; or cause a denial of service (system crash)     via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with     certain packets containing '0' characters, related to     the value of the status register and erroneous behavior     associated with the RxMaxSize register. This     vulnerability exists due to an incorrect fix for     CVE-2009-1389. (CVE-2009-4537)

For a list of non-security related fixes please refer to the kernel RPM changelog.

a. Service Console OS update for COS kernel

   This patch updates the service console kernel to fix multiple    security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-0415, CVE-2010-0307,    CVE-2010-0291, CVE-2010-0622, CVE-2010-1087, CVE-2010-1437, and    CVE-2010-1088 to these issues.

b. Likewise package updates

   Updates to the likewisekrb5, likewiseopenldap, likewiseopen,    and pamkrb5 packages address several security issues.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2009-0844, CVE-2009-0845,    CVE-2009-0846, CVE-2009-4212, and CVE-2010-1321 to these issues.

This SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3 kernel was updated to fix various bugs and one security issue.

  - The nfswaiton_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in     the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of     service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating     a file and an operation that is not interruptible. This     has been fixed. (CVE-2010-1087)

This openSUSE 11.2 kernel was updated to 2.6.31.14, fixing several security issues and bugs.

A lot of ext4 filesystem stability fixes were also added.

Following security issues have been fixed: CVE-2010-3301: Mismatch between 32bit and 64bit register usage in the system call entry path could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges. This problem only affects x86_64 kernels.

CVE-2010-3081: Incorrect buffer handling in the biarch-compat buffer handling could be used by local attackers to gain root privileges.
This problem affects foremost x86_64, or potentially other biarch platforms, like PowerPC and S390x.

CVE-2010-3084: A buffer overflow in the ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL code could be used to crash the kernel or potentially execute code.

CVE-2010-2955: A kernel information leak via the WEXT ioctl was fixed.

CVE-2010-2960: The keyctl_session_to_parent function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel expects that a certain parent session keyring exists, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a KEYCTL_SESSION_TO_PARENT argument to the keyctl function.

CVE-2010-3080: A double free in an alsa error path was fixed, which could lead to kernel crashes.

CVE-2010-3079: Fixed a ftrace NULL pointer dereference problem which could lead to kernel crashes.

CVE-2010-3298: Fixed a kernel information leak in the net/usb/hso driver.

CVE-2010-3296: Fixed a kernel information leak in the cxgb3 driver.

CVE-2010-3297: Fixed a kernel information leak in the net/eql driver.

CVE-2010-3078: Fixed a kernel information leak in the xfs filesystem.
CVE-2010-2942: Fixed a kernel information leak in the net scheduler code.

CVE-2010-2954: The irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle failure of the irda_open_tsap function, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple unsuccessful calls to bind on an AF_IRDA (aka PF_IRDA) socket.

CVE-2010-2226: The xfs_swapext function in fs/xfs/xfs_dfrag.c in the Linux kernel did not properly check the file descriptors passed to the SWAPEXT ioctl, which allowed local users to leverage write access and obtain read access by swapping one file into another file.

CVE-2010-2946: The 'os2' xattr namespace on the jfs filesystem could be used to bypass xattr namespace rules.

CVE-2010-2959: Integer overflow in net/can/bcm.c in the Controller Area Network (CAN) implementation in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted CAN traffic.

CVE-2010-3015: Integer overflow in the ext4_ext_get_blocks function in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a write operation on the last block of a large file, followed by a sync operation.

CVE-2010-2492: Buffer overflow in the ecryptfs_uid_hash macro in fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel might have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2010-2248: fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via an SMB response packet with an invalid CountHigh value, as demonstrated by a response from an OS/2 server, related to the CIFSSMBWrite and CIFSSMBWrite2 functions.

CVE-2010-2803: The drm_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_drv.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory by requesting a large memory-allocation amount.

CVE-2010-2478: A potential buffer overflow in the ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL ethtool code was fixed which could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or potentially execute code.

CVE-2010-2524: The DNS resolution functionality in the CIFS implementation in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_CIFS_DFS_UPCALL is enabled, relies on a user's keyring for the dns_resolver upcall in the cifs.upcall userspace helper, which allowed local users to spoof the results of DNS queries and perform arbitrary CIFS mounts via vectors involving an add_key call, related to a 'cache stuffing' issue and MS-DFS referrals.

CVE-2010-2798: The gfs2_dirent_find_space function in fs/gfs2/dir.c in the Linux kernel used an incorrect size value in calculations associated with sentinel directory entries, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) and possibly have unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a GFS2 filesystem, related to the gfs2_rename function in fs/gfs2/ops_inode.c.

CVE-2010-2537: The BTRFS_IOC_CLONE and BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE ioctls allowed a local user to overwrite append-only files.

CVE-2010-2538: The BTRFS_IOC_CLONE_RANGE ioctl was subject to an integer overflow in specifying offsets to copy from a file, which potentially allowed a local user to read sensitive filesystem data.

CVE-2010-2521: Multiple buffer overflows in fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c in the XDR implementation in the NFS server in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted NFSv4 compound WRITE request, related to the read_buf and nfsd4_decode_compound functions.

CVE-2010-2066: The mext_check_arguments function in fs/ext4/move_extent.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to overwrite an append-only file via a MOVE_EXT ioctl call that specifies this file as a donor.

CVE-2010-2495: The pppol2tp_xmit function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain values associated with an interface, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to a routing change.

CVE-2010-2071: The btrfs_xattr_set_acl function in fs/btrfs/acl.c in btrfs in the Linux kernel did not check file ownership before setting an ACL, which allowed local users to bypass file permissions by setting arbitrary ACLs, as demonstrated using setfacl.

CVE-2010-1641: The do_gfs2_set_flags function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel did not verify the ownership of a file, which allowed local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a SETFLAGS ioctl request.

CVE-2010-1087: The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in Linux kernel 2.6.x allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible.

CVE-2010-1636: The btrfs_ioctl_clone function in fs/btrfs/ioctl.c in the btrfs functionality in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a cloned file descriptor has been opened for reading, which allowed local users to read sensitive information from a write-only file descriptor.

CVE-2010-1437: Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

CVE-2010-1148: The cifs_create function in fs/cifs/dir.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a NULL nameidata (aka nd) field in a POSIX file-creation request to a server that supports UNIX extensions.

CVE-2010-1162: The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel omitted certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

CVE-2010-1146: The Linux kernel, when a ReiserFS filesystem exists, did not restrict read or write access to the .reiserfs_priv directory, which allowed local users to gain privileges by modifying (1) extended attributes or (2) ACLs, as demonstrated by deleting a file under .reiserfs_priv/xattrs/.

CVE-2009-4537: drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allowed remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

This update fixes the following security issues :

* multiple flaws were found in the mmap and mremap implementations. A local user could use these flaws to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-0291, Important)

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Fast Userspace Mutexes (futexes) implementation. The unlock code path did not check if the futex value associated with pi_state->owner had been modified.
A local user could use this flaw to modify the futex value, possibly leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation when the pi_state->owner pointer is dereferenced. (CVE-2010-0622, Important)

* a NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel Network File System (NFS) implementation. A local user on a system that has an NFS-mounted file system could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges on that system.
(CVE-2010-1087, Important)

* a flaw was found in the sctp_process_unk_param() function in the Linux kernel Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted SCTP packet to an SCTP listening port on a target system, causing a kernel panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-1173, Important)

* a flaw was found in the Linux kernel Transparent Inter-Process Communication protocol (TIPC) implementation. If a client application, on a local system where the tipc module is not yet in network mode, attempted to send a message to a remote TIPC node, it would dereference a NULL pointer on the local system, causing a kernel panic (denial of service). (CVE-2010-1187, Important)

* a buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel Global File System 2 (GFS2) implementation. In certain cases, a quota could be written past the end of a memory page, causing memory corruption, leaving the quota stored on disk in an invalid state. A user with write access to a GFS2 file system could trigger this flaw to cause a kernel crash (denial of service) or escalate their privileges on the GFS2 server. This issue can only be triggered if the GFS2 file system is mounted with the 'quota=on' or 'quota=account' mount option.
(CVE-2010-1436, Important)

* a race condition between finding a keyring by name and destroying a freed keyring was found in the Linux kernel key management facility. A local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic (denial of service) or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2010-1437, Important)

* a flaw was found in the link_path_walk() function in the Linux kernel. Using the file descriptor returned by the open() function with the O_NOFOLLOW flag on a subordinate NFS-mounted file system, could result in a NULL pointer dereference, causing a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-1088, Moderate)

* a missing permission check was found in the gfs2_set_flags() function in the Linux kernel GFS2 implementation. A local user could use this flaw to change certain file attributes of files, on a GFS2 file system, that they do not own. (CVE-2010-1641, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Jukka Taimisto and Olli Jarva of Codenomicon Ltd, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Wind River on behalf of their customer, for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1173; Mario Mikocevic for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1436; and Dan Rosenberg for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1641.

This update also fixes several bugs. Documentation for these bug fixes will be available shortly from http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0504/Kernel_Security
_Update/ index.html

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Kernel was updated to 2.6.27.48 fixing various bugs and security issues.

CVE-2010-1641: The do_gfs2_set_flags function in fs/gfs2/file.c in the Linux kernel does not verify the ownership of a file, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a SETFLAGS ioctl request.

CVE-2010-1087: The nfs_wait_on_request function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c in the Linux kernel allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Oops) via unknown vectors related to truncating a file and an operation that is not interruptible. 

CVE-2010-1643: mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel, when strict overcommit is enabled, does not properly handle the export of shmemfs objects by knfsd, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and knfsd crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

CVE-2010-1437: Race condition in the find_keyring_by_name function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl session commands that trigger access to a dead keyring that is undergoing deletion by the key_cleanup function.

CVE-2010-1446: arch/powerpc/mm/fsl_booke_mmu.c in KGDB in the Linux kernel, when running on PowerPC, does not properly perform a security check for access to a kernel page, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, related to Fsl booke.

CVE-2010-1162: The release_one_tty function in drivers/char/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel omits certain required calls to the put_pid function, which has unspecified impact and local attack vectors.

CVE-2009-4537: drivers/net/r8169.c in the r8169 driver in the Linux kernel does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (temporary network outage) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing A characters and certain packets containing E characters; or (2) cause a denial of service (system crash) via a packet with a crafted size, in conjunction with certain packets containing '\0' characters, related to the value of the status register and erroneous behavior associated with the RxMaxSize register. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2009-1389.

USN-947-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Fixes for CVE-2010-0419 caused failures when using KVM in certain situations.
This update reverts that fix until a better solution can be found.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly handle memory protection of the Virtual Dynamic Shared Object page when running a 32-bit application on a 64-bit kernel. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2009-4271)

It was discovered that the r8169 network driver did not correctly check the size of Ethernet frames. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-4537)

Wei Yongjun discovered that SCTP did not correctly validate certain chunks. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0008)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly limit certain privileged IO accesses on x86. Processes in the guest OS with access to IO regions could gain further privileges within the guest OS. (Did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0298, CVE-2010-0306, CVE-2010-0419)

Evgeniy Polyakov discovered that IPv6 did not correctly handle certain TUN packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(Only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0437)

Sachin Prabhu discovered that GFS2 did not correctly handle certain locks. A local attacker with write access to a GFS2 filesystem could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-0727)

Jamie Strandboge discovered that network virtio in KVM did not correctly handle certain high-traffic conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted traffic to a guest OS, causing the guest to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0741)

Marcus Meissner discovered that the USB subsystem did not correctly handle certain error conditions. A local attacker with access to a USB device could exploit this to read recently used kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy and potentially root privilege escalation. (CVE-2010-1083)

Neil Brown discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem did not correctly handle large amounts of traffic. A physically proximate remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted traffic that would consume all available system memory, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.04 LTS were not affected.) (CVE-2010-1084)

Jody Bruchon discovered that the sound driver for the AMD780V did not correctly handle certain conditions. A local attacker with access to this hardward could exploit the flaw to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-1085)

Ang Way Chuang discovered that the DVB driver did not correctly handle certain MPEG2-TS frames. An attacker could exploit this by delivering specially crafted frames to monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service.
(Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1086)

Trond Myklebust discovered that NFS did not correctly handle truncation under certain conditions. A local attacker with write access to an NFS share could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1087)

Al Viro discovered that automount of NFS did not correctly handle symlinks under certain conditions. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS were not affected.) (CVE-2010-1088)

Matt McCutchen discovered that ReiserFS did not correctly protect xattr files in the .reiserfs_priv directory. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1146)

Eugene Teo discovered that CIFS did not correctly validate arguments when creating new files. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or possibly gain root privileges if mmap_min_addr was not set. (CVE-2010-1148)

Catalin Marinas and Tetsuo Handa discovered that the TTY layer did not correctly release process IDs. A local attacker could exploit this to consume kernel resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1162)

Neil Horman discovered that TIPC did not correctly check its internal state. A local attacker could send specially crafted packets via AF_TIPC that would cause the system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1187)

Masayuki Nakagawa discovered that IPv6 did not correctly handle certain settings when listening. If a socket were listening with the IPV6_RECVPKTINFO flag, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic that would cause the system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was affected.) (CVE-2010-1188)

Oleg Nesterov discovered that the Out-Of-Memory handler did not correctly handle certain arrangements of processes. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1488).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not correctly handle memory protection of the Virtual Dynamic Shared Object page when running a 32-bit application on a 64-bit kernel. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2009-4271)

It was discovered that the r8169 network driver did not correctly check the size of Ethernet frames. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-4537)

Wei Yongjun discovered that SCTP did not correctly validate certain chunks. A remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic to monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0008)

It was discovered that KVM did not correctly limit certain privileged IO accesses on x86. Processes in the guest OS with access to IO regions could gain further privileges within the guest OS. (Did not affect Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0298, CVE-2010-0306, CVE-2010-0419)

Evgeniy Polyakov discovered that IPv6 did not correctly handle certain TUN packets. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0437)

Sachin Prabhu discovered that GFS2 did not correctly handle certain locks. A local attacker with write access to a GFS2 filesystem could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-0727)

Jamie Strandboge discovered that network virtio in KVM did not correctly handle certain high-traffic conditions. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted traffic to a guest OS, causing the guest to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.) (CVE-2010-0741)

Marcus Meissner discovered that the USB subsystem did not correctly handle certain error conditions. A local attacker with access to a USB device could exploit this to read recently used kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy and potentially root privilege escalation.
(CVE-2010-1083)

Neil Brown discovered that the Bluetooth subsystem did not correctly handle large amounts of traffic. A physically proximate remote attacker could exploit this by sending specially crafted traffic that would consume all available system memory, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and 10.04 LTS were not affected.) (CVE-2010-1084)

Jody Bruchon discovered that the sound driver for the AMD780V did not correctly handle certain conditions. A local attacker with access to this hardward could exploit the flaw to cause a system crash, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1085)

Ang Way Chuang discovered that the DVB driver did not correctly handle certain MPEG2-TS frames. An attacker could exploit this by delivering specially crafted frames to monopolize CPU resources, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1086)

Trond Myklebust discovered that NFS did not correctly handle truncation under certain conditions. A local attacker with write access to an NFS share could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1087)

Al Viro discovered that automount of NFS did not correctly handle symlinks under certain conditions. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS were not affected.) (CVE-2010-1088)

Matt McCutchen discovered that ReiserFS did not correctly protect xattr files in the .reiserfs_priv directory. A local attacker could exploit this to gain root privileges or crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1146)

Eugene Teo discovered that CIFS did not correctly validate arguments when creating new files. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service, or possibly gain root privileges if mmap_min_addr was not set. (CVE-2010-1148)

Catalin Marinas and Tetsuo Handa discovered that the TTY layer did not correctly release process IDs. A local attacker could exploit this to consume kernel resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2010-1162)

Neil Horman discovered that TIPC did not correctly check its internal state. A local attacker could send specially crafted packets via AF_TIPC that would cause the system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was not affected.) (CVE-2010-1187)

Masayuki Nakagawa discovered that IPv6 did not correctly handle certain settings when listening. If a socket were listening with the IPV6_RECVPKTINFO flag, a remote attacker could send specially crafted traffic that would cause the system to crash, leading to a denial of service. (Only Ubuntu 6.06 LTS was affected.) (CVE-2010-1188)

Oleg Nesterov discovered that the Out-Of-Memory handler did not correctly handle certain arrangements of processes. A local attacker could exploit this to crash the system, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2010-1488).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2009-4537     Fabian Yamaguchi reported a missing check for Ethernet     frames larger than the MTU in the r8169 driver. This may     allow users on the local network to crash a system,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-0727     Sachin Prabhu reported an issue in the GFS2 filesystem.
    Local users can trigger a BUG() altering the permissions     on a locked file, resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-1083     Linus Torvalds reported an issue in the USB subsystem,     which may allow local users to obtain portions of     sensitive kernel memory.

  - CVE-2010-1084     Neil Brown reported an issue in the Bluetooth subsystem     that may permit remote attackers to overwrite memory     through the creation of large numbers of sockets,     resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-1086     Ang Way Chuang reported an issue in the DVB subsystem     for Digital TV adapters. By creating a specially-encoded     MPEG2-TS frame, a remote attacker could cause the     receiver to enter an endless loop, resulting in a denial     of service.

  - CVE-2010-1087     Trond Myklebust reported an issue in the NFS filesystem.
    A local user may cause an oops by sending a fatal signal     during a file truncation operation, resulting in a     denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-1088     Al Viro reported an issue where automount symlinks may     not be followed when LOOKUP_FOLLOW is not set. This has     an unknown security impact.

  - CVE-2010-1162     Catalin Marinas reported an issue in the tty subsystem     that allows local attackers to cause a kernel memory     leak, possibly resulting in a denial of service.

  - CVE-2010-1173     Chris Guo from Nokia China and Jukka Taimisto and Olli     Jarva from Codenomicon Ltd reported an issue in the SCTP     subsystem that allows a remote attacker to cause a     denial of service using a malformed init package.

  - CVE-2010-1187     Neil Hormon reported an issue in the TIPC subsystem.
    Local users can cause a denial of service by way of a     NULL pointer dereference by sending datagrams through     AF_TIPC before entering network mode.

  - CVE-2010-1437     Toshiyuki Okajima reported a race condition in the     keyring subsystem. Local users can cause memory     corruption via keyctl commands that access a keyring in     the process of being deleted, resulting in a denial of     service.

  - CVE-2010-1446     Wufei reported an issue with kgdb on the PowerPC     architecture, allowing local users to write to kernel     memory. Note: this issue does not affect binary kernels     provided by Debian. The fix is provided for the benefit     of users who build their own kernels from Debian source.

  - CVE-2010-1451     Brad Spengler reported an issue on the SPARC     architecture that allows local users to execute     non-executable pages.

This update also includes fixes a regression introduced by a previous update. See the referenced Debian bug page for details.

The remote CentOS system is missing a security update which has been documented in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2010-0504.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
89674	VMware ESX / ESXi Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2011-0003) (remote check)	Nessus	Misc.	high
79507	OracleVM 2.2 : kernel (OVMSA-2013-0039)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
68056	Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2010-0504)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
60810	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
59150	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7116)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
51971	VMSA-2011-0003 : Third-party component updates for VMware vCenter Server, vCenter Update Manager, ESXi and ESX	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	high
50922	SuSE 11 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 2682 / 2687 / 2689)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
50611	VMSA-2010-0016 : VMware ESXi and ESX third-party updates for Service Console and Likewise components	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	critical
49872	SuSE 10 Security Update : Linux kernel (ZYPP Patch Number 7112)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
49671	openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0664-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
47870	RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2010:0504)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
47774	openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2010:0397-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
47702	CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2010:0504)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
46811	Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux regression (USN-947-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
46810	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : linux, linux-source-2.6.15 vulnerabilities (USN-947-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
46725	Debian DSA-2053-1 : linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
801492	CentOS RHSA-2010-0504 Security Check	Log Correlation Engine	Generic	high

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