drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file.

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

  - drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the MSM graphics driver (aka     GPU driver) for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in     Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions     for MSM devices and other products, mishandles the     KGSL_MEMFLAGS_GPUREADONLY flag, which allows attackers     to gain privileges by leveraging accidental read-write     mappings, aka Qualcomm internal bug     CR988993.(CVE-2016-2067i1/4%0

  - Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in     drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory, or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a write or read request     involving the 'RDMA protocol over infiniband' (aka Soft     RoCE) technology.(CVE-2016-8636i1/4%0

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the     logi_dj_ll_raw_request function in     drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.16.2 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that     specifies a large report size for an LED     report.(CVE-2014-3183i1/4%0

  - The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the     Linux kernel, before 4.14.15, might allow attackers to     cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or     possibly have unspecified other impacts by triggering a     negative wake or requeue value. Due to the nature of     the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled     out, although we believe it is     unlikely.(CVE-2018-6927i1/4%0

  - The hub_activate function in drivers/usb/core/hub.c in     the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 does not properly     maintain a hub-interface data structure, which allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid memory access and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a     USB hub device.(CVE-2015-8816i1/4%0

  - It was found that the blk_rq_map_user_iov() function in     the Linux kernel's block device implementation did not     properly restrict the type of iterator, which could     allow a local attacker to read or write to arbitrary     kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging write access to a     /dev/sg device.(CVE-2016-9576i1/4%0

  - A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     networking subsystem that destroying the network     interface with huge number of ipv4 addresses assigned     keeps 'rtnl_lock' spinlock for a very long time (up to     hour). This blocks many network-related operations,     including creation of new incoming ssh connections.The     problem is especially important for containers, as the     container owner has enough permissions to trigger this     and block a network access on a whole host, outside the     container.(CVE-2016-3156i1/4%0

  - The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allows     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the     dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an     io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer     underflow.(CVE-2017-8924i1/4%0

  - The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before     3.18.8 does not properly consider the length of the     Read-Copy Update (RCU) grace period for redirecting     lookups in the absence of caching, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption or system crash) via a flood of     packets.(CVE-2015-1465i1/4%0

  - A symlink size validation was missing in Linux kernels     built with UDF file system (CONFIG_UDF_FS) support,     allowing the corruption of kernel memory. An attacker     able to mount a corrupted/malicious UDF file system     image could cause the kernel to crash.(CVE-2014-9728i1/4%0

  - net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through     3.11.4 does not properly determine the need for UDP     Fragmentation Offload (UFO) processing of small packets     after the UFO queueing of a large packet, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via network traffic that     triggers a large response packet.(CVE-2013-4387i1/4%0

  - It was found that nfsd is missing permissions check     when setting ACL on files, this may allow a local users     to gain access to any file by setting a crafted     ACL.(CVE-2016-1237i1/4%0

  - In the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a local user could     create keyrings for other users via keyctl commands,     setting unwanted defaults or causing a denial of     service.(CVE-2017-18270i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel where an     integer overflow in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the     POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun     accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time     values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the     accounting is int based. This basically makes the     accounting values, which are visible to user space via     timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun,     random.(CVE-2018-12896i1/4%0

  - Since Linux kernel version 3.2, the mremap() syscall     performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If     a syscall such as ftruncate() removes entries from the     pagetables of a task that is in the middle of mremap(),     a stale TLB entry can remain for a short time that     permits access to a physical page after it has been     released back to the page allocator and reused. This is     fixed in the following kernel versions: 4.9.135,     4.14.78, 4.18.16, 4.19.(CVE-2018-18281i1/4%0

  - The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through     4.15.7 mishandles the case of a rule blob that contains     a jump but lacks a user-defined chain, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW or     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, related to arpt_do_table in     net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c, ipt_do_table in     net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c, and ip6t_do_table in     net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_tables.c.(CVE-2018-1065i1/4%0

  - The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication     allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in     vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may     allow an attacker to craft an attack and use     unallocated memory, potentially crashing the     machine.(CVE-2016-9084i1/4%0

  - The acm_probe function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.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 USB device     without both a control and a data endpoint     descriptor.(CVE-2016-3138i1/4%0

  - It was discovered that root can gain direct access to     an internal keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7     or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as     its session keyring. This allows root to bypass module     signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring.(CVE-2016-9604i1/4%0

  - 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-2014-8709i1/4%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 use-after-free vulnerability was found in the     kernel's socket recvmmsg subsystem. This may allow     remote attackers to corrupt memory and may allow     execution of arbitrary code. This corruption takes     place during the error handling routines within
    __sys_recvmmsg() function.(CVE-2016-7117)

  - A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the     arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() function in     'drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c' file in the Linux     kernel through 4.8.2. The function does not restrict a     certain length field, which allows local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code. This can     potentially cause kernel heap corruption and arbitrary     kernel code execution.(CVE-2016-7425)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of seq_file where a local attacker could manipulate     memory in the put() function pointer. This could lead     to memory corruption and possible privileged     escalation.(CVE-2016-7910)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in sys_ioprio_get() was     found due to get_task_ioprio() accessing the     task-i1/4zio_context without holding the task lock and     could potentially race with exit_io_context(), leading     to a use-after-free.(CVE-2016-7911)

  - The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors     involving omission of the firmware name from a certain     data structure. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2016-7913)

  - The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node() function in     'lib/assoc_array.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.5.3     does not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer     dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application     that uses associative-array data     structures.(CVE-2016-7914)

  - The hid_input_field() function in     'drivers/hid/hid-core.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.6     allows physically proximate attackers to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by connecting a     device.(CVE-2016-7915)

  - Race condition in the environ_read() function in     'fs/proc/base.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory by reading a '/proc/*/environ' file     during a process-setup time interval in which     environment-variable copying is     incomplete.(CVE-2016-7916)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux networking subsystem     where a local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities     could cause an out-of-bounds memory access by creating     a smaller-than-expected ICMP header and sending to its     destination via sendto().(CVE-2016-8399)

  - Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual     Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a null     pointer dereference flaw. It could occur on x86     platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An     attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel     resulting in DoS.(CVE-2016-8630)

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability due to a lack of input     filtering of incoming fragmented datagrams was found in     the IP-over-1394 driver firewire-net in a fragment     handling code in the Linux kernel. The vulnerability     exists since firewire supported IPv4, i.e. since     version 2.6.31 (year 2009) till version v4.9-rc4. A     maliciously formed fragment with a respectively large     datagram offset would cause a memcpy() past the     datagram buffer, which would cause a system panic or     possible arbitrary code execution.The flaw requires     firewire-net module to be loaded and is remotely     exploitable from connected firewire devices, but not     over a local network.(CVE-2016-8633)

  - It was discovered that the Linux kernel since 3.6-rc1     with 'net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen' set to 1 can hit BUG()     statement in tcp_collapse() function after making a     number of certain syscalls leading to a possible system     crash.(CVE-2016-8645)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel. An     unprivileged local user could trigger oops in     shash_async_export() by attempting to force the     in-kernel hashing algorithms into decrypting an empty     data set.(CVE-2016-8646)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel key management     subsystem in which a local attacker could crash the     kernel or corrupt the stack and additional memory     (denial of service) by supplying a specially crafted     RSA key. This flaw panics the machine during the     verification of the RSA key.(CVE-2016-8650)

  - A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw     was found in the way the raw packet sockets     implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem     handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3     ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet     socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use     this flaw to elevate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2016-8655)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     networking subsystem handled offloaded packets with     multiple layers of encapsulation in the GRO (Generic     Receive Offload) code path. A remote attacker could use     this flaw to trigger unbounded recursion in the kernel     that could lead to stack corruption, resulting in a     system crash.(CVE-2016-8666)

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's     implementation of VFIO. An attacker issuing an ioctl     can create a situation where memory is corrupted and     modify memory outside of the expected area. This may     overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel     execution.(CVE-2016-9083)

  - The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication     allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in     vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may     allow an attacker to craft an attack and use     unallocated memory, potentially crashing the     machine.(CVE-2016-9084)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of the SCTP protocol. A remote attacker could trigger     an out-of-bounds read with an offset of up to 64kB     potentially causing the system to crash.(CVE-2016-9555)

  - It was found that the blk_rq_map_user_iov() function in     the Linux kernel's block device implementation did not     properly restrict the type of iterator, which could     allow a local attacker to read or write to arbitrary     kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging write access to a     /dev/sg device.(CVE-2016-9576)

  - Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support     (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature     enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to an uncaught     exception issue. It could occur if an L2 guest was to     throw an exception which is not handled by an L1     guest.(CVE-2016-9588)

  - It was discovered that root can gain direct access to     an internal keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7     or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as     its session keyring. This allows root to bypass module     signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring.(CVE-2016-9604)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of XFS file attributes. Two memory leaks were detected     in xfs_attr_shortform_list and xfs_attr3_leaf_list_int     when running a docker container backed by xfs/overlay2.
    A dedicated attacker could possible exhaust all memory     and create a denial of service     situation.(CVE-2016-9685)

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 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3422-1 advisory.

  - The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.7 does not properly restrict execute     access, which makes it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and     consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system call. (CVE-2016-10044)

  - Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 allows local users     to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls     without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c     and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c. (CVE-2016-10200)

  - The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program     with restrictions on execute permissions. (CVE-2016-7097)

  - The mpi_powm function in lib/mpi/mpi-pow.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not ensure that memory     is allocated for limb data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption     and panic) via an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent. (CVE-2016-8650)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - The __get_user_asm_ex macro in arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 does not     initialize a certain integer variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory by triggering failure of a get_user_ex call. (CVE-2016-9178)

  - The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container     environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity. (CVE-2016-9191)

  - It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal     keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its     session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring. (CVE-2016-9604)

  - The ring_buffer_resize function in kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c in the profiling subsystem in the Linux     kernel before 4.6.1 mishandles certain integer calculations, which allows local users to gain privileges     by writing to the /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb file. (CVE-2016-9754)

  - The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up     to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP     configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space. (CVE-2017-1000251)

  - The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system     calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options. (CVE-2017-5970)

  - The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the     URG flag. (CVE-2017-6214)

  - Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded     application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls. (CVE-2017-6346)

  - The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call     for the dead type. (CVE-2017-6951)

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.4 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write     function. (CVE-2017-7187)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
    (CVE-2017-7472)

  - The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg80211.c in the     Linux kernel before 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and system     crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME Netlink packet. (CVE-2017-7541)

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 host is missing a security update for the kernel package(s).

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3361-1 advisory.

  - The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr     operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by     using chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark dumpcap program. (CVE-2015-1350)

  - The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly     validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-     of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image. (CVE-2016-10208)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability in kernel components including the ION subsystem, Binder, USB     driver and networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its     permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged     process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31651010. (CVE-2016-8405)

  - Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write or read request     involving the RDMA protocol over infiniband (aka Soft RoCE) technology. (CVE-2016-8636)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container     environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity. (CVE-2016-9191)

  - It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal     keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its     session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring. (CVE-2016-9604)

  - The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls,     related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.
    (CVE-2016-9755)

  - The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     improperly emulates a MOV SS, NULL selector instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial     of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2017-2583)

  - arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted application     that leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt, and sidt. (CVE-2017-2584)

  - The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly     emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references. (CVE-2017-2596)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files     before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to     access unmapped kernel memory. (CVE-2017-2618)

  - The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.8 is too late in obtaining a     certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a     socket system call. (CVE-2017-2671)

  - The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a     random number. (CVE-2017-5546)

  - The klsi_105_get_line_state function in drivers/usb/serial/kl5kusb105.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     places uninitialized heap-memory contents into a log entry upon a failure to read the line status, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log. (CVE-2017-5549)

  - Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic     circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision. (CVE-2017-5550)

  - The simple_set_acl function in fs/posix_acl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.6 preserves the setgid bit     during a setxattr call involving a tmpfs filesystem, which allows local users to gain group privileges by     leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7097. (CVE-2017-5551)

  - Integer overflow in the vc4_get_bcl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c in the VideoCore DRM driver     in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted size value in a VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call. (CVE-2017-5576)

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

  - The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have     unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds     access. (CVE-2017-5897)

  - The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system     calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options. (CVE-2017-5970)

  - Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a     software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2016-6786. (CVE-2017-6001)

  - The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the     URG flag. (CVE-2017-6214)

  - The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 does not ensure that a certain destructor exists in     required circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted system calls. (CVE-2017-6345)

  - Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded     application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls. (CVE-2017-6346)

  - The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.1 has     incorrect expectations about skb data layout, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, as demonstrated by     use of the MSG_MORE flag in conjunction with loopback UDP transmission. (CVE-2017-6347)

  - The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages     lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on     IrDA devices. (CVE-2017-6348)

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.4 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write     function. (CVE-2017-7187)

  - The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.10.5 does not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a     /dev/dri/renderD* device. (CVE-2017-7261)

  - The cp_report_fixup function in drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c in the Linux kernel 3.2 and 4.x before 4.9.4     allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted HID report. (CVE-2017-7273)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
    (CVE-2017-7472)

  - Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by     triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation. (CVE-2017-7616)

  - crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API     operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.
    (CVE-2017-7618)

  - The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c. (CVE-2017-7645)

  - The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM     protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first     megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file,     related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c. (CVE-2017-7889)

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the     end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.
    (CVE-2017-7895)

  - The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti USB serial device) to trigger an integer     underflow. (CVE-2017-8924)

  - The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.
    (CVE-2017-8925)

  - The do_check function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not make the     allow_ptr_leaks value available for restricting the output of the print_bpf_insn function, which allows     local users to obtain sensitive address information via crafted bpf system calls. (CVE-2017-9150)

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

* Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference flaw.
It could occur on x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS. (CVE-2016-8630, Important)

* A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-8655, Important)

* A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO.
An attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel execution. (CVE-2016-9083, Important)

* The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated memory, potentially crashing the machine.
(CVE-2016-9084, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson for reporting CVE-2016-8655.

Additional Changes :

Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements included in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes and enhancements, refer to the following KnowledgeBase article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/ 2940041.

Note that Tenable Network Security has attempted to extract the preceding description block directly from the corresponding Red Hat security advisory. Virtuozzo provides no description for VZLSA advisories. 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-3312-2 advisory.

  - The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6     allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure. (CVE-2016-7913)

  - The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not     check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by     leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. (CVE-2016-7917)

  - The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the     relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability. (CVE-2016-8632)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal     keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its     session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring. (CVE-2016-9604)

  - The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly     emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references. (CVE-2017-2596)

  - The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.8 is too late in obtaining a     certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a     socket system call. (CVE-2017-2671)

  - Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a     software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2016-6786. (CVE-2017-6001)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
    (CVE-2017-7472)

  - crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API     operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.
    (CVE-2017-7618)

  - The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c. (CVE-2017-7645)

  - The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM     protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first     megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file,     related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c. (CVE-2017-7889)

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the     end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.
    (CVE-2017-7895)

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 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3312-1 advisory.

  - The xc2028_set_config function in drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6     allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data structure. (CVE-2016-7913)

  - The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not     check whether a batch message's length field is large enough, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by     leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. (CVE-2016-7917)

  - The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 does not validate the     relationship between the minimum fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allows local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability. (CVE-2016-8632)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal     keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its     session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring. (CVE-2016-9604)

  - The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly     emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references. (CVE-2017-2596)

  - The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.8 is too late in obtaining a     certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a     socket system call. (CVE-2017-2671)

  - Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a     software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2016-6786. (CVE-2017-6001)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
    (CVE-2017-7472)

  - crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API     operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.
    (CVE-2017-7618)

  - The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c. (CVE-2017-7645)

  - The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM     protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first     megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file,     related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c. (CVE-2017-7889)

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the     end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.
    (CVE-2017-7895)

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

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

* Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference flaw.
It could occur on x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS. (CVE-2016-8630, Important)

* A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-8655, Important)

* A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO.
An attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel execution. (CVE-2016-9083, Important)

* The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated memory, potentially crashing the machine.
(CVE-2016-9084, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson for reporting CVE-2016-8655.

Additional Changes :

Space precludes documenting all of the bug fixes and enhancements included in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes and enhancements, refer to the following KnowledgeBase article:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/ 2940041.

Security Fix(es) :

  - Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine     (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a NULL pointer     dereference flaw. It could occur on x86 platform, when     emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could     use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS.
    (CVE-2016-8630, Important)

  - A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw     was found in the way the raw packet sockets     implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem     handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3     ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet     socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use     this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2016-8655, Important)

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's     implementation of VFIO. An attacker issuing an ioctl can     create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify     memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite     kernel memory and subvert kernel execution.
    (CVE-2016-9083, Important)

  - The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication     allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in     vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may     allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated     memory, potentially crashing the machine.
    (CVE-2016-9084, Moderate)

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es) :

* Linux kernel built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference flaw.
It could occur on x86 platform, when emulating an undefined instruction. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS. (CVE-2016-8630, Important)

* A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2016-8655, Important)

* A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO.
An attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel execution. (CVE-2016-9083, Important)

* The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated memory, potentially crashing the machine.
(CVE-2016-9084, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson for reporting CVE-2016-8655.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Previously, the asynchronous page fault woke code references spinlocks, which were actually sleeping locks in the RT kernel.
Because of this, when the code was executed from the exception context, a bug warning appeared on the console. With this update, the regular wait queue and spinlock code in this area has been modified to use simple-wait-queue and raw-spinlocks. This code change enables the asynchronous page fault code to run in a non-preemptable state without bug warnings. (BZ#1418035)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-0386 advisory.

  - Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12 allows local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW capability to     change a socket version, related to the packet_set_ring and packet_setsockopt functions. (CVE-2016-8655)

  - The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is     enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M     byte in an undefined instruction. (CVE-2016-8630)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

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 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to 3.12.61 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following feature was implemented :

  - The ext2 filesystem got reenabled and supported to allow     support for 'XIP' (Execute In Place) (FATE#320805). The     following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-5551: The tmpfs filesystem implementation in     the Linux kernel preserved the setgid bit during a     setxattr call, which allowed local users to gain group     privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid     program with restrictions on execute permissions     (bsc#1021258).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserved the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2017-2583: A Linux kernel built with the     Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support was     vulnerable to an incorrect segment selector(SS) value     error. A user/process inside guest could have used this     flaw to crash the guest resulting in DoS or potentially     escalate their privileges inside guest. (bsc#1020602).

  - CVE-2017-2584: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that     leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave,     sgdt, and sidt (bnc#1019851).

  - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which     allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel     memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c.
    NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete     fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).

  - CVE-2016-8645: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled skb truncation, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted     application that made sendto system calls, related to     net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c     (bnc#1009969).

  - CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability     in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local     malicious application to execute arbitrary code within     the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as     Moderate because it first requires compromising a     privileged process and current compiler optimizations     restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product:
    Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID:
    A-31349935 (bnc#1014746).

  - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlink_dump     function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted application that made sendmsg system calls,     leading to a free operation associated with a new dump     that started earlier than anticipated (bnc#1013540).

  - CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in     certain error cases, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a     crafted application (bnc#1013038).

  - CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1)     SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option     (bnc#1013531).

  - CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by     leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation     even if the corresponding start operation had failed     (bnc#1010716).

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data     structure (bnc#1010478).

  - CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio     function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system     call (bnc#1010711).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2015-8963: Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by     leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data     structure during a CPU unplug operation (bnc#1010502).

  - CVE-2016-7914: The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node     function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel did     not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer     dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application     that uses associative-array data structures, as     demonstrated by the keyutils test suite (bnc#1010475).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass integer overflow     checks, and cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a     VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a 'state machine     confusion bug (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the     Linux kernel misused the kzalloc function, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging     access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel uses an     incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack     memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys     file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

  - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in the     brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information     Element in a command to a Netlink socket (bnc#1004462).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-6327: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write     operation (bnc#994748).

  - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in     include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly     maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system     crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

  - CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel     did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK     segments, which made it easier for remote attackers to     hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack     (bnc#989152).

  - CVE-2016-6130: Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb     function in drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory by changing a certain     length value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability     (bnc#987542).

  - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib     function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a     certain size value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability     (bnc#991608).

  - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt     implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive     information from kernel heap memory by leveraging     in-container root access to provide a crafted offset     value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary     (bnc#986362 bnc#986365).

  - CVE-2016-5828: The start_thread function in     arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel on     powerpc platforms mishandled transactional state, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     by starting and suspending a transaction before an exec     system call (bnc#986569).

  - CVE-2014-9904: The snd_compress_check_input function in     sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in     the Linux kernel did not properly check for an integer     overflow, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted     SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call (bnc#986811).

  - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in     the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in     drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel allow     local users to cause a denial of service or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1)     HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call     (bnc#986572).

  - CVE-2016-4470: The key_reject_and_link function in     security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure     that a certain data structure is initialized, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2     command (bnc#984755).

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 3.12.69 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2015-8963: Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by     leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data     structure during a CPU unplug operation (bnc#1010502).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which     allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel     memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c.
    NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete     fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).

  - CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by     leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation     even if the corresponding start operation had failed     (bnc#1010716).

  - CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio     function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system     call (bnc#1010711).

  - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data     structure (bnc#1010478).

  - CVE-2016-7914: The assoc_array_insert_into_terminal_node     function in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel did     not check whether a slot is a leaf, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory     or cause a denial of service (invalid pointer     dereference and out-of-bounds read) via an application     that uses associative-array data structures, as     demonstrated by the keyutils test suite (bnc#1010475).

  - CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability     in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local     malicious application to execute arbitrary code within     the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as     Moderate because it first requires compromising a     privileged process and current compiler optimizations     restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product:
    Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID:
    A-31349935 (bnc#1014746).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel, in certain unusual hardware configurations,     allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via     crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-8645: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled skb truncation, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted     application that made sendto system calls, related to     net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c     (bnc#1009969).

  - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass integer overflow     checks, and cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a     VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a 'state machine     confusion bug' (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the     Linux kernel misuses the kzalloc function, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging     access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in     certain error cases, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a     crafted application (bnc#1013038).

  - CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1)     SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option (bnc#1013531     1013542).

  - CVE-2016-9806: Race condition in the netlink_dump     function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted application that made sendmsg system calls,     leading to a free operation associated with a new dump     that started earlier than anticipated (bnc#1013540     1017589).

  - CVE-2017-2584: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that     leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave,     sgdt, and sidt (bsc#1019851).

  - CVE-2017-2583: Fixed broken emulation of 'MOV SS, null     selector' (bsc#1020602).

  - CVE-2017-5551: Clear SGID bit when setting file     permissions on tmpfs (bsc#1021258).

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 :

  - vfio/pci: Fix integer overflows, bitmask check (Vlad     Tsyrklevich) [Orabug: 25164094] (CVE-2016-9083)     (CVE-2016-9084)

  - Don't feed anything but regular iovec's to     blk_rq_map_user_iov (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 25231931]     (CVE-2016-9576)

  - kvm: x86: Check memopp before dereference     (CVE-2016-8630) (Owen Hofmann) [Orabug: 25417387]     (CVE-2016-8630)

  - crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets     with data (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 25417799]     (CVE-2016-8646)

  - USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu)     [Orabug: 25462755] (CVE-2016-4482)

  - net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu) [Orabug: 25462799]     (CVE-2016-4485)

  - xen-netback: fix extra_info handling in xenvif_tx_err     (Paul Durrant) [Orabug: 25445336]

  - net: Documentation: Fix default value     tcp_limit_output_bytes (Niklas Cassel) [Orabug:
    25458076]

  - tcp: double default TSQ output bytes limit (Wei Liu)     [Orabug: 25458076]

  - xenbus: fix deadlock on writes to /proc/xen/xenbus     (David Vrabel)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3514 advisory.

  - The x86_decode_insn function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.7, when KVM is     enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M     byte in an undefined instruction. (CVE-2016-8630)

  - The llc_cmsg_rcv function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a     certain data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by     reading a message. (CVE-2016-4485)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly     restrict the type of iterator, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory     locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device.
    (CVE-2016-9576)

  - The hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.6 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket     that has received zero bytes of data. (CVE-2016-8646)

  - The proc_connectinfo function in drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     stack memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call. (CVE-2016-4482)

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 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.38 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x     provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr     operations that underspecifies removing extended     privilege attributes, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed     invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using     chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark     dumpcap program (bnc#914939).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-7039: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack     consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified     other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large     crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain     only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666     (bnc#1001486).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2,     when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector     is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain     timeout data, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by     reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data     structure (bnc#1010478).

  - CVE-2016-7917: The nfnetlink_rcv_batch function in     net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c in the Linux kernel did not     check whether a batch message's length field is large     enough, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of     service (infinite loop or out-of-bounds read) by     leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bnc#1010444).

  - CVE-2016-8645: The TCP stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled skb truncation, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted     application that made sendto system calls, related to     net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c     (bnc#1009969).

  - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack     consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified     other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for     packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by     interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related     issue to CVE-2016-7039 (bnc#1003964).

  - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass integer overflow     checks, and cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a     VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a 'state machine     confusion bug (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the     Linux kernel misuses the kzalloc function, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging     access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9793: A bug in SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE     setsockopt() implementation was fixed, which allowed     CAP_NET_ADMIN users to cause memory corruption.
    (bsc#1013531).

  - CVE-2016-9919: The icmp6_send function in     net/ipv6/icmp.c in the Linux kernel omits a certain     check of the dst data structure, which allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a     fragmented IPv6 packet (bnc#1014701).

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 Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.36 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet     packet_set_ring function could be used by local     attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges     (bsc#1012754).

  - CVE-2016-9794: A use-after-free in ALSA pcm could lead     to crashes or allowed local users to potentially gain     privileges (bsc#1013533).

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2016-9178: The __get_user_asm_ex macro in     arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h in the Linux kernel did     not initialize a certain integer variable, which allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     stack memory by triggering failure of a get_user_ex call     (bnc#1008650).

  - CVE-2016-7913: The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) via vectors involving     omission of the firmware name from a certain data     structure (bnc#1010478).

  - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacks     chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

  - CVE-2015-8963: Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by     leveraging incorrect handling of an swevent data     structure during a CPU unplug operation (bnc#1010502).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-8646: The hash_accept function in     crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting     to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket     that has received zero bytes of data (bnc#1010150).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel in certain unusual hardware configurations,     allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via     crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-8630: The x86_decode_insn function in     arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel, when KVM is     enabled, allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (host OS crash) via a certain use of a ModR/M     byte in an undefined instruction (bnc#1009222).

  - CVE-2016-9083: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to bypass integer overflow     checks, and cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a     VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a 'state machine     confusion bug (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-9084: drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the     Linux kernel misuses the kzalloc function, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow) or have unspecified other impact by leveraging     access to a vfio PCI device file (bnc#1007197).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2,     when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector     is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain     timeout data, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by     reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - ata: ahci_xgene: dereferencing uninitialized pointer in     probe (bsc#1006580).

  - blacklist.conf: add some commits (bsc#1006580)

  - bna: Add synchronization for tx ring (bsc#993739).

  - bonding: set carrier off for devices created through     netlink (bsc#999577).

  - btrfs: deal with duplicates during extent_map insertion     in btrfs_get_extent (bsc#1001171).

  - btrfs: deal with existing encompassing extent map in     btrfs_get_extent() (bsc#1001171).

  - btrfs: fix extent tree corruption due to relocation     (bsc#990384).

  - btrfs: fix races on root_log_ctx lists (bsc#1007653).

  - ext4: fix data exposure after a crash (bsc#1012876).

  - ext4: fix reference counting bug on block allocation     error (bsc#1012876).

  - gre: Disable segmentation offloads w/ CSUM and we are     encapsulated via FOU (bsc#1001486).

  - gro: Allow tunnel stacking in the case of FOU/GUE     (bsc#1001486).

  - ipv6: send NEWLINK on RA managed/otherconf changes     (bsc#934067).

  - ipv6: send only one NEWLINK when RA causes changes     (bsc#934067).

  - isofs: Do not return EACCES for unknown filesystems     (bsc#1012876).

  - jbd2: fix checkpoint list cleanup (bsc#1012876).

  - jbd2: Fix unreclaimed pages after truncate in     data=journal mode (bsc#1010909).

  - locking/static_key: Fix concurrent static_key_slow_inc()     (bsc#1006580).

  - mmc: Fix kabi breakage of mmc-block in 4.1.36     (stable-4.1.36).

  - posix_acl: Added fix for f2fs.

  - Revert 'kbuild: add -fno-PIE' (stable-4.1.36).

  - Revert 'x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to     allow new handling options' (stable-4.1.36).

  - tunnels: Remove encapsulation offloads on decap     (bsc#1001486).

  - usbhid: add ATEN CS962 to list of quirky devices     (bsc#1007615).

  - vmxnet3: Wake queue from reset work (bsc#999907).

CVE-2016-8645 kernel: a BUG() statement can be hit in net/ipv4/tcp_input.c

It was discovered that the Linux kernel since 3.6-rc1 with net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen; set to 1 can hit BUG() statement in tcp_collapse() function after making a number of certain syscalls leading to a possible system crash.

CVE-2016-8655 kernel: Race condition in packet_set_ring leads to use after free

A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw was found in the way the raw packet sockets implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3 ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use this flaw to elevate their privileges on the system.

CVE-2016-9083 kernel: State machine confusion bug in vfio driver leading to memory corruption

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's implementation of VFIO. An attacker issuing an ioctl can create a situation where memory is corrupted and modify memory outside of the expected area. This may overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel execution.

CVE-2016-9084 kernel: Integer overflow when using kzalloc in vfio driver

The use of a kzalloc with an integer multiplication allowed an integer overflow condition to be reached in vfio_pci_intrs.c. This combined with CVE-2016-9083 may allow an attacker to craft an attack and use unallocated memory, potentially crashing the machine.

The 4.8.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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The 4.8.7 kernel rebase contains new hardware support, additional features, and a number of important bug fixes across the tree.

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The 4.8.6 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124975	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1522)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124819	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1496)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
103326	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3422-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
102511	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
101929	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3361-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
101431	Virtuozzo 7 : kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / kernel-debug / etc (VZLSA-2017-0386)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high
100665	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3312-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
100664	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3312-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
97558	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:0386)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
97516	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20170302)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
97510	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:0387)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
97509	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:0386)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
97506	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-0386)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
97205	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0471-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
97189	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0464-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
97079	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0039)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
97057	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3514)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
96603	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0181-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
95702	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1428)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
95701	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1426)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
95609	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2016-772)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
95308	Fedora 23 : kernel (2016-ee3a114958)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
94617	Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-96d276367e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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