The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601.

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 :

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the     end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a     pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other     unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and     fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.(CVE-2017-7895i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ACPI subsystem     where a function does not flush the operand cache and     causes a kernel stack dump. This allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and     bypass the KASLR protection mechanism when using a     specially crafted ACPI table.(CVE-2017-13695i1/4%0

  - It was found that fanout_add() in     'net/packet/af_packet.c' in the Linux kernel, before     version 4.13.6, allows local users to gain privileges     via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind)     that leads to a use-after-free bug.(CVE-2017-15649i1/4%0

  - Race condition in kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls     that leverage certain decrement behavior that causes     incorrect interaction between put_ucounts and     get_ucounts.(CVE-2017-6874i1/4%0

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally,     an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace     syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2014-7825i1/4%0

  - The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel,     before 4.14.8, does not correctly handle zero-length     inputs. This allows a local attacker the ability to use     the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface to cause a denial     of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash)     or have an unspecified other impact by executing a     crafted sequence of system calls that use the     blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation     (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation     (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 are     vulnerable.(CVE-2017-17805i1/4%0

  - The msm_ipc_router_bind_control_port function in     net/ipc_router/ipc_router_core.c in the IPC router     kernel module for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in     Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions     for MSM devices and other products, does not verify     that a port is a client port, which allows attackers to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service (race     condition and list corruption) by making many     BIND_CONTROL_PORT ioctl calls.(CVE-2016-2059i1/4%0

  - The do_remount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.16.1 does not maintain the     MNT_LOCK_READONLY bit across a remount of a bind mount,     which allows local users to bypass an intended     read-only restriction and defeat certain sandbox     protection mechanisms via a 'mount -o remount' command     within a user namespace.(CVE-2014-5206i1/4%0

  - The ati_remote2_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-2185i1/4%0

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function still handled IOMMU mapping failures     incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an     assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the     host.(CVE-2014-8369i1/4%0

  - A NULL pointer dereference was found in     net/rds/rdma.c:__rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux     kernel allowing local attackers to cause a system panic     and a denial-of-service.(CVE-2018-7492i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in     fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c in the Linux kernel. There is a     NULL pointer dereference leading to a system panic in     lookup_slow() on a NULL inode-i1/4zi_ops pointer when     doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occurs     because of a lack of proper validation that cached     inodes are free during an allocation.(CVE-2018-13093i1/4%0

  - The iowarrior_probe function in     drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before     4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2188i1/4%0

  - Linux kernel built with the 802.1Q/802.1ad     VLAN(CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q) OR Virtual eXtensible Local     Area Network(CONFIG_VXLAN) with Transparent Ethernet     Bridging(TEB) GRO support, is vulnerable to a stack     overflow issue. It could occur while receiving large     packets via GRO path, as an unlimited recursion could     unfold in both VLAN and TEB modules, leading to a stack     corruption in the kernel.(CVE-2016-7039i1/4%0

  - The msr_mtrr_valid function in arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c in     the Linux kernel before 4.6.1 supports MSR 0x2f8, which     allows guest OS users to read or write to the     kvm_arch_vcpu data structure, and consequently obtain     sensitive information or cause a denial of service     (system crash), via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-3713i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled reference counting when performing     unmount operations on symbolic links. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all     available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger     a use-after-free error, resulting in a system crash or     privilege escalation.(CVE-2014-5045i1/4%0

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10     does not correctly synchronize the actions of updating     versus finding a key in the 'negative' state to avoid a     race condition, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service or possibly have unspecified other     impact via crafted system calls.(CVE-2017-15951i1/4%0

  - The skb_flow_dissect function in     net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel through     3.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (infinite loop) via a small value in the IHL     field of a packet with IPIP     encapsulation.(CVE-2013-4348i1/4%0

  - 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-2014-8989i1/4%0

  - An infinite-loop flaw was found in the kernel. When a     local user calls the sys_writev syscall with a     specially crafted sequence of iov structs, the     fuse_fill_write_pages kernel function might never     terminate, instead continuing in a tight loop. This     process cannot be terminated and requires a     reboot.(CVE-2015-8785i1/4%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.

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

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP     implementation validated INIT chunks when performing     Address Configuration Change (ASCONF). A remote     attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by     sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to trigger a     NULL pointer dereference on the system.(CVE-2014-7841)

  - It was found that reporting emulation failures to user     space could lead to either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a     L2-i1/4zL1 (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. Please note that on certain systems, HPET is     mapped to userspace as part of vdso (vvar) and thus an     unprivileged user may generate MMIO transactions (and     enter the emulator) this way.(CVE-2014-7842)

  - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact     with certain locations of a chroot directory, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments     to the pivot_root system call.(CVE-2014-7970)

  - 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)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local,     unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously     writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using     fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file.(CVE-2014-8086)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking.
    As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission     Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this     flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when     the associated connection tracking module was not     loaded on the system.(CVE-2014-8160)

  - It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking,     a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel     when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-8172)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality     handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2014-8173)

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function still handled IOMMU mapping failures     incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an     assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the     host.(CVE-2014-8369)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain     RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and host OS crash) via a crafted     application.(CVE-2014-8480)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     does not properly handle invalid instructions, which     allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a     crafted application that triggers (1) an improperly     fetched instruction or (2) an instruction that occupies     too many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because     of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.(CVE-2014-8481)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled file system locks. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a     deadlock in the kernel, causing a denial of service on     the system.(CVE-2014-8559)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the Linux     kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking     implementation. When software encryption was used, a     remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8     bytes of plaintext.(CVE-2014-8709)

  - A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the     TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB device driver. A local     user with write access to the corresponding device     could use this flaw to crash the kernel or,     potentially, elevate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-8884)

  - The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c     in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly     handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS)     segment register, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call,     as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the     linux-clock-tests test suite.(CVE-2014-9090)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS     segment register base switching when recovering from a     #SS (stack segment) fault on an erroneous return to     user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-9322)

  - 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)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's ISO file system     implementation did not correctly limit the traversal of     Rock Ridge extension Continuation Entries (CE). An     attacker with physical access to the system could use     this flaw to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel,     resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2014-9420)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel keys management subsystem performed key garbage     collection. A local attacker could attempt accessing a     key while it was being garbage collected, which would     cause the system to crash.(CVE-2014-9529)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's ISO9660 file system implementation accessed     data on an ISO9660 image with RockRidge Extension     Reference (ER) records. An attacker with physical     access to the system could use this flaw to disclose up     to 255 bytes of kernel memory.(CVE-2014-9584)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO)     implementation performed address randomization. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     kernel memory addresses to user-space.(CVE-2014-9585)

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 Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1272 advisory.

  - The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides     a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3)     drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6)     drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c. (CVE-2014-3184)

  - Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
    (CVE-2014-4652)

  - The Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not properly consider the presence of hugetlb entries, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) by accessing certain memory     locations, as demonstrated by triggering a race condition via numa_maps read operations during hugepage     migration, related to fs/proc/task_mmu.c and mm/mempolicy.c. (CVE-2014-3940)

  - The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly     maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information     by reading packets. (CVE-2014-8709)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - 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)

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 LTSS kernel has been updated to fix security issues on kernels on the x86_64 architecture.

The following security bugs have been fixed :

  - CVE-2012-4398: The __request_module function in     kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 did not set     a certain killable attribute, which allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a     crafted application (bnc#779488).

  - CVE-2013-2893: The Human Interface Device (HID)     subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when     CONFIG_LOGITECH_FF, CONFIG_LOGIG940_FF, or     CONFIG_LOGIWHEELS_FF is enabled, allowed physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device,     related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-lgff.c, (2)     drivers/hid/hid-lg3ff.c, and (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c     (bnc#835839).

  - CVE-2013-2897: Multiple array index errors in     drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface     Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11,     when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device (bnc#835839).

  - CVE-2013-2899: drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the     Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux     kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PICOLCD is enabled,     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a     crafted device (bnc#835839).

  - CVE-2013-2929: The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 did not     properly use the get_dumpable function, which allowed     local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or     obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers     via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c     and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h (bnc#847652).

  - CVE-2013-7263: The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates     certain length values before ensuring that associated     data structures have been initialized, which allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call, related to net/ipv4/ping.c,     net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and     net/ipv6/udp.c (bnc#857643).

  - CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.13.6 allowed attackers to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging     the absence of a certain orphaning operation     (bnc#867723).

  - CVE-2014-0181: The Netlink implementation in the Linux     kernel through 3.14.1 did not provide a mechanism for     authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a     socket, which allowed local users to bypass intended     access restrictions and modify network configurations by     using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr     of a setuid program (bnc#875051).

  - CVE-2014-2309: The ip6_route_add function in     net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 did     not properly count the addition of routes, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement     packets (bnc#867531).

  - CVE-2014-3181: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in     the magicmouse_raw_event function in     drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID     driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code via a crafted device that provides a large amount     of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event     (bnc#896382).

  - CVE-2014-3184: The report_fixup functions in the HID     subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might have     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device     that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1)     drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3)     drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c,     (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6)     drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c (bnc#896390).

  - CVE-2014-3185: Multiple buffer overflows in the     command_port_read_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB     Serial Driver in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allowed     physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code     or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and     system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large     amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a     bulk response (bnc#896391).

  - CVE-2014-3186: Buffer overflow in the picolcd_raw_event     function in devices/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the     PicoLCD HID device driver in the Linux kernel through     3.16.3, as used in Android on Nexus 7 devices, allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code via a crafted device that sends a large report     (bnc#896392).

  - CVE-2014-3601: The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in     virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1     miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of     a mapping failure, which allowed guest OS users to (1)     cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a     large gfn value or (2) cause a denial of service (host     OS memory consumption) by triggering a small gfn value     that leads to permanently pinned pages (bnc#892782).

  - CVE-2014-3610: The WRMSR processing functionality in the     KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not     properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address     to a model-specific register, which allowed 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     (bnc#899192).

  - CVE-2014-3646: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem     in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not have an exit     handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allowed guest     OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash)     via a crafted application (bnc#899192).

  - CVE-2014-3647: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM     subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not     properly perform RIP changes, which allowed guest OS     users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via     a crafted application (bnc#899192).

  - CVE-2014-3673: The SCTP implementation in the Linux     kernel through 3.17.2 allowed remote attackers to cause     a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed     ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (bnc#902346).

  - CVE-2014-3687: The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function     in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in     the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate     ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within     the side-effect interpreter (bnc#902349).

  - CVE-2014-3688: The SCTP implementation in the Linux     kernel before 3.17.4 allowed remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering a     large number of chunks in an associations output queue,     as demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to     net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c     (bnc#902351).

  - CVE-2014-3690: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem     in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors     did not ensure that the value in the CR4 control     register remains the same after a VM entry, which     allowed 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     (bnc#902232).

  - CVE-2014-4608: Multiple integer overflows in the     lzo1x_decompress_safe function in     lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO decompressor     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allowed     context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service     (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run     (bnc#883948).

  - CVE-2014-4943: The PPPoL2TP feature in     net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6     allowed local users to gain privileges by leveraging     data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an     inet socket (bnc#887082).

  - CVE-2014-5471: Stack consumption vulnerability in the     parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in     fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1     allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (uncontrolled recursion, and system crash or reboot) via     a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry referring to a     directory entry that has a CL entry (bnc#892490).

  - CVE-2014-5472: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal     function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel through     3.16.1 allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image     with a self-referential CL entry (bnc#892490).

  - CVE-2014-7826: kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly handle     private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace     subsystem, which allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer     dereference) via a crafted application (bnc#904013).

  - CVE-2014-7841: The sctp_process_param function in     net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c in the SCTP implementation in     the Linux kernel before 3.17.4, when ASCONF is used,     allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a     malformed INIT chunk (bnc#905100).

  - CVE-2014-7842: Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allowed 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 (bnc#905312).

  - CVE-2014-8134: 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 made it easier for guest OS users to     bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted     application that reads a 16-bit value (bnc#909078).

  - CVE-2014-8369: The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in     virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2     miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of     a mapping failure, which allowed guest OS users to cause     a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of     an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601 (bnc#902675).

  - CVE-2014-8559: The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.17.2 did not properly maintain     the semantics of rename_lock, which allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang)     via a crafted application (bnc#903640).

  - CVE-2014-8709: The ieee80211_fragment function in     net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 did     not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which     allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext     information by reading packets (bnc#904700).

  - CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal     function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before     3.18.2 did not validate a length value in the Extensions     Reference (ER) System Use Field, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     via a crafted iso9660 image (bnc#912654).

  - CVE-2014-9585: The vdso_addr function in     arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2     did not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO     area, which made it easier for local users to bypass the     ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the     end of a PMD (bnc#912705).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 :

  - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map     error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687313]     (CVE-2014-3601) (CVE-2014-8369) (CVE-2014-3601)

  - ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter)     [Orabug: 20673376] (CVE-2014-8884)

  - mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in     madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov)     [Orabug: 20673281] (CVE-2014-8173)

  - netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known     protocols (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 20673239]     (CVE-2014-8160)

  - tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls'     range (Rabin Vincent) [Orabug: 20673163] (CVE-2014-7826)

  - uek-rpm: ol7: update update-el to 7.1 (Guangyu Sun)     [Orabug: 20524579]

The remote Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3014 advisory.

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-     bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7826)

  - 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 ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly     maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information     by reading packets. (CVE-2014-8709)

  - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the     number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601. (CVE-2014-8369)

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 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3013 advisory.

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-     bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7826)

  - 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 pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel     before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a     transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted MADV_WILLNEED     madvise system call that leverages the absence of a page-table lock. (CVE-2014-8173)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in     drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.
    (CVE-2014-8884)

  - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the     number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601. (CVE-2014-8369)

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

- It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband     subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters     while registering memory regions from user space via the     (u)verbs API. A local user with access to a     /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to     crash the system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-8159, Important)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice()     system call validated its parameters. On certain file     systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw     to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the     system. (CVE-2014-7822, Moderate)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter     subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As     demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol     (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to     bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the     associated connection tracking module was not loaded on     the system. (CVE-2014-8160, Moderate)

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function still handled IOMMU mapping failures     incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an     assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the     host. (CVE-2014-8369, Moderate)

Bug fixes :

  - The maximum amount of entries in the IPv6 route table     (net.ipv6.route.max_size) was 4096, and every route     towards this maximum size limit was counted.
    Communication to more systems was impossible when the     limit was exceeded. Now, only cached routes are counted,     which guarantees that the kernel does not run out of     memory, but the user can now install as many routes as     the memory allows until the kernel indicates it can no     longer handle the amount of memory and returns an error     message.

In addition, the default 'net.ipv6.route.max_size' value has been increased to 16384 for performance improvement reasons.

  - When the user attempted to scan for an FCOE-served     Logical Unit Number (LUN), after an initial LUN scan, a     kernel panic occurred in bnx2fc_init_task. System     scanning for LUNs is now stable after LUNs have been     added.

  - Under certain conditions, such as when attempting to     scan the network for LUNs, a race condition in the     bnx2fc driver could trigger a kernel panic in     bnx2fc_init_task. A patch fixing a locking issue that     caused the race condition has been applied, and scanning     the network for LUNs no longer leads to a kernel panic.

  - Previously, it was not possible to boot the kernel on     Xen hypervisor in PVHVM mode if more than 32 vCPUs were     specified in the guest configuration. Support for more     than 32 vCPUs has been added, and the kernel now boots     successfully in the described situation.

  - When the NVMe driver allocated a namespace queue, it     indicated that it was a request-based driver when it was     actually a block I/O-based driver. Consequently, when     NVMe driver was loaded along with a request-based dm     device, the system could terminate unexpectedly or     become unresponsive when attempting to access data. The     NVMe driver no longer sets the QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE bit     when allocating a namespace queue and device- mapper no     longer perceives NVMe driver as request-based; system     hangs or crashes no longer occur.

  - If a user attempted to apply an NVRAM firmware update     when running the tg3 module provided with Scientific     Linux 6.6 kernels, the update could fail. As a     consequence, the Network Interface Card (NIC) could stay     in an unusable state and this could prevent the entire     system from booting. The tg3 module has been updated to     correctly apply firmware updates.

  - Support for key sizes of 256 and 192 bits has been added     to AES-NI.

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

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.

* It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the (u)verbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-8159, Important)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice() system call validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the system. (CVE-2014-7822, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking module was not loaded on the system.
(CVE-2014-8160, Moderate)

* It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages() function still handled IOMMU mapping failures incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the host.
(CVE-2014-8369, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Mellanox for reporting CVE-2014-8159, and Akira Fujita of NEC for reporting CVE-2014-7822.

Bug fixes :

* The maximum amount of entries in the IPv6 route table (net.ipv6.route.max_size) was 4096, and every route towards this maximum size limit was counted. Communication to more systems was impossible when the limit was exceeded. Now, only cached routes are counted, which guarantees that the kernel does not run out of memory, but the user can now install as many routes as the memory allows until the kernel indicates it can no longer handle the amount of memory and returns an error message.

In addition, the default 'net.ipv6.route.max_size' value has been increased to 16384 for performance improvement reasons. (BZ#1177581)

* When the user attempted to scan for an FCOE-served Logical Unit Number (LUN), after an initial LUN scan, a kernel panic occurred in bnx2fc_init_task. System scanning for LUNs is now stable after LUNs have been added. (BZ#1179098)

* Under certain conditions, such as when attempting to scan the network for LUNs, a race condition in the bnx2fc driver could trigger a kernel panic in bnx2fc_init_task. A patch fixing a locking issue that caused the race condition has been applied, and scanning the network for LUNs no longer leads to a kernel panic. (BZ#1179098)

* Previously, it was not possible to boot the kernel on Xen hypervisor in PVHVM mode if more than 32 vCPUs were specified in the guest configuration. Support for more than 32 vCPUs has been added, and the kernel now boots successfully in the described situation. (BZ#1179343)

* When the NVMe driver allocated a namespace queue, it indicated that it was a request-based driver when it was actually a block I/O-based driver. Consequently, when NVMe driver was loaded along with a request-based dm device, the system could terminate unexpectedly or become unresponsive when attempting to access data. The NVMe driver no longer sets the QUEUE_FLAG_STACKABLE bit when allocating a namespace queue and device-mapper no longer perceives NVMe driver as request-based; system hangs or crashes no longer occur. (BZ#1180555)

* If a user attempted to apply an NVRAM firmware update when running the tg3 module provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 kernels, the update could fail. As a consequence, the Network Interface Card (NIC) could stay in an unusable state and this could prevent the entire system from booting. The tg3 module has been updated to correctly apply firmware updates. (BZ#1182903)

* Support for key sizes of 256 and 192 bits has been added to AES-NI.
(BZ#1184332)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0674 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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 InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat     Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions,     which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of     service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under     /dev/infiniband/. (CVE-2014-8159)

  - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the     number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601. (CVE-2014-8369)

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

A race condition with MMIO and PIO transactions in the KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel was discovered. A guest OS user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a specially crafted application. (CVE-2014-7842)

The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369).

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.

USN-2448-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel. Due to an unrelated regression TCP Throughput drops to zero for several drivers after upgrading. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS).
(CVE-2014-7826)

A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-3673)

A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic).
(CVE-2014-3687)

It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2014-3688)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

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)

Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (file unavailability). (CVE-2014-8086)

The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369)

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090).

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2447-2 advisory.

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

An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826)

A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673)

A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687)

It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application.
(CVE-2014-7825)

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)

Dmitry Monakhov discovered a race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function of the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (file unavailability). (CVE-2014-8086)

The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369)

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090).

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-2447-1 advisory.

  - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (CVE-2014-3673)

  - The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux     kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF     chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter. (CVE-2014-3687)

  - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association's output queue, as     demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (CVE-2014-3688)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-     bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7826)

  - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly     interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
    (CVE-2014-7970)

  - Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17     allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action     and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag. (CVE-2014-8086)

  - 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)

  - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the     number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601. (CVE-2014-8369)

  - The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not     properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users     to cause a denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call, as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the     linux-clock-tests test suite. (CVE-2014-9090)

  - arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.17.5 does not properly handle faults associated     with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an     IRET instruction that leads to access to a GS Base address from the wrong space. (CVE-2014-9322)

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-2446-1 advisory.

  - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (CVE-2014-3673)

  - The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux     kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF     chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter. (CVE-2014-3687)

  - The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) by triggering a large number of chunks in an association's output queue, as     demonstrated by ASCONF probes, related to net/sctp/inqueue.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c. (CVE-2014-3688)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-     bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7826)

  - 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)

  - The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the     number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS     privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601. (CVE-2014-8369)

  - The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not     properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users     to cause a denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call, as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the     linux-clock-tests test suite. (CVE-2014-9090)

  - arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.17.5 does not properly handle faults associated     with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an     IRET instruction that leads to access to a GS Base address from the wrong space. (CVE-2014-9322)

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

An information leak in the Linux kernel was discovered that could leak the high 16 bits of the kernel stack address on 32-bit Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) paravirt guests. A user in the guest OS could exploit this leak to obtain information that could potentially be used to aid in attacking the kernel. (CVE-2014-8134)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell King discovered that the ftrace subsystem of the Linux kernel does not properly handle private syscall numbers. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2014-7826)

A flaw in the handling of malformed ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3673)

A flaw in the handling of duplicate ASCONF chunks by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel was discovered. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-3687)

It was discovered that excessive queuing by SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation in the Linux kernel can cause memory pressure. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3688)

Rabin Vincent, Robert Swiecki, Russell Kinglaw discovered a flaw in how the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel handles private systecall numbers. A local user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or bypass ASLR protections via a crafted application.
(CVE-2014-7825)

The KVM (kernel virtual machine) subsystem of the Linux kernel miscalculates the number of memory pages during the handling of a mapping failure. A guest OS user could exploit this to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. (CVE-2014-8369)

Andy Lutomirski discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) register on the x86 architecture. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (panic). (CVE-2014-9090).

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Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service or privilege escalation :

  - CVE-2014-7841     Liu Wei of Red Hat discovered that a SCTP server doing     ASCONF will panic on malformed INIT chunks by triggering     a NULL pointer dereference.

  - CVE-2014-8369     A flaw was discovered in the way iommu mapping failures     were handled in the kvm_iommu_map_pages() function in     the Linux kernel. A guest OS user could exploit this     flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS memory     corruption) or possibly have other unspecified impact on     the host OS.

  - CVE-2014-8884     A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the     TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB driver. A local user with     write access to the corresponding device could use this     flaw to crash the kernel or, potentially, elevate their     privileges.

  - CVE-2014-9090     Andy Lutomirski discovered that the do_double_fault     function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel     did not properly handle faults associated with the Stack     Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users     to cause a denial of service (panic).

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

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).

Race condition in the __kvm_migrate_pit_timer function in arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging incorrect PIT emulation (CVE-2014-3611).

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-3645).

arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-3646).

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).

The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (CVE-2014-3673).

The sctp_assoc_lookup_asconf_ack function in net/sctp/associola.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via duplicate ASCONF chunks that trigger an incorrect uncork within the side-effect interpreter (CVE-2014-3687).

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).

kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application (CVE-2014-7825).

kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application (CVE-2014-7826).

The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call (CVE-2014-7970).

The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpinning) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging guest OS privileges. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2014-3601 (CVE-2014-8369).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

The 3.14.23 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Various security fixes for KVM and SCTP

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Linux v3.17.2. A wide variety of fixes across the tree. Even more KVM CVE fixes CVE fixes for KVM and SCTP.

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More KVM CVE fixes.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124974	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1521)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
124807	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1483)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
85097	Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-1272)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
83696	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0481-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
82020	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 10412 / 10415 / 10416)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
81904	OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0034)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
81872	Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3014)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
81871	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3013)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
81809	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20150311)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
81792	CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2015:0674)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
81769	RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0674)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
81766	Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0674)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
80511	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2463-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80168	Ubuntu 14.10 : linux regression (USN-2448-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80167	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression (USN-2447-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80034	Ubuntu 14.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2448-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80033	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-2447-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80032	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2446-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
80031	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2445-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
79807	Debian DSA-3093-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
79610	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:230)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
79258	Fedora 19 : kernel-3.14.23-100.fc19 (2014-14068)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
78814	Fedora 21 : kernel-3.17.2-300.fc21 (2014-14126)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
78716	Fedora 20 : kernel-3.16.6-203.fc20 (2014-13773)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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