Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large iov_count value in a write request.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Integer overflow in the sg_start_req function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.x through 4.x     before 4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     large iov_count value in a write request. (CVE-2015-5707)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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 handled     IRET faults during the processing of NMIs. An     unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to crash     the system or, potentially (although highly unlikely),     escalate their privileges on the system.(CVE-2015-5157)

  - A denial of service vulnerability was found in the     WhiteHEAT USB Serial Driver (whiteheat_attach function     in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c). In the driver, the     COMMAND_PORT variable was hard coded and set to 4 (5th     element). The driver assumed that the number of ports     would always be 5 and used port number 5 as the command     port. However, when using a USB device in which the     number of ports was set to a number less than 5 (for     example, 3), the driver triggered a kernel NULL-pointer     dereference. A non-privileged attacker could use this     flaw to panic the host.(CVE-2015-5257)

  - 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)

  - It was found that the x86 ISA (Instruction Set     Architecture) is prone to a denial of service attack     inside a virtualized environment in the form of an     infinite loop in the microcode due to the way     (sequential) delivering of benign exceptions such as     #AC (alignment check exception) is handled. A     privileged user inside a guest could use this flaw to     create denial of service conditions on the host     kernel.(CVE-2015-5307)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     networking implementation handled UDP packets with     incorrect checksum values. A remote attacker could     potentially use this flaw to trigger an infinite loop     in the kernel, resulting in a denial of service on the     system, or cause a denial of service in applications     using the edge triggered epoll     functionality.(CVE-2015-5364)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     networking implementation handled UDP packets with     incorrect checksum values. A remote attacker could     potentially use this flaw to trigger an infinite loop     in the kernel, resulting in a denial of service on the     system, or cause a denial of service in applications     using the edge triggered epoll     functionality.(CVE-2015-5366)

  - A cross-boundary flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel software raid driver. The driver accessed a     disabled bitmap where only the first byte of the buffer     was initialized to zero. This meant that the rest of     the request (up to 4095 bytes) was left and copied into     user space. An attacker could use this flaw to read     private information from user space that would not     otherwise have been accessible.(CVE-2015-5697)

  - An integer-overflow vulnerability was found in the scsi     block-request handling code in function start_req(). A     local attacker could use specially crafted IOV requests     to overflow a counter used in bio_map_user_iov()'s page     calculation, and write past the end of the array that     contains kernel-page pointers.(CVE-2015-5707)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's vhost     driver treated userspace provided log file descriptor     when processing the VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl command. The     file descriptor was never released and continued to     consume kernel memory. A privileged local user with     access to the /dev/vhost-net files could use this flaw     to create a denial-of-service attack.(CVE-2015-6252)

  - 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 by creating     a special stack layout that would force the     perf_callchain_user_64() function into an infinite     loop.(CVE-2015-6526)

  - A NULL-pointer dereference vulnerability was discovered     in the Linux kernel. The kernel's Reliable Datagram     Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation did not verify     that an underlying transport existed before creating a     connection to a remote server. A local system user     could exploit this flaw to crash the system by creating     sockets at specific times to trigger a NULL pointer     dereference.(CVE-2015-6937)

  - Multiple race conditions in the Advanced Union     Filesystem (aufs) aufs3-mmap.patch and aufs4-mmap.patch     patches for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x allow local     users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and     BUG) or possibly gain privileges via a (1) madvise or     (2) msync system call, related to mm/madvise.c and     mm/msync.c.(CVE-2015-7312)

  - A divide-by-zero flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel built with KVM virtualization     support(CONFIG_KVM). The flaw occurs in the KVM     module's Programmable Interval Timer(PIT) emulation,     when PIT counters for channel 1 or 2 are set to zero(0)     and a privileged user inside the guest attempts to read     these counters. A privileged guest user with access to     PIT I/O ports could exploit this issue to crash the     host kernel (denial of service).(CVE-2015-7513)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the     Linux kernel's aiptek USB tablet driver (aiptek_probe()     function in drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c). The driver     assumed that the interface always had at least one     endpoint. By using a specially crafted USB device with     no endpoints on one of its interfaces, an unprivileged     user with physical access to the system could trigger a     kernel NULL pointer dereference, causing the system to     panic.(CVE-2015-7515)

  - A NULL-pointer dereference flaw was found in the     kernel, which is caused by a race between revoking a     user-type key and reading from it. The issue could be     triggered by an unprivileged user with a local account,     causing the kernel to crash (denial of     service).(CVE-2015-7550)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel visor     driver handles certain invalid USB device descriptors.
    The driver assumes that the device always has at least     one bulk OUT endpoint. By using a specially crafted USB     device (without a bulk OUT endpoint), an unprivileged     user with physical access could trigger a kernel     NULL-pointer dereference and cause a system panic     (denial of service).(CVE-2015-7566)

  - 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)

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel where issuing     certain ioctl() -s commands to the '/dev/ppp' device     file could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. A     privileged user could use this flaw to cause a kernel     crash and denial of service.(CVE-2015-7799)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's keys subsystem did     not correctly garbage collect uninstantiated keyrings.
    A local attacker could use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on     the system.(CVE-2015-7872)

  - A denial of service flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel, where a race condition caused a NULL pointer     dereference in the RDS socket-creation code. A local     attacker could use this flaw to create a situation in     which a NULL pointer crashed the kernel.(CVE-2015-7990)

  - It was found that the x86 ISA (Instruction Set     Architecture) is prone to a denial of service attack     inside a virtualized environment in the form of an     infinite loop in the microcode due to the way     (sequential) delivering of benign exceptions such as     #DB (debug exception) is handled. A privileged user     inside a guest could use this flaw to create denial of     service conditions on the host kernel.(CVE-2015-8104)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's IPv6 network stack     did not properly validate the value of the MTU variable     when it was set. A remote attacker could potentially     use this flaw to disrupt a target system's networking     (packet loss) by setting an invalid MTU value, for     example, via a NetworkManager daemon that is processing     router advertisement packets running on the target     system.(CVE-2015-8215)

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 :

  - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J.
    Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 25986995] (CVE-2017-7895)

  - ocfs2/o2net: o2net_listen_data_ready should do nothing     if socket state is not TCP_LISTEN (Tariq Saeed) [Orabug:
    25510857]

  - IB/CORE: sync the resouce access in fmr_pool (Wengang     Wang) [Orabug: 23750748]

  - ipv6: Skip XFRM lookup if dst_entry in socket cache is     valid (Jakub Sitnicki) [Orabug: 25534688]

  - uek-rpm: enable CONFIG_KSPLICE. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug:
    25549845]

  - ksplice: add sysctls for determining Ksplice features.
    (Jamie Iles) 

  - signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional     clearing. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 25549845]

  - KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector'     (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 25719676] (CVE-2017-2583)     (CVE-2017-2583)

  - sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Marcelo     Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 25719811] (CVE-2017-5986)

  - tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read (Eric     Dumazet) [Orabug: 25720815] (CVE-2017-6214)

  - USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold)     [Orabug: 25796604] (CVE-2016-2782)

  - ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection (Davidlohr     Bueso) [Orabug: 25797014] (CVE-2017-5669)

  - vhost: actually track log eventfd file     (Marc-Andr&eacute  Lureau) [Orabug: 25797056]     (CVE-2015-6252)

  - xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size     harder (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 25814664]     (CVE-2017-7184)

  - xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL     replay_window (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 25814664]     (CVE-2017-7184)

  - KEYS: Remove key_type::match in favour of overriding     default by match_preparse (David Howells) [Orabug:
    25823965] (CVE-2017-2647) (CVE-2017-2647)

  - USB: whiteheat: fix potential null-deref at probe (Johan     Hovold) [Orabug: 25825107] (CVE-2015-5257)

  - RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on     unbound socket (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 25871048]     (CVE-2015-6937) (CVE-2015-6937)

  - udf: Check path length when reading symlink (Jan Kara)     [Orabug: 25871104] (CVE-2015-9731)

  - udf: Treat symlink component of type 2 as / (Jan Kara)     [Orabug: 25871104] (CVE-2015-9731)

  - udp: properly support MSG_PEEK with truncated buffers     (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25874741] (CVE-2016-10229)

  - block: fix use-after-free in seq file (Vegard Nossum)     [Orabug: 25877531] (CVE-2016-7910)

  - RHEL: complement upstream workaround for CVE-2016-10142.
    (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 25765786] (CVE-2016-10142)     (CVE-2016-10142)

  - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length     (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766914] (CVE-2016-8399)

  - ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen     Paul Pfeifer) [Orabug: 25765786] (CVE-2016-10142)

  - sg_write/bsg_write is not fit to be called under     KERNEL_DS (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25765448] (CVE-2016-10088)

  - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter     chang) [Orabug: 25752011] (CVE-2017-7187)

  - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander     Popov) [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)     [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc     (Fabian Frederick) [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - list: introduce list_first_entry_or_null (Jiri Pirko)     [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan     Richter) [Orabug: 25451538] (CVE-2016-8633)

  - x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32     (Hector Marco-Gisbert) [Orabug: 25463929]     (CVE-2016-3672)

  - x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through     mm_struct member (Radu Caragea) [Orabug: 25463929]     (CVE-2016-3672)

  - sg_start_req: make sure that there's not too many     elements in iovec (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25490377]     (CVE-2015-5707)

  - tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter (Eric     Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507232] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)     [Orabug: 25507232] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer     (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 25507330] (CVE-2016-7425)

  - x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs     (Alexei Starovoitov) [Orabug: 25507375] (CVE-2015-4700)

  - net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)     [Orabug: 25512417] (CVE-2016-4580)

  - USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number     of ports (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 25512472]     (CVE-2016-3140)

  - net/llc: avoid BUG_ON in skb_orphan (Eric Dumazet)     [Orabug: 25682437] (CVE-2017-6345)

  - dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     (Andrey Konovalov) [Orabug: 25598277] (CVE-2017-6074)

  - vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path (Sasha     Levin) [Orabug: 25388709] (CVE-2015-1420)

  - crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets     with data (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 25417807]

  - USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu)     [Orabug: 25462763] (CVE-2016-4482)

  - net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25462811]     (CVE-2016-4485)

  - af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg     (Rainer Weikusat) [Orabug: 25464000] (CVE-2013-7446)

  - unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue     (Rainer Weikusat) [Orabug: 25464000] (CVE-2013-7446)

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

  - RHEL: complement upstream workaround for CVE-2016-10142.
    (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 25765786] (CVE-2016-10142)     (CVE-2016-10142)

  - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length     (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766914] (CVE-2016-8399)

  - ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen     Paul Pfeifer) [Orabug: 25765786] (CVE-2016-10142)

  - sg_write/bsg_write is not fit to be called under     KERNEL_DS (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25765448] (CVE-2016-10088)

  - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter     chang) [Orabug: 25752011] (CVE-2017-7187)

  - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander     Popov) [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)     [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc     (Fabian Frederick) [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - list: introduce list_first_entry_or_null (Jiri Pirko)     [Orabug: 25696689] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan     Richter) [Orabug: 25451538] (CVE-2016-8633)

  - x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32     (Hector Marco-Gisbert) [Orabug: 25463929]     (CVE-2016-3672)

  - x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through     mm_struct member (Radu Caragea) [Orabug: 25463929]     (CVE-2016-3672)

  - sg_start_req: make sure that there's not too many     elements in iovec (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25490377]     (CVE-2015-5707)

  - tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter (Eric     Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507232] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)     [Orabug: 25507232] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer     (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 25507330] (CVE-2016-7425)

  - x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs     (Alexei Starovoitov) [Orabug: 25507375] (CVE-2015-4700)

  - net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)     [Orabug: 25512417] (CVE-2016-4580)

  - USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number     of ports (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 25512472]     (CVE-2016-3140)

  - net/llc: avoid BUG_ON in skb_orphan (Eric Dumazet)     [Orabug: 25682437] (CVE-2017-6345)

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 Oracle Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3535 advisory.

    - RHEL: complement upstream workaround for CVE-2016-10142. (Quentin Casasnovas)  [Orabug: 25765786]     {CVE-2016-10142} {CVE-2016-10142}
    - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Kees Cook)  [Orabug: 25766914]  {CVE-2016-8399}
    - ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen Paul Pfeifer)  [Orabug: 25765786]  {CVE-2016-10142}
    - sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25765448]     {CVE-2016-10088}
    - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter chang)  [Orabug: 25752011]  {CVE-2017-7187}
    - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander Popov)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
    - TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
    - drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc (Fabian Frederick)  [Orabug: 25696689]     {CVE-2017-2636}
    - list: introduce list_first_entry_or_null (Jiri Pirko)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
    - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan Richter)  [Orabug: 25451538]  {CVE-2016-8633}
    - x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (Hector Marco-Gisbert)  [Orabug: 25463929]     {CVE-2016-3672}
    - x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member (Radu Caragea)  [Orabug:
    25463929]  {CVE-2016-3672}
    - sg_start_req(): make sure that there's not too many elements in iovec (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25490377]     {CVE-2015-5707}
    - tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25507232]  {CVE-2016-8645}
    - rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)  [Orabug: 25507232]  {CVE-2016-8645}
    - scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 25507330]     {CVE-2016-7425}
    - x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (Alexei Starovoitov)  [Orabug: 25507375]     {CVE-2015-4700}
    - net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25512417]  {CVE-2016-4580}
    - USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of ports (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25512472]     {CVE-2016-3140}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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-2017-3534 advisory.

    - Revert 'fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex()' (Brian Maly)  [Orabug: 25790392]  {CVE-2016-9644}
    - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Kees Cook)  [Orabug: 25766911]  {CVE-2016-8399}
    - ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen Paul Pfeifer)  [Orabug: 25765776]  {CVE-2016-10142}
    - sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25765445]     {CVE-2016-10088}
    - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter chang)  [Orabug: 25751996]  {CVE-2017-7187}
    - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander Popov)  [Orabug: 25696686]  {CVE-2017-2636}
    - TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 25696686]  {CVE-2017-2636}
    - drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc (Fabian Frederick)  [Orabug: 25696686]     {CVE-2017-2636}
    - x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (Alexei Starovoitov)  [Orabug: 21305080]     {CVE-2015-4700}
    - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan Richter)  [Orabug: 25451530]  {CVE-2016-8633}
    - x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (Hector Marco-Gisbert)  [Orabug: 25463927]     {CVE-2016-3672}
    - x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member (Radu Caragea)  [Orabug:
    25463927]  {CVE-2016-3672}
    - pptp: verify sockaddr_len in pptp_bind() and pptp_connect() (WANG Cong)  [Orabug: 25490335]     {CVE-2015-8569}
    - sg_start_req(): make sure that there's not too many elements in iovec (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25490372]     {CVE-2015-5707}
    - kvm: nVMX: Allow L1 to intercept software exceptions (#BP and #OF) (Jim Mattson)  [Orabug: 25507195]     {CVE-2016-9588}
    - tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25507230]  {CVE-2016-8645}
    - rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)  [Orabug: 25507230]  {CVE-2016-8645}
    - fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex() (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25507281]  {CVE-2016-9178}
    - scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking (Borislav Petkov)  [Orabug: 25507328]  {CVE-2016-7425}
    - scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 25507328]     {CVE-2016-7425}
    - net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25512413]  {CVE-2016-4580}
    - USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of ports (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25512471]     {CVE-2016-3140}
    - ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25543892]  {CVE-2017-5970}
    - net/llc: avoid BUG_ON() in skb_orphan() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25682430]  {CVE-2017-6345}
    - dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Andrey Konovalov)   {CVE-2017-6074}
    - crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data (Herbert Xu)  [Orabug: 25417805]     {CVE-2016-8646}
    - USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462760]  {CVE-2016-4482}
    - net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462807]  {CVE-2016-4485}
    - af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Rainer Weikusat)  [Orabug: 25463996]     {CVE-2013-7446}
    - unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue (Rainer Weikusat)  [Orabug: 25463996]     {CVE-2013-7446}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to 3.12.55 to receive various security and bugfixes.

Features added :

  - A improved XEN blkfront module was added, which allows     more I/O bandwidth. (FATE#320625) It is called     xen-blkfront in PV, and xen-vbd-upstream in HVM mode.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in     net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or     cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl     calls (bnc#955654).

  - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req     function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     iov_count value in a write request (bnc#940338).

  - CVE-2015-8709: kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel     mishandled uid and gid mappings, which allowed local     users to gain privileges by establishing a user     namespace, waiting for a root process to enter that     namespace with an unsafe uid or gid, and then using the     ptrace system call. NOTE: the vendor states 'there is no     kernel bug here' (bnc#959709 bnc#960561).

  - CVE-2015-8767: net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly manage the relationship between     a lock and a socket, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept     call (bnc#961509).

  - CVE-2015-8785: The fuse_fill_write_pages function in     fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a     writev system call that triggers a zero length for the     first segment of an iov (bnc#963765).

  - CVE-2015-8812: A use-after-free flaw was found in the     CXGB3 kernel driver when the network was considered to     be congested. This could be used by local attackers to     cause machine crashes or potentially code executuon     (bsc#966437).

  - CVE-2016-0723: Race condition in the tty_ioctl function     in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and     system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during     processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call (bnc#961500).

  - CVE-2016-0774: A pipe buffer state corruption after     unsuccessful atomic read from pipe was fixed     (bsc#964730).

  - CVE-2016-2069: Race conditions in TLB syncing was fixed     which could leak to information leaks (bnc#963767).

  - CVE-2016-2384: A double-free triggered by invalid USB     descriptor in ALSA usb-audio was fixed, which could be     exploited by physical local attackers to crash the     kernel or gain code execution (bnc#966693).

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.53 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in     net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or     cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl     calls (bnc#955654).

  - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req     function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     iov_count value in a write request (bnc#940338).

  - CVE-2015-7550: The keyctl_read_key function in     security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly use a semaphore, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted application that leverages a race     condition between keyctl_revoke and keyctl_read calls     (bnc#958951).

  - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in     drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel did not     ensure that certain slot numbers are valid, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted     PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).

  - CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in     the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to     the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers     to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value     that was (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or     (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated     by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not     validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2015-0272 (bnc#955354).

  - CVE-2015-8539: The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (BUG) via crafted keyctl commands that     negatively instantiate a key, related to     security/keys/encrypted-keys/encrypted.c,     security/keys/trusted.c, and     security/keys/user_defined.c (bnc#958463).

  - CVE-2015-8543: The networking implementation in the     Linux kernel did not validate protocol identifiers for     certain protocol families, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly gain     privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to     execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application (bnc#958886).

  - CVE-2015-8550: Optimizations introduced by the compiler     could have lead to double fetch vulnerabilities,     potentially possibly leading to arbitrary code execution     in backend (bsc#957988).

  - CVE-2015-8551: Xen PCI backend driver did not perform     proper sanity checks on the device's state, allowing for     DoS (bsc#957990).

  - CVE-2015-8569: The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect     functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel     did not verify an address length, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted     application (bnc#959190).

  - CVE-2015-8575: The sco_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/sco.c in the Linux kernel did not verify     an address length, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the     KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application     (bnc#959399).

  - CVE-2015-8660: The ovl_setattr function in     fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel attempted to     merge distinct setattr operations, which allowed local     users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify     the attributes of arbitrary overlay files via a crafted     application (bnc#960281).

  - CVE-2015-8767: net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly manage the relationship between     a lock and a socket, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (deadlock) via a crafted sctp_accept     call (bnc#961509).

  - CVE-2015-8785: The fuse_fill_write_pages function in     fs/fuse/file.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a     writev system call that triggers a zero length for the     first segment of an iov (bnc#963765).

  - CVE-2016-0723: Race condition in the tty_ioctl function     in drivers/tty/tty_io.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and     system crash) by making a TIOCGETD ioctl call during     processing of a TIOCSETD ioctl call (bnc#961500).

  - CVE-2016-2069: A race in invalidating paging structures     that were not in use locally could have lead to     disclosoure of information or arbitrary code exectution     (bnc#963767).

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 openSUSE 13.1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-0728: A reference leak in keyring handling with     join_session_keyring() could lead to local attackers     gain root privileges. (bsc#962075).

  - CVE-2015-7550: A local user could have triggered a race     between read and revoke in keyctl (bnc#958951).

  - CVE-2015-8569: The (1) pptp_bind and (2) pptp_connect     functions in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c in the Linux kernel     did not verify an address length, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted     application (bnc#959190).

  - CVE-2015-8543: The networking implementation in the     Linux kernel did not validate protocol identifiers for     certain protocol families, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly gain     privileges by leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to     execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application (bnc#958886).

  - CVE-2014-8989: The Linux kernel did not properly     restrict dropping of supplemental group memberships in     certain namespace scenarios, which allowed 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 (bnc#906545).

  - CVE-2015-5157: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel on the x86_64 platform mishandles IRET faults in     processing NMIs that occurred during userspace     execution, which might allow local users to gain     privileges by triggering an NMI (bnc#937969).

  - CVE-2015-7799: The slhc_init function in     drivers/net/slip/slhc.c in the Linux kernel through     4.2.3 did not ensure that certain slot numbers are     valid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via     a crafted PPPIOCSMAXCID ioctl call (bnc#949936).

  - CVE-2015-8104: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel     through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allowed     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 (bnc#954404).

  - CVE-2015-5307: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel     through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allowed     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     (bnc#953527).

  - CVE-2014-9529: Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys     function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel     allowed 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     (bnc#912202).

  - CVE-2015-7990: Race condition in the rds_sendmsg     function in net/rds/sendmsg.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not     properly bound. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because     of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-6937 (bnc#952384     953052).

  - CVE-2015-6937: The __rds_conn_create function in     net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not     properly bound (bnc#945825).

  - CVE-2015-7885: The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in     drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.3.3 did not initialize a certain structure     member, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a crafted application     (bnc#951627).

  - CVE-2015-8215: net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the IPv6 stack in     the Linux kernel did not validate attempted changes to     the MTU value, which allowed context-dependent attackers     to cause a denial of service (packet loss) via a value     that is (1) smaller than the minimum compliant value or     (2) larger than the MTU of an interface, as demonstrated     by a Router Advertisement (RA) message that is not     validated by a daemon, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2015-0272. NOTE: the scope of CVE-2015-0272 is     limited to the NetworkManager product (bnc#955354).

  - CVE-2015-8767: A case can occur when sctp_accept() is     called by the user during a heartbeat timeout event     after the 4-way handshake. Since sctp_assoc_migrate()     changes both assoc->base.sk and assoc->ep, the     bh_sock_lock in sctp_generate_heartbeat_event() will be     taken with the listening socket but released with the     new association socket. The result is a deadlock on any     future attempts to take the listening socket lock.
    (bsc#961509)

  - CVE-2015-8575: Validate socket address length in     sco_sock_bind() to prevent information leak     (bsc#959399).

  - CVE-2015-8551, CVE-2015-8552: xen/pciback: For     XEN_PCI_OP_disable_msi[|x] only disable if device has     MSI(X) enabled (bsc#957990).

  - CVE-2015-8550: Compiler optimizations in the XEN PV     backend drivers could have lead to double fetch     vulnerabilities, causing denial of service or arbitrary     code execution (depending on the configuration)     (bsc#957988).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - ALSA: hda - Disable 64bit address for Creative HDA     controllers (bnc#814440).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix noise problems on Thinkpad T440s     (boo#958504).

  - Input: aiptek - fix crash on detecting device without     endpoints (bnc#956708).

  - KEYS: Make /proc/keys unconditional if CONFIG_KEYS=y     (boo#956934).

  - KVM: x86: update masterclock values on TSC writes     (bsc#961739).

  - NFS: Fix a NULL pointer dereference of migration     recovery ops for v4.2 client (bsc#960839).

  - apparmor: allow SYS_CAP_RESOURCE to be sufficient to     prlimit another task (bsc#921949).

  - blktap: also call blkif_disconnect() when frontend     switched to closed (bsc#952976).

  - blktap: refine mm tracking (bsc#952976).

  - cdrom: Random writing support for BD-RE media     (bnc#959568).

  - genksyms: Handle string literals with spaces in     reference files (bsc#958510).

  - ipv4: Do not increase PMTU with Datagram Too Big message     (bsc#955224).

  - ipv6: distinguish frag queues by device for multicast     and link-local packets (bsc#955422).

  - ipv6: fix tunnel error handling (bsc#952579).

  - route: Use ipv4_mtu instead of raw rt_pmtu (bsc#955224).

  - uas: Add response iu handling (bnc#954138).

  - usbvision fix overflow of interfaces array (bnc#950998).

  - x86/evtchn: make use of PHYSDEVOP_map_pirq.

  - xen/pciback: Do not allow MSI-X ops if     PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY is not set (bsc#957990 XSA-157).

The openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-3290: arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel on the x86_64 platform improperly relied on     espfix64 during nested NMI processing, which allowed     local users to gain privileges by triggering an NMI     within a certain instruction window (bnc#937969)

  - CVE-2015-0272: It was reported that it's possible to     craft a Router Advertisement message which will bring     the receiver in a state where new IPv6 connections will     not be accepted until correct Router Advertisement     message received. (bsc#944296).

  - CVE-2015-5283: The sctp_init function in     net/sctp/protocol.c in the Linux kernel had an incorrect     sequence of protocol-initialization steps, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (panic or     memory corruption) by creating SCTP sockets before all     of the steps have finished (bnc#947155).

  - CVE-2015-1333: Memory leak in the __key_link_end     function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) via many add_key system calls that refer to     existing keys. (bsc#938645)

  - CVE-2015-5707: Integer overflow in the sg_start_req     function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     iov_count value in a write request. (bsc#940338)

  - CVE-2015-2925: An attacker could potentially break out     of a namespace or container, depending on if he had     specific rights in these containers. (bsc#926238).

  - CVE-2015-7872: A vulnerability in keyrings garbage     collector allowed a local user to trigger an oops was     found, caused by using request_key() or keyctl request2.
    (bsc#951440)

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - input: evdev - do not report errors form flush()     (bsc#939834).

  - NFSv4: Recovery of recalled read delegations is broken     (bsc#942178).

  - apparmor: temporary work around for bug while unloading     policy (boo#941867).

  - config/x86_64/ec2: Align CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM     CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is enabled in every other kernel     flavor, so enable it for x86_64/ec2 as well.

  - kernel-obs-build: add btrfs to initrd This is needed for     kiwi builds.

  - mmc: card: Do not access RPMB partitions for normal     read/write (bnc#941104).

  - netback: coalesce (guest) RX SKBs as needed     (bsc#919154).

  - rpm/kernel-obs-build.spec.in: Add virtio_rng to the     initrd. This allows to feed some randomness to the OBS     workers.

  - xfs: Fix file type directory corruption for btree     directories (bsc#941305).

  - xfs: ensure buffer types are set correctly (bsc#941305).

  - xfs: inode unlink does not set AGI buffer type     (bsc#941305).

  - xfs: set buf types when converting extent formats     (bsc#941305).

  - xfs: set superblock buffer type correctly (bsc#941305).

  - xhci: Add spurious wakeup quirk for LynxPoint-LP     controllers (bnc#951195).

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-6252: Possible file descriptor leak for each     VHOST_SET_LOG_FDcommand issued, this could eventually     wasting available system resources and creating a denial     of service (bsc#942367).

  - CVE-2015-5707: Possible integer overflow in the     calculation of total number of pages in     bio_map_user_iov() (bsc#940338).

  - CVE-2015-5364: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg     functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 do not     properly consider yielding a processor, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system     hang) via incorrect checksums within a UDP packet flood     (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-5366: The (1) udp_recvmsg and (2) udpv6_recvmsg     functions in the Linux kernel before 4.0.6 provide     inappropriate -EAGAIN return values, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (EPOLLET     epoll application read outage) via an incorrect checksum     in a UDP packet, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2015-5364 (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the handle_to_path     function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through     3.19.1 allowed local users to bypass intended size     restrictions and trigger read operations on additional     memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a     file handle during the execution of this function     (bsc#915517).

  - CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write     implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before     3.16 do not properly consider the side effects of failed
    __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic     calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a     crafted application, aka an 'I/O' vector array overrun.
    (bsc#933429)

  - CVE-2015-2150: Xen 3.3.x through 4.5.x and the Linux     kernel through 3.19.1 do not properly restrict access to     PCI command registers, which might allow local guest     users to cause a denial of service (non-maskable     interrupt and host crash) by disabling the (1) memory or     (2) I/O decoding for a PCI Express device and then     accessing the device, which triggers an Unsupported     Request (UR) response. (bsc#919463)

  - CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel before 3.19.2 does not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag     from reaching a user-mode task, which might allow local     users to bypass the seccomp or audit protection     mechanism via a crafted application that uses the (1)     fork or (2) close system call, as demonstrated by an     attack against seccomp before 3.16. (bsc#926240)

  - CVE-2015-4700: The bpf_int_jit_compile function in     arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before     4.0.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash) by creating a packet filter and then     loading crafted BPF instructions that trigger late     convergence by the JIT compiler (bsc#935705).

  - CVE-2015-4167: The udf_read_inode function in     fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.1 did not     validate certain length values, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (incorrect data     representation or integer overflow, and OOPS) via a     crafted UDF filesystem (bsc#933907).

  - CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in     linux-2.6.18-xen-3.4.0 (aka the Xen 3.4.x support     patches for the Linux kernel 2.6.18), as used in the     Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux distributions,     allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information     from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory     via unspecified vectors. (bsc#917830)

  - CVE-2014-9728: The UDF filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not validate certain     lengths, which allowed 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 (bsc#933904).

  - CVE-2014-9730: 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     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image (bsc#933904).

  - CVE-2014-9729: The udf_read_inode function in     fs/udf/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not     ensure a certain data-structure size consistency, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via a crafted UDF filesystem image (bsc#933904).

  - CVE-2014-9731: The UDF filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel before 3.18.2 did not ensure that space is     available for storing a symlink target's name along with     a trailing \0 character, which allowed local users to     obtain sensitive information via a crafted filesystem     image, related to fs/udf/symlink.c and fs/udf/unicode.c     (bsc#933896).

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.

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2015-5707)

Marc-Andre Lureau discovered that the vhost driver did not properly release the userspace provided log file descriptor. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion). (CVE-2015-6252)

It was discovered that the Linux kernel's perf subsystem did not bound callchain backtraces on PowerPC 64. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2015-6526).

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-2750-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic     driver could be potentially used by local attackers to     crash the kernel or execute code (bsc#940338).

  - CVE-2015-5364: A remote denial of service (hang) via UDP     flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed.
    (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-5366: A remote denial of service (unexpected     error returns) via UDP flood with incorrect package     checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-1420: A race condition in the handle_to_path     function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to bypass intended size restrictions and     trigger read operations on additional memory locations     by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle     during the execution of this function (bnc#915517).

  - CVE-2015-4700: A local user could have created a bad     instruction in the JIT processed BPF code, leading to a     kernel crash (bnc#935705).

  - CVE-2015-4167: The UDF filesystem in the Linux kernel     was vulnerable to a crash which could occur while     fetching inode information from a corrupted/malicious     udf file system image. (bsc#933907).

  - CVE-2014-9728 CVE-2014-9729 CVE-2014-9730 CVE-2014-9731:
    Various issues in handling UDF filesystems in the Linux     kernel allowed the corruption of kernel memory and other     issues. An attacker able to mount a corrupted/malicious     UDF file system image could cause the kernel to crash.
    (bsc#933904 bsc#933896)

  - CVE-2015-2150: The Linux kernel did not properly     restrict access to PCI command registers, which might     have allowed local guest users to cause a denial of     service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by     disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI     Express device and then accessing the device, which     triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response     (bsc#919463).

  - CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c as used in     the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x in SUSE Linux     distributions, allowed guest OS users to obtain     sensitive information from uninitialized locations in     host OS kernel memory via unspecified vectors     (bnc#917830).

  - CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel did not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching     a user-mode task, which might have allowed local users     to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via     a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2)     close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against     seccomp before 3.16 (bnc#926240).

  - CVE-2015-1805: The Linux kernels implementation of     vectored pipe read and write functionality did not take     into account the I/O vectors that were already processed     when retrying after a failed atomic access operation,     potentially resulting in memory corruption due to an I/O     vector array overrun. A local, unprivileged user could     use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially,     escalate their privileges on the system. (bsc#933429).

Also 

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.

This update fixes the CVEs described below.

CVE-2015-0272

It was discovered that NetworkManager would set IPv6 MTUs based on the values received in IPv6 RAs (Router Advertisements), without sufficiently validating these values. A remote attacker could exploit this attack to disable IPv6 connectivity. This has been mitigated by adding validation in the kernel.

CVE-2015-5156

Jason Wang discovered that when a virtio_net device is connected to a bridge in the same VM, a series of TCP packets forwarded through the bridge may cause a heap buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2015-5364

It was discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums.

CVE-2015-5366

It was discovered that the Linux kernel does not properly handle invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service against applications that use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid checksum.

CVE-2015-5697

A flaw was discovered in the md driver in the Linux kernel leading to an information leak.

CVE-2015-5707

An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver in the Linux kernel was discovered. A local user with write permission on a SCSI generic device could potentially exploit this flaw for privilege escalation.

CVE-2015-6937

It was found that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation did not verify that an underlying transport exists when creating a connection. Depending on how a local RDS application initialised its sockets, a remote attacker might be able to cause a denial of service (crash) by sending a crafted packet.

For the oldoldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.32-48squeeze14.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.68-1+deb7u4 or earlier.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.7-ckt11-1+deb8u4 or earlier.

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

It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.

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-2737-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2734-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the SCSI generic (sg) driver in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker with write permission to a SCSI generic device could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or potentially escalate their privileges.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-5707: An integer overflow in the SCSI generic     driver could be potentially used by local attackers to     crash the kernel or execute code.

  - CVE-2015-2830: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux     kernel did not prevent the TS_COMPAT flag from reaching     a user-mode task, which might have allowed local users     to bypass the seccomp or audit protection mechanism via     a crafted application that uses the (1) fork or (2)     close system call, as demonstrated by an attack against     seccomp before 3.16 (bnc#926240).

  - CVE-2015-0777: drivers/xen/usbback/usbback.c in the     Linux kernel allowed guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from uninitialized locations in host OS     kernel memory via unspecified vectors (bnc#917830).

  - CVE-2015-2150: Xen and the Linux kernel did not properly     restrict access to PCI command registers, which might     have allowed local guest users to cause a denial of     service (non-maskable interrupt and host crash) by     disabling the (1) memory or (2) I/O decoding for a PCI     Express device and then accessing the device, which     triggers an Unsupported Request (UR) response     (bnc#919463).

  - CVE-2015-5364: A remote denial of service (hang) via UDP     flood with incorrect package checksums was fixed.
    (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-5366: A remote denial of service (unexpected     error returns) via UDP flood with incorrect package     checksums was fixed. (bsc#936831).

  - CVE-2015-1420: CVE-2015-1420: Race condition in the     handle_to_path function in fs/fhandle.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass intended size     restrictions and trigger read operations on additional     memory locations by changing the handle_bytes value of a     file handle during the execution of this function     (bnc#915517).

  - CVE-2015-4700: A local user could have created a bad     instruction in the JIT processed BPF code, leading to a     kernel crash (bnc#935705).

  - CVE-2015-1805: The (1) pipe_read and (2) pipe_write     implementations in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly consider the side effects of failed
    __copy_to_user_inatomic and __copy_from_user_inatomic     calls, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a     crafted application, aka an 'I/O vector array overrun'     (bnc#933429).

  - CVE-2015-3331: The __driver_rfc4106_decrypt function in     arch/x86/crypto/aesni-intel_glue.c in the Linux kernel     did not properly determine the memory locations used for     encrypted data, which allowed context-dependent     attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow     and system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by     triggering a crypto API call, as demonstrated by use of     a libkcapi test program with an AF_ALG(aead) socket     (bnc#927257).

  - CVE-2015-2922: The ndisc_router_discovery function in     net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol     implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel     allowed remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit     setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router     Advertisement (RA) message (bnc#922583).

  - CVE-2015-2041: net/llc/sysctl_net_llc.c in the Linux     kernel used an incorrect data type in a sysctl table,     which allowed local users to obtain potentially     sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly     have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl     entry (bnc#919007).

  - CVE-2015-3636: The ping_unhash function in     net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a     certain list data structure during an unhash operation,     which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a     denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by     leveraging the ability to make a SOCK_DGRAM socket     system call for the IPPROTO_ICMP or IPPROTO_ICMPV6     protocol, and then making a connect system call after a     disconnect (bnc#929525).

  - CVE-2014-8086: Race condition in the     ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the     Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#900881).

  - CVE-2014-8159: The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly restrict use of User Verbs     for registration of memory regions, which allowed 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/ (bnc#914742).

  - CVE-2014-9683: Off-by-one error in the     ecryptfs_decode_from_filename function in     fs/ecryptfs/crypto.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (buffer overflow and system crash) or possibly     gain privileges via a crafted filename (bnc#918333).

  - CVE-2015-2042: net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel used     an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allowed     local users to obtain potentially sensitive information     from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other     impact by accessing a sysctl entry (bnc#919018).

  - CVE-2015-1421: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     sctp_assoc_update function in net/sctp/associola.c in     the Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#915577).

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.

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

  - CVE-2015-1333     Colin Ian King discovered a flaw in the add_key function     of the Linux kernel's keyring subsystem. A local user     can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service due     to memory exhaustion.

  - CVE-2015-3212     Ji Jianwen of Red Hat Engineering discovered a flaw in     the handling of the SCTPs automatic handling of dynamic     multi-homed connections. A local attacker could use this     flaw to cause a crash or potentially for privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2015-4692     A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     kvm_apic_has_events function in the KVM subsystem. A     unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to crash     the system kernel resulting in denial of service.

  - CVE-2015-4700     Daniel Borkmann discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel     implementation of the Berkeley Packet Filter which can     be used by a local user to crash the system.

  - CVE-2015-5364     It was discovered that the Linux kernel does not     properly handle invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker     could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service     using a flood of UDP packets with invalid checksums.

  - CVE-2015-5366     It was discovered that the Linux kernel does not     properly handle invalid UDP checksums. A remote attacker     can cause a denial of service against applications that     use epoll by injecting a single packet with an invalid     checksum.

  - CVE-2015-5697     A flaw was discovered in the md driver in the Linux     kernel leading to an information leak.

  - CVE-2015-5706     An user triggerable use-after-free vulnerability in path     lookup in the Linux kernel could potentially lead to     privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2015-5707     An integer overflow in the SCSI generic driver in the     Linux kernel was discovered. A local user with write     permission on a SCSI generic device could potentially     exploit this flaw for privilege escalation.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
218917	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5707	Nessus	Misc.	medium
124812	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1488)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
100238	OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0106)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
99164	OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0058)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
99163	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
99161	Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3535)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
99160	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3534)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
89993	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:0785-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
89022	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:0585-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
88545	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-124)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86668	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-686)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86290	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel-source (SUSE-SU-2015:1678-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86244	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2759-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
86205	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerability (USN-2750-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
86121	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1611-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
86049	Debian DLA-310-1 : linux-2.6 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
85875	Ubuntu 15.04 : linux vulnerability (USN-2738-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
85874	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerability (USN-2737-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
85801	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerability (USN-2734-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
85800	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerability (USN-2733-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
85764	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:1478-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
85281	Debian DSA-3329-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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