The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The pn_recvmsg function in net/phonet/datagram.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value before ensuring that an associated data structure     has been initialized, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory     via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system     call.(CVE-2013-7265)

  - The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in     drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before     3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is     consistent with the size of an associated data     structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2)     recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.(CVE-2013-7266)

  - The atalk_recvmsg function in net/appletalk/ddp.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7267)

  - The ipx_recvmsg function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7268)

  - The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7269)

  - The packet_recvmsg function in net/packet/af_packet.c     in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain     length value before ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7270)

  - The x25_recvmsg function in net/x25/af_x25.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7271)

  - The dgram_recvmsg function in net/ieee802154/dgram.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7281)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     rds_ib_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's     implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system.(CVE-2013-7339)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto     subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules.
    A local user could use this flaw to load any installed     kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of     the running kernel.(CVE-2013-7421)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of Unix sockets. A server polling for client-socket     data could put the peer socket on a wait list the peer     socket could then close the connection, making the     reference on the wait list no longer valid. This could     lead to bypassing the permissions on a Unix socket and     packets being injected into the stream, and could also     panic the machine (denial of service).(CVE-2013-7446)

  - The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is     enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a     recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer     parameter.(CVE-2014-0038)

  - Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function     in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6     allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the     host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid     memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item     data.(CVE-2014-0049)

  - The cifs_iovec_write function in fs/cifs/file.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle     uncached write operations that copy fewer than the     requested number of bytes, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause     a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash), or possibly gain privileges via a writev system     call with a crafted pointer.(CVE-2014-0069)

  - drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10,     when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly     validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host     OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS     via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and     get_rx_bufs functions.(CVE-2014-0077)

  - Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in     net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through     3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free error) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a large series of     fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a     heavy CPU load.(CVE-2014-0100)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed     an authenticated COOKIE_ECHO chunk during the     initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker     could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a     specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a     NULL pointer dereference on the system.(CVE-2014-0101)

  - The keyring_detect_cycle_iterator function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through     3.13.6 does not properly determine whether keyrings are     identical, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl     commands.(CVE-2014-0102)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment     function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory by leveraging the     absence of a certain orphaning     operation.(CVE-2014-0131)

  - The ioapic_deliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate     the kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic return value, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     crash) via a crafted entry in the redirection table of     an I/O APIC. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the     ioapic_service function before the vulnerability was     announced.(CVE-2014-0155)

  - It was found that the permission checks performed by     the Linux kernel when a netlink message was received     were not sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could     potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged     process and altering the output of this     process.(CVE-2014-0181)

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

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - drivers/hid/hid-zpff.c in the Human Interface Device     (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when     CONFIG_HID_ZEROPLUS is enabled, allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted     device.(CVE-2013-2889i1/4%0

  - The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel     before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that     namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows     local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by     first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by     setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership     of root.(CVE-2014-4014i1/4%0

  - The function drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux     kernel, allows local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device,     related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION     descriptor.(CVE-2017-16531i1/4%0

  - The snd_timer_interrupt function in sound/core/timer.c     in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not properly     maintain a certain linked list, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition and     system crash) via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-2545i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where the deletion     of a file or directory could trigger an unmount and     reveal data under a mount point. This flaw was     inadvertently introduced with the new feature of being     able to lazily unmount a mount tree when using file     system user namespaces.(CVE-2015-4176i1/4%0

  - The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel,     through 4.9.12, does not restrict the address     calculated by a certain rounding operation. This allows     privileged local users to map page zero and,     consequently, bypass a protection mechanism that exists     for the mmap system call. This is possible by making     crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged     context.(CVE-2017-5669i1/4%0

  - In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the     Linux kernel, before 4.13, local users can cause a     denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences     in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and     hns_nic_net_xmit.(CVE-2017-18218i1/4%0

  - The ioapic_deliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate     the kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic return value, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     crash) via a crafted entry in the redirection table of     an I/O APIC. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the     ioapic_service function before the vulnerability was     announced.(CVE-2014-0155i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto     subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules.
    A local user could use this flaw to load any installed     kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of     the running kernel.(CVE-2013-7421i1/4%0

  - Off-by-one error in the get_prng_bytes function in     crypto/ansi_cprng.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4     makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to     defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via multiple     requests for small amounts of data, leading to improper     management of the state of the consumed     data.(CVE-2013-4345i1/4%0

  - sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1     uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition,     use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-2546i1/4%0

  - The do_get_mempolicy function in mm/mempolicy.c in the     Linux kernel before 4.12.9 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted system     calls.(CVE-2018-10675i1/4%0

  - A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation     for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly     maintain a count value, which allow local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast     Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the     chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using     certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including     longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical     Kernel Team) builds.(CVE-2015-3332i1/4%0

  - It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function     in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did     not properly handle page locking in certain cases,     which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in     the mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-3122i1/4%0

  - The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in     the Linux kernel, before 4.11, allows local users to     cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation     failure.(CVE-2018-7480i1/4%0

  - The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in     sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference or double free, and system crash) via a     crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2184i1/4%0

  - The etm_setup_aux function in     drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the     Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a     denial of service (panic) because a parameter is     incorrectly used as a local variable.(CVE-2018-11232i1/4%0

  - A division-by-zero in set_termios(), when debugging is     enabled, was found in the Linux kernel. When the     [io_ti] driver is loaded, a local unprivileged attacker     can request incorrect high transfer speed in the     change_port_settings() in the     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c so that the divisor value     becomes zero and causes a system crash resulting in a     denial of service.(CVE-2017-18360i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found where the XFS filesystem code     mishandles a user-settable inode flag in the Linux     kernel prior to 4.14-rc1. This can cause a local denial     of service via a kernel panic.(CVE-2017-14340i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in     drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers     to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long     to int interferes with bounds     checking.(CVE-2018-18710i1/4%0

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

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0057 for details.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2016-0037 for details.

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security 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-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's file system implementation handled rename operations in which the source was inside and the destination was outside of a bind mount. A privileged user inside a container could use this flaw to escape the bind mount and, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-2925, Important)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's IPC subsystem initialized certain fields in an IPC object structure that were later used for permission checking before inserting the object into a globally visible list. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-7613, Important)

* It was found that the Linux kernel memory resource controller's (memcg) handling of OOM (out of memory) conditions could lead to deadlocks. An attacker able to continuously spawn new processes within a single memory-constrained cgroup during an OOM event could use this flaw to lock up the system. (CVE-2014-8171, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found between the chown and execve system calls. When changing the owner of a setuid user binary to root, the race condition could momentarily make the binary setuid root. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3339, Moderate)

* A flaw was discovered in the way the Linux kernel's TTY subsystem handled the tty shutdown phase. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by holding a reference to the ldisc lock during tty shutdown, causing a deadlock.
(CVE-2015-4170, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCTP implementation. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by triggering a kernel panic when creating multiple sockets in parallel while the system did not have the SCTP module loaded. (CVE-2015-5283, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules. A local user could use this flaw to load any installed kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of the running kernel. (CVE-2013-7421, CVE-2014-9644, Low)

* An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel changed certain segment registers and thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary process.
(CVE-2014-9419, Low)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled the securelevel functionality after performing a kexec operation. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass the security mechanism of the securelevel/secureboot combination. (CVE-2015-7837, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Linn Crosetto of HP for reporting the CVE-2015-7837 issue. The CVE-2015-5283 issue was discovered by Ji Jianwen from Red Hat engineering.

The kernel-rt packages have been upgraded to version 3.10.0-326.rt56.204, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements. (BZ#1201915, BZ#1211724)

This update also fixes several bugs and adds multiple enhancements.
Refer to the following Red Hat Knowledgebase article for information on the most significant of these changes :

https://access.redhat.com/articles/2055783

All kernel-rt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

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

* A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's key management subsystem handled keyring object reference counting in certain error path of the join_session_keyring() function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-0728, Important)

Red Hat would like to thank the Perception Point research team for reporting this issue.

All kernel-rt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3503 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to     gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against     uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (CVE-2015-7613)

  - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions,     related to svm.c and vmx.c. (CVE-2015-5307)

  - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related     to svm.c. (CVE-2015-8104)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-3502 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO     transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.
    (CVE-2014-7842)

  - Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to     gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against     uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (CVE-2015-7613)

  - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions,     related to svm.c and vmx.c. (CVE-2015-5307)

  - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related     to svm.c. (CVE-2015-8104)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's file system implementation handled rename operations in which the source was inside and the destination was outside of a bind mount. A privileged user inside a container could use this flaw to escape the bind mount and, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-2925, Important)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's IPC subsystem initialized certain fields in an IPC object structure that were later used for permission checking before inserting the object into a globally visible list. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-7613, Important)

* It was found that reporting emulation failures to user space could lead to either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a L2->L1 (CVE-2010-5313) denial of service. In the case of a local denial of service, an attacker must have access to the MMIO area or be able to access an I/O port. (CVE-2010-5313, CVE-2014-7842, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem handled non-canonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the RIP (for example, branches or calls). A guest user with access to an I/O or MMIO region could use this flaw to crash the guest.
(CVE-2014-3647, Moderate)

* It was found that the Linux kernel memory resource controller's (memcg) handling of OOM (out of memory) conditions could lead to deadlocks. An attacker could use this flaw to lock up the system.
(CVE-2014-8171, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found between the chown and execve system calls. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3339, Moderate)

* A flaw was discovered in the way the Linux kernel's TTY subsystem handled the tty shutdown phase. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-4170, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCTP implementation. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by triggering a kernel panic when creating multiple sockets in parallel while the system did not have the SCTP module loaded. (CVE-2015-5283, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's perf subsystem retrieved userlevel stack traces on PowerPC systems. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-6526, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules. A local user could use this flaw to load any installed kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of the running kernel. (CVE-2013-7421, CVE-2014-9644, Low)

* An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel changed certain segment registers and thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary process.
(CVE-2014-9419, Low)

* It was found that the Linux kernel KVM subsystem's sysenter instruction emulation was not sufficient. An unprivileged guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges by tricking the hypervisor to emulate a SYSENTER instruction in 16-bit mode, if the guest OS did not initialize the SYSENTER model-specific registers (MSRs). Note: Certified guest operating systems for Scientific Linux with KVM do initialize the SYSENTER MSRs and are thus not vulnerable to this issue when running on a KVM hypervisor. (CVE-2015-0239, Low)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled the securelevel functionality after performing a kexec operation. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass the security mechanism of the securelevel/secureboot combination. (CVE-2015-7837, Low)

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7. This is the second regular update.

Red Hat Product Security 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.

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's file system implementation handled rename operations in which the source was inside and the destination was outside of a bind mount. A privileged user inside a container could use this flaw to escape the bind mount and, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-2925, Important)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's IPC subsystem initialized certain fields in an IPC object structure that were later used for permission checking before inserting the object into a globally visible list. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2015-7613, Important)

* It was found that reporting emulation failures to user space could lead to either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a L2->L1 (CVE-2010-5313) denial of service. In the case of a local denial of service, an attacker must have access to the MMIO area or be able to access an I/O port. (CVE-2010-5313, CVE-2014-7842, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem handled non-canonical addresses when emulating instructions that change the RIP (for example, branches or calls). A guest user with access to an I/O or MMIO region could use this flaw to crash the guest.
(CVE-2014-3647, Moderate)

* It was found that the Linux kernel memory resource controller's (memcg) handling of OOM (out of memory) conditions could lead to deadlocks. An attacker could use this flaw to lock up the system.
(CVE-2014-8171, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found between the chown and execve system calls. A local, unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3339, Moderate)

* A flaw was discovered in the way the Linux kernel's TTY subsystem handled the tty shutdown phase. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-4170, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the SCTP implementation. A local user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system by triggering a kernel panic when creating multiple sockets in parallel while the system did not have the SCTP module loaded. (CVE-2015-5283, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's perf subsystem retrieved userlevel stack traces on PowerPC systems. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-6526, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules. A local user could use this flaw to load any installed kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of the running kernel. (CVE-2013-7421, CVE-2014-9644, Low)

* An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel changed certain segment registers and thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary process.
(CVE-2014-9419, Low)

* It was found that the Linux kernel KVM subsystem's sysenter instruction emulation was not sufficient. An unprivileged guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges by tricking the hypervisor to emulate a SYSENTER instruction in 16-bit mode, if the guest OS did not initialize the SYSENTER model-specific registers (MSRs). Note: Certified guest operating systems for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM do initialize the SYSENTER MSRs and are thus not vulnerable to this issue when running on a KVM hypervisor.
(CVE-2015-0239, Low)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled the securelevel functionality after performing a kexec operation. A local attacker could use this flaw to bypass the security mechanism of the securelevel/secureboot combination. (CVE-2015-7837, Low)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-2152 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of     service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup. (CVE-2014-8171)

  - The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not     ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which     makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that     reads a TLS base address. (CVE-2014-9419)

  - The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS     lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of     service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER     instruction. (CVE-2015-0239)

  - Race condition in the prepare_binprm function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows local     users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program at a time instant when a chown to root is in     progress, and the ownership is changed but the setuid bit is not yet stripped. (CVE-2015-3339)

  - Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.38 allows L2 guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (L1 guest OS crash) via a crafted instruction that triggers an L2 emulation failure     report, a similar issue to CVE-2014-7842. (CVE-2010-5313)

  - arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly perform     RIP changes, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted     application. (CVE-2014-3647)

  - Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO     transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.
    (CVE-2014-7842)

  - The prepend_path function in fs/dcache.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 does not properly handle rename     actions inside a bind mount, which allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism     by renaming a directory, related to a double-chroot attack. (CVE-2015-2925)

  - Race condition in the ldsem_cmpxchg function in drivers/tty/tty_ldsem.c in the Linux kernel before     3.13-rc4-next-20131218 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ldsem_down_read and     ldsem_down_write deadlock) by establishing a new tty thread during shutdown of a previous tty thread.
    (CVE-2015-4170)

  - The sctp_init function in net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.3 has an incorrect sequence     of protocol-initialization steps, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic or memory     corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all of the steps have finished. (CVE-2015-5283)

  - The perf_callchain_user_64 function in arch/powerpc/perf/callchain.c in the Linux kernel before 4.0.2 on     ppc64 platforms allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a deep 64-bit     userspace backtrace. (CVE-2015-6526)

  - Race condition in the IPC object implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local users to     gain privileges by triggering an ipc_addid call that leads to uid and gid comparisons against     uninitialized data, related to msg.c, shm.c, and util.c. (CVE-2015-7613)

  - The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt, and Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted     with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended securelevel/secureboot restrictions     by leveraging improper handling of secure_boot flag across kexec reboot. (CVE-2015-7837)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2015-0040 for details.

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2013-7421)

A flaw was discovered in the crypto subsystem when screening module names for automatic module loading if the name contained a valid crypto module name, eg. vfat(aes). A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2014-9644)

Sun Baoliang discovered a use after free flaw in the Linux kernel's SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) subsystem during INIT collisions. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-1421)

Marcelo Leitner discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel's routing of packets to too many different dsts/too fast. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2015-1465).

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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2545-1 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.18.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and panic) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by triggering an INIT collision that leads to improper handling of shared-     key data. (CVE-2015-1421)

  - The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.8 does not properly consider the length of the     Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting lookups in the absence of caching, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a flood of packets.
    (CVE-2015-1465)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2544-1 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The implementation of certain splice_write file operations in the Linux kernel before 3.16 does not     enforce a restriction on the maximum size of a single file, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted splice system call, as     demonstrated by use of a file descriptor associated with an ext4 filesystem. (CVE-2014-7822)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate certain lengths,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and system crash) via a crafted     filesystem image, related to fs/udf/inode.c and fs/udf/symlink.c. (CVE-2014-9728)

  - The udf_read_inode function in fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure a certain     data-structure size consistency, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via     a crafted UDF filesystem image. (CVE-2014-9729)

  - The udf_pc_to_char function in fs/udf/symlink.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 relies on component     lengths that are unused, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a     crafted UDF filesystem image. (CVE-2014-9730)

  - The UDF filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not ensure that space is     available for storing a symlink target's name along with a trailing \0 character, which allows local users     to obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and     fs/udf/unicode.c. (CVE-2014-9731)

  - The XFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15 improperly uses an old size value during remote     attribute replacement, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (transaction overrun and data     corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging XFS filesystem access. (CVE-2015-0274)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Eric Windisch discovered flaw in how the Linux kernel's XFS file system replaces remote attributes. A local access with access to an XFS file system could exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2015-0274)

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2013-7421)

The Linux kernel's splice system call did not correctly validate its parameters. A local, unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-7822)

A flaw was discovered in the crypto subsystem when screening module names for automatic module loading if the name contained a valid crypto module name, eg. vfat(aes). A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2014-9644).

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3012 advisory.

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2014-9644. (CVE-2013-7421)

  - The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a     bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name     field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421.
    (CVE-2014-9644)

  - The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not     properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS     users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the     wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.
    (CVE-2014-3610)

  - The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not require the     CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for do_remount_sb calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by making certain unshare system     calls, clearing the / MNT_LOCKED flag, and making an MNT_FORCE umount system call. (CVE-2014-7975)

  - The paravirt_ops_setup function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18 uses an improper     paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels, which makes it easier for guest OS users to bypass the     ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a 16-bit value. (CVE-2014-8134)

  - arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage (TLS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1     allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local     users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application that makes a set_thread_area     system call and later reads a 16-bit value. (CVE-2014-8133)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel :

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644 (CVE-2013-7421).

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU (CVE-2014-3690).

arch/x86/kernel/tls.c in the Thread Local Storage (TLS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 allows local users to bypass the espfix protection mechanism, and consequently makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted application that makes a set_thread_area system call and later reads a 16-bit value (CVE-2014-8133).

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers (CVE-2014-8160).

The Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly restrict dropping of supplemental group memberships in certain namespace scenarios, which allows local users to bypass intended file permissions by leveraging a POSIX ACL containing an entry for the group category that is more restrictive than the entry for the other category, aka a negative groups issue, related to kernel/groups.c, kernel/uid16.c, and kernel/user_namespace.c (CVE-2014-8989).

The __switch_to function in arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are loaded before proceeding with other steps, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS base address (CVE-2014-9419).

The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 does not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image (CVE-2014-9420).

The batadv_frag_merge_packets function in net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c in the B.A.T.M.A.N. implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.18.1 uses an incorrect length field during a calculation of an amount of memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mesh-node system crash) via fragmented packets (CVE-2014-9428).

Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key structure member during garbage collection of a key (CVE-2014-9529).

The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 does not validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER) System Use Field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image (CVE-2014-9584).

The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 does not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD (CVE-2014-9585).

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421 (CVE-2014-9644).

Off-by-one error in the ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted filename (CVE-2014-9683).

The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction (CVE-2015-0239).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel :

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a parenthesized module template expression in the salg_name field, as demonstrated by the vfat(aes) expression, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-7421 (CVE-2014-9644).

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers (CVE-2014-8160).

The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644 (CVE-2013-7421).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

A flaw was discovered in the Kernel Virtual Machine's (KVM) emulation of the SYSTENTER instruction when the guest OS does not initialize the SYSENTER MSRs. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service of the guest OS (crash) or potentially gain privileges on the guest OS. (CVE-2015-0239)

A flaw was discovered in the automatic loading of modules in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2013-7421)

Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in how the Linux kernel handles pivot_root when used with a chroot directory. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop).
(CVE-2014-7970)

A restriction bypass was discovered in iptables when conntrack rules are specified and the conntrack protocol handler module is not loaded into the Linux kernel. This flaw can cause the firewall rules on the system to be bypassed when conntrack rules are used. (CVE-2014-8160)

A race condition was discovered in the Linux kernel's key ring. A local user could cause a denial of service (memory corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified impact via the keyctl commands.
(CVE-2014-9529)

A memory leak was discovered in the ISO 9660 CDROM file system when parsing rock ridge ER records. A local user could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image. (CVE-2014-9584)

A flaw was discovered in the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) of the Virtual Dynamically linked Shared Objects (vDSO) location. This flaw makes it easier for a local user to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism. (CVE-2014-9585)

A flaw was discovered in the crypto subsystem when screening module names for automatic module loading if the name contained a valid crypto module name, eg. vfat(aes). A local user could exploit this flaw to load installed kernel modules, increasing the attack surface and potentially using this to gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2014-9644).

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, information leaks or privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2013-7421 / CVE-2014-9644     It was discovered that the Crypto API allowed     unprivileged users to load arbitrary kernel modules. A     local user can use this flaw to exploit vulnerabilities     in modules that would not normally be loaded.

  - CVE-2014-7822     Akira Fujita found that the splice() system call did not     validate the given file offset and length. A local     unprivileged user can use this flaw to cause filesystem     corruption on ext4 filesystems, or possibly other     effects.

  - CVE-2014-8160     Florian Westphal discovered that a netfilter     (iptables/ip6tables) rule accepting packets to a     specific SCTP, DCCP, GRE or UDPlite port/endpoint could     result in incorrect connection tracking state. If only     the generic connection tracking module (nf_conntrack)     was loaded, and not the protocol-specific connection     tracking module, this would allow access to any     port/endpoint of the specified protocol.

  - CVE-2014-8559     It was found that kernel functions that iterate over a     directory tree can dead-lock or live-lock in case some     of the directory entries were recently deleted or     dropped from the cache. A local unprivileged user can     use this flaw for denial of service.

  - CVE-2014-9585     Andy Lutomirski discovered that address randomisation     for the vDSO in 64-bit processes is extremely biased. A     local unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw     to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism.

  - CVE-2014-9683     Dmitry Chernenkov discovered that eCryptfs writes past     the end of the allocated buffer during encrypted     filename decoding, resulting in local denial of service.

  - CVE-2015-0239     It was found that KVM did not correctly emulate the x86     SYSENTER instruction. An unprivileged user within a     guest system that has not enabled SYSENTER, for example     because the emulated CPU vendor is AMD, could     potentially use this flaw to cause a denial of service     or privilege escalation in that guest.

  - CVE-2015-1420     It was discovered that the open_by_handle_at() system     call reads the handle size from user memory a second     time after validating it. A local user with the     CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH capability could use this flaw for     privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2015-1421     It was found that the SCTP implementation could free an     authentication state while it was still in use,     resulting in heap corruption. This could allow remote     users to cause a denial of service or privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2015-1593     It was found that address randomisation for the initial     stack in 64-bit processes was limited to 20 rather than     22 bits of entropy. A local unprivileged user could     potentially use this flaw to bypass the ASLR protection     mechanism.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124801	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1477)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
124795	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1471)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
99163	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
90019	OracleVM 3.2 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0037)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
88571	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:2411)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
88405	RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2016:0068)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
87836	Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3503)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
87835	Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3502)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
87559	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
87135	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:2152)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
87090	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-2152)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
86972	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:2152)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
82691	OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0040)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
82073	Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2546-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
82072	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2545-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
82071	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2544-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
82070	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2543-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
81966	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3012)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
81941	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2015:058)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
81940	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2015:057)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
81567	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2513-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
81449	Debian DSA-3170-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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