http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388

DSA-3804

[oss-security] 20161215 CVE-2016-9588 Kernel: kvm: nVMX: uncaught software exceptions in L1 guest lead to DoS

94933

RHSA-2017:1842

RHSA-2017:2077

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404924

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef85b67385436ddc1998f45f1d6a210f935b3388

USN-3822-1

USN-3822-2

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash). (CVE-2016-9588)

It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly enforce permissions on kernel memory access. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate privileges. (CVE-2017-13168)

Andrey Konovalov discovered that the CDC USB Ethernet driver did not properly validate device descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2017-16649)

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the CD-ROM driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-16658)

It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the HID Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel that could lead to a buffer overwrite. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-9363).

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

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) :

* An use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges or crash the system.
(CVE-2016-10200, Important)

* A flaw was found that can be triggered in keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type->match is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2017-2647, Important)

* It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel did not properly validate layout type when processing NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A remote attacker could use this flaw to soft-lockup the system and thus cause denial of service.
(CVE-2017-8797, Important)

This update also fixes multiple Moderate and Low impact security issues :

* CVE-2015-8839, CVE-2015-8970, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7097, CVE-2016-8645, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2016-9806, CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-10147, CVE-2017-2596, CVE-2017-2671, CVE-2017-5970, CVE-2017-6001, CVE-2017-6951, CVE-2017-7187, CVE-2017-7616, CVE-2017-7889, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9074, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9076, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9077, CVE-2017-9242, CVE-2014-7970, CVE-2014-7975, CVE-2016-6213, CVE-2016-9604, CVE-2016-9685

Documentation for these issues is available from the Release Notes document linked from the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Andrey Ryabinin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2017-2647; Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Vasily Averin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2015-8970; Marco Grassi for reporting CVE-2016-8645; and Dmitry Vyukov (Google Inc.) for reporting CVE-2017-2596. The CVE-2016-7042 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kozina (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-7097 issue was discovered by Andreas Gruenbacher (Red Hat) and Jan Kara (SUSE); the CVE-2016-6213 and CVE-2016-9685 issues were discovered by Qian Cai (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-9604 issue was discovered by David Howells (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on other changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Security Fix(es) :

  - An use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel     which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw     to escalate their privileges or crash the system.
    (CVE-2016-10200, Important)

  - A flaw was found that can be triggered in     keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type->match is     NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their privileges.
    (CVE-2017-2647, Important)

  - It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel     did not properly validate layout type when processing     NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to soft- lockup the     system and thus cause denial of service. (CVE-2017-8797,     Important)

This update also fixes multiple Moderate and Low impact security issues :

  - CVE-2015-8839, CVE-2015-8970, CVE-2016-9576,     CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7097, CVE-2016-8645,     CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2016-9806,     CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-10147, CVE-2017-2596,     CVE-2017-2671, CVE-2017-5970, CVE-2017-6001,     CVE-2017-6951, CVE-2017-7187, CVE-2017-7616,     CVE-2017-7889, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9074,     CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-8890,     CVE-2017-9076, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9077,     CVE-2017-9242, CVE-2014-7970, CVE-2014-7975,     CVE-2016-6213, CVE-2016-9604, CVE-2016-9685

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for the kernel package(s).

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2017:1842 :

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) :

* An use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges or crash the system.
(CVE-2016-10200, Important)

* A flaw was found that can be triggered in keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type->match is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2017-2647, Important)

* It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel did not properly validate layout type when processing NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A remote attacker could use this flaw to soft-lockup the system and thus cause denial of service.
(CVE-2017-8797, Important)

This update also fixes multiple Moderate and Low impact security issues :

* CVE-2015-8839, CVE-2015-8970, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7097, CVE-2016-8645, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2016-9806, CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-10147, CVE-2017-2596, CVE-2017-2671, CVE-2017-5970, CVE-2017-6001, CVE-2017-6951, CVE-2017-7187, CVE-2017-7616, CVE-2017-7889, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9074, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9076, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9077, CVE-2017-9242, CVE-2014-7970, CVE-2014-7975, CVE-2016-6213, CVE-2016-9604, CVE-2016-9685

Documentation for these issues is available from the Release Notes document linked from the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Andrey Ryabinin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2017-2647; Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Vasily Averin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2015-8970; Marco Grassi for reporting CVE-2016-8645; and Dmitry Vyukov (Google Inc.) for reporting CVE-2017-2596. The CVE-2016-7042 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kozina (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-7097 issue was discovered by Andreas Gruenbacher (Red Hat) and Jan Kara (SUSE); the CVE-2016-6213 and CVE-2016-9685 issues were discovered by Qian Cai (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-9604 issue was discovered by David Howells (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on other changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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) :

* An use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges or crash the system.
(CVE-2016-10200, Important)

* A flaw was found that can be triggered in keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type->match is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2017-2647, Important)

* It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel did not properly validate layout type when processing NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A remote attacker could use this flaw to soft-lockup the system and thus cause denial of service.
(CVE-2017-8797, Important)

This update also fixes multiple Moderate and Low impact security issues :

* CVE-2015-8839, CVE-2015-8970, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-7042, CVE-2016-7097, CVE-2016-8645, CVE-2016-9576, CVE-2016-9588, CVE-2016-9806, CVE-2016-10088, CVE-2016-10147, CVE-2017-2596, CVE-2017-2671, CVE-2017-5970, CVE-2017-6001, CVE-2017-6951, CVE-2017-7187, CVE-2017-7616, CVE-2017-7889, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9074, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9075, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9076, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-9077, CVE-2017-9242, CVE-2014-7970, CVE-2014-7975, CVE-2016-6213, CVE-2016-9604, CVE-2016-9685

Documentation for these issues is available from the Release Notes document linked from the References section.

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Andrey Ryabinin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2017-2647; Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Vasily Averin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2015-8970; Marco Grassi for reporting CVE-2016-8645; and Dmitry Vyukov (Google Inc.) for reporting CVE-2017-2596. The CVE-2016-7042 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kozina (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-7097 issue was discovered by Andreas Gruenbacher (Red Hat) and Jan Kara (SUSE); the CVE-2016-6213 and CVE-2016-9685 issues were discovered by Qian Cai (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-9604 issue was discovered by David Howells (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on other changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new/improved features :

  - Improved support for Hyper-V

  - Support for the tcp_westwood TCP scheduling algorithm     The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-8106: The handle_invept function in     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel allowed     privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via     a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT     pointer (bsc#1035877).

  - CVE-2017-6951: The keyring_search_aux function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for     the 'dead' type. (bsc#1029850).

  - CVE-2017-2647: The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match     field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function     in keyring.c. (bsc#1030593)

  - CVE-2016-9604: This fixes handling of keyrings starting     with '.' in KEYCTL_JOIN_SESSION_KEYRING, which could     have allowed local users to manipulate privileged     keyrings (bsc#1035576)

  - CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the     set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in     mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack     data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap     operation. (bnc#1033336).

  - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd     subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed 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. (bsc#1034670).

  - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in     net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted     system calls (bnc#1031579)

  - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in     net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel was too late in     obtaining a certain lock and consequently could not     ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic)     by leveraging access to the protocol value of     IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003)

  - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data,     which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow     and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service     (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via     a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device     (bnc#1031440)

  - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels     data, which allowed 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 (bnc#1031052)

  - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in     drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#1030213)

  - CVE-2016-9588: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel     mismanaged the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allowed     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS     crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an     L2 guest (bsc#1015703).

  - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the     Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by     a certain rounding operation, which allowed 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 (bnc#1026914).

  - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#1028415)

  - CVE-2016-10208: The ext4_fill_super function in     fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate meta block groups, which allowed physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4     image (bnc#1023377).

  - CVE-2017-5897: The ip6gre_err function in     net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors     involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an     out-of-bounds access (bsc#1023762).

  - CVE-2017-5986: A race condition in the     sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (assertion failure and panic) via a     multithreaded application that peels off an association     in a certain buffer-full state (bsc#1025235).

  - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in     net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN     state, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free)     via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024)

  - CVE-2016-9191: The cgroup offline implementation in the     Linux kernel mishandled certain drain operations, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     hang) by leveraging access to a container environment     for executing a crafted application (bnc#1008842)

  - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in     net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly     managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178).

  - CVE-2016-10044: The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in     the Linux kernel did not properly restrict execute     access, which made it easier for local users to bypass     intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and     consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system     call (bnc#1023992).

  - CVE-2016-3070: The trace_writeback_dirty_page     implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in     the Linux kernel improperly interacts with mm/migrate.c,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by triggering a certain     page move (bnc#979215).

  - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in     net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly copy a certain string, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212).

  - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did     not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required     circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190)

  - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c     in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application     that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls     (bnc#1027189)

  - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did     not properly restrict association peel-off operations     during certain wait states, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double     free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for     CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066)

  - CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the     sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (assertion failure and panic) via a     multithreaded application that peels off an association     in a certain buffer-full state (bsc#1025235).

  - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in     net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop     and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with     the URG flag (bnc#1026722)

  - CVE-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in     drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux     kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which     allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697)

  - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel     provided 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 (bsc#914939).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bsc#1003077).

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 GA LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel     provided 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-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in     drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux     kernel incorrectly enabled scatter/gather I/O, which     allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697).

  - CVE-2016-3070: The trace_writeback_dirty_page     implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in     the Linux kernel improperly interacted with     mm/migrate.c, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     triggering a certain page move (bnc#979215).

  - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in     net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly copy a certain string, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).

  - CVE-2016-9588: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel     mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allowed     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS     crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an     L2 guest (bnc#1015703).

  - CVE-2016-10044: The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in     the Linux kernel did not properly restrict execute     access, which made it easier for local users to bypass     intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and     consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system     call (bnc#1023992).

  - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#1028415).

  - CVE-2016-10208: The ext4_fill_super function in     fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate meta block groups, which allowed physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4     image (bnc#1023377).

  - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in     net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     obtaining a certain lock and consequently cannot ensure     that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by     leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP     in a socket system call (bnc#1031003).

  - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the     Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by     a certain rounding operation, which allowed 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 (bnc#1026914).

  - CVE-2017-5897: The ip6gre_err function in     net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors     involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an     out-of-bounds access (bnc#1023762).

  - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or     possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options     (bnc#1024938).

  - CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the     sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (assertion failure and panic) via a     multithreaded application that peels off an association     in a certain buffer-full state (bnc#1025235).

  - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in     net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN     state, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free)     via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024).

  - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in     net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop     and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with     the URG flag (bnc#1026722).

  - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did     not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required     circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190).

  - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c     in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application     that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls     (bnc#1027189).

  - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in     net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly     managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178).

  - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did     not properly restrict association peel-off operations     during certain wait states, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double     free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for     CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066).

  - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in     drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed 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 (bnc#1030213).

  - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels     data, which allowed 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 (bnc#1031052).

  - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data,     which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow     and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service     (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via     a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device     (bnc#1031440).

  - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in     net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted     system calls (bnc#1031579).

  - CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the     set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in     mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack     data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation     (bnc#1033336).

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.

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

  - arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9     mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS     crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an     L2 guest.(CVE-2016-9588)

  - The IP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows     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.(CVE-2016-8666)

  - 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)

  - Race condition in the netlink_dump function in     net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before     4.6.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system     calls, leading to a free operation associated with a     new dump that started earlier than     anticipated.(CVE-2016-9806)

  - The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9     does not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, 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, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c.
    NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576.(CVE-2016-10088)

  - 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)

  - The arch_pick_mmap_layout function in     arch/x86/mm/mmap.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2     does not properly randomize the legacy base address,     which makes it easier for local users to defeat the     intended restrictions on the ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE flag,     and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism for a setuid     or setgid program, by disabling stack-consumption     resource limits.(CVE-2016-3672)

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

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

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

  - Revert 'x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to     allow new handling options' (Brian Maly) [Orabug:
    25790387] (CVE-2016-9644)

  - Revert 'fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex' (Brian Maly)     [Orabug: 25790387] (CVE-2016-9644)

  - x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to allow new     handling options (Tony Luck) [Orabug: 25790387]     (CVE-2016-9644)

  - rebuild bumping release

  - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length     (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766898] (CVE-2016-8399)     (CVE-2016-8399)

  - sg_write/bsg_write is not fit to be called under     KERNEL_DS (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25765436] (CVE-2016-10088)

  - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter     chang) [Orabug: 25751984] (CVE-2017-7187)

  - tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander     Popov) [Orabug: 25696677] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)     [Orabug: 25696677] (CVE-2017-2636)

  - If Slot Status indicates changes in both Data Link Layer     Status and Presence Detect, prioritize the Link status     change. (Jack Vogel) 

  - PCI: pciehp: Leave power indicator on when enabling     already-enabled slot (Ashok Raj) [Orabug: 25353783]

  - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan     Richter) [Orabug: 25451520] (CVE-2016-8633)

  - usbnet: cleanup after bind in probe (Oliver Neukum)     [Orabug: 25463898] (CVE-2016-3951)

  - cdc_ncm: do not call usbnet_link_change from     cdc_ncm_bind (Bj&oslash rn Mork) [Orabug: 25463898]     (CVE-2016-3951)

  - cdc_ncm: Add support for moving NDP to end of NCM frame     (Enrico Mioso) [Orabug: 25463898] (CVE-2016-3951)

  - x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32     (Hector Marco-Gisbert) [Orabug: 25463918]     (CVE-2016-3672)

  - kvm: fix page struct leak in handle_vmon (Paolo Bonzini)     [Orabug: 25507133] (CVE-2017-2596)

  - crypto: mcryptd - Check mcryptd algorithm compatibility     (tim) [Orabug: 25507153] (CVE-2016-10147)

  - kvm: nVMX: Allow L1 to intercept software exceptions     (#BP and #OF) (Jim Mattson) [Orabug: 25507188]     (CVE-2016-9588)

  - KVM: x86: drop error recovery in em_jmp_far and     em_ret_far (Radim Kr&#x10D m&aacute &#x159 ) [Orabug:
    25507213] (CVE-2016-9756)

  - tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter (Eric     Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507226] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)     [Orabug: 25507226] (CVE-2016-8645)

  - tipc: check minimum bearer MTU (Michal Kube&#x10D ek)     [Orabug: 25507239] (CVE-2016-8632) (CVE-2016-8632)

  - fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex (Al Viro) [Orabug:
    25507269] (CVE-2016-9178)

  - scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking (Borislav     Petkov) [Orabug: 25507319] (CVE-2016-7425)

  - scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer     (Dan Carpenter) [Orabug: 25507319] (CVE-2016-7425)

  - tmpfs: clear S_ISGID when setting posix ACLs (Gu Zheng)     [Orabug: 25507341] (CVE-2016-7097) (CVE-2016-7097)

  - posix_acl: Clear SGID bit when setting file permissions     (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 25507341] (CVE-2016-7097)     (CVE-2016-7097)

  - ext2: convert to mbcache2 (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 25512366]     (CVE-2015-8952)

  - ext4: convert to mbcache2 (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 25512366]     (CVE-2015-8952)

  - mbcache2: reimplement mbcache (Jan Kara) [Orabug:
    25512366] (CVE-2015-8952)

  - USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number     of ports (Oliver Neukum) [Orabug: 25512466]     (CVE-2016-3140)

  - net/llc: avoid BUG_ON in skb_orphan (Eric Dumazet)     [Orabug: 25682419] (CVE-2017-6345)

  - net/mlx4_core: Disallow creation of RAW QPs on a VF (Eli     Cohen) 

  - ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options     (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25698300] (CVE-2017-5970)

  - perf/core: Fix concurrent sys_perf_event_open vs.
    'move_group' race (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 25698751]     (CVE-2017-6001)

  - ip6_gre: fix ip6gre_err invalid reads (Eric Dumazet)     [Orabug: 25699015] (CVE-2017-5897)

  - mpt3sas: Don't spam logs if logging level is 0 (Johannes     Thumshirn) 

  - xen-netfront: cast grant table reference first to type     int (Dongli Zhang)

  - xen-netfront: do not cast grant table reference to     signed short (Dongli Zhang)

Description of changes:

[3.8.13-118.17.4.el7uek]
- Revert 'fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex()' (Brian Maly)  [Orabug: 25790392]  {CVE-2016-9644}

[3.8.13-118.17.3.el7uek]
- net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766911]  {CVE-2016-8399}

[3.8.13-118.17.2.el7uek]
- ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen Paul Pfeifer) [Orabug: 25765776]  {CVE-2016-10142}
- sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25765445]  {CVE-2016-10088}
- scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter chang) [Orabug: 25751996]  {CVE-2017-7187}

[3.8.13-118.17.1.el7uek]
- tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander Popov)  [Orabug: 25696686]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 25696686]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc (Fabian Frederick)  [Orabug: 25696686]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (Alexei Starovoitov)  [Orabug: 21305080]  {CVE-2015-4700}
- net: filter: return -EINVAL if BPF_S_ANC* operation is not supported (Daniel Borkmann)  [Orabug: 22187148] - KEYS: request_key() should reget expired keys rather than give EKEYEXPIRED (David Howells)  - KEYS: Increase root_maxkeys and root_maxbytes sizes (Steve Dickson)  - firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan Richter) [Orabug: 25451530]  {CVE-2016-8633}
- x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (Hector Marco-Gisbert)  [Orabug: 25463927]  {CVE-2016-3672}
- x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member (Radu Caragea)  [Orabug: 25463927]  {CVE-2016-3672}
- pptp: verify sockaddr_len in pptp_bind() and pptp_connect() (WANG Cong)  [Orabug: 25490335]  {CVE-2015-8569}
- sg_start_req(): make sure that there's not too many elements in iovec (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25490372]  {CVE-2015-5707}
- kvm: nVMX: Allow L1 to intercept software exceptions (#BP and #OF) (Jim Mattson)  [Orabug: 25507195]  {CVE-2016-9588}
- tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507230]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)  [Orabug: 25507230]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex() (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25507281] {CVE-2016-9178}
- scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking (Borislav Petkov)  [Orabug: 25507328]  {CVE-2016-7425}
- scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 25507328]  {CVE-2016-7425}
- net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25512413]  {CVE-2016-4580}
- USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of ports (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25512471]  {CVE-2016-3140}
- ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25543892]  {CVE-2017-5970}
- net/llc: avoid BUG_ON() in skb_orphan() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25682430]  {CVE-2017-6345}
- dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Andrey Konovalov)   {CVE-2017-6074}
- crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data (Herbert Xu)  [Orabug: 25417805]  {CVE-2016-8646}
- USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462760]  {CVE-2016-4482}
- net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462807]  {CVE-2016-4485}
- af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Rainer Weikusat)  [Orabug: 25463996]  {CVE-2013-7446}
- unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue (Rainer Weikusat) [Orabug: 25463996]  {CVE-2013-7446}
- net: avoid signed overflows for SO_{SND|RCV}BUFFORCE (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25203623]  {CVE-2016-9793}

Description of changes:

[4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek]
- Revert 'x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to allow new handling options' (Brian Maly)  [Orabug: 25790387]  {CVE-2016-9644}
- Revert 'fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex()' (Brian Maly)  [Orabug: 25790387]  {CVE-2016-9644}

[4.1.12-61.1.32.el7uek]
- x86/mm: Expand the exception table logic to allow new handling options (Tony Luck)  [Orabug: 25790387]  {CVE-2016-9644}

[4.1.12-61.1.31.el7uek]
- rebuild bumping release

[4.1.12-61.1.30.el7uek]
- net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766898]  {CVE-2016-8399} {CVE-2016-8399}
- sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25765436]  {CVE-2016-10088}
- scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter chang) [Orabug: 25751984]  {CVE-2017-7187}

[4.1.12-61.1.29.el7uek]
- tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander Popov)  [Orabug: 25696677]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 25696677]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- If Slot Status indicates changes in both Data Link Layer Status and Presence Detect, prioritize the Link status change. (Jack Vogel) [Orabug: 25353783]
- PCI: pciehp: Leave power indicator on when enabling already-enabled slot (Ashok Raj)  [Orabug: 25353783]
- firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan Richter) [Orabug: 25451520]  {CVE-2016-8633}
- usbnet: cleanup after bind() in probe() (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25463898]  {CVE-2016-3951}
- cdc_ncm: do not call usbnet_link_change from cdc_ncm_bind (Bj&oslash rn Mork)   [Orabug: 25463898]  {CVE-2016-3951}
- cdc_ncm: Add support for moving NDP to end of NCM frame (Enrico Mioso)   [Orabug: 25463898]  {CVE-2016-3951}
- x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (Hector Marco-Gisbert)  [Orabug: 25463918]  {CVE-2016-3672}
- kvm: fix page struct leak in handle_vmon (Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 25507133]  {CVE-2017-2596}
- crypto: mcryptd - Check mcryptd algorithm compatibility (tim) [Orabug: 25507153]  {CVE-2016-10147}
- kvm: nVMX: Allow L1 to intercept software exceptions (#BP and #OF) (Jim Mattson)  [Orabug: 25507188]  {CVE-2016-9588}
- KVM: x86: drop error recovery in em_jmp_far and em_ret_far (Radim Kr&#x10D m&aacute &#x159 )  [Orabug: 25507213]  {CVE-2016-9756}
- tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507226]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)  [Orabug: 25507226]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- tipc: check minimum bearer MTU (Michal Kube&#x10D ek)  [Orabug: 25507239] {CVE-2016-8632} {CVE-2016-8632}
- fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex() (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25507269] {CVE-2016-9178}
- scsi: arcmsr: Simplify user_len checking (Borislav Petkov)  [Orabug: 25507319]  {CVE-2016-7425}
- scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 25507319]  {CVE-2016-7425}
- tmpfs: clear S_ISGID when setting posix ACLs (Gu Zheng)  [Orabug: 25507341]  {CVE-2016-7097} {CVE-2016-7097}
- posix_acl: Clear SGID bit when setting file permissions (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 25507341]  {CVE-2016-7097} {CVE-2016-7097}
- ext2: convert to mbcache2 (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25512366]  {CVE-2015-8952}
- ext4: convert to mbcache2 (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25512366]  {CVE-2015-8952}
- mbcache2: reimplement mbcache (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25512366] {CVE-2015-8952}
- USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of ports (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25512466]  {CVE-2016-3140}
- net/llc: avoid BUG_ON() in skb_orphan() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25682419]  {CVE-2017-6345}
- net/mlx4_core: Disallow creation of RAW QPs on a VF (Eli Cohen) [Orabug: 25697847]
- ipv4: keep skb->dst around in presence of IP options (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25698300]  {CVE-2017-5970}
- perf/core: Fix concurrent sys_perf_event_open() vs. 'move_group' race (Peter Zijlstra)  [Orabug: 25698751]  {CVE-2017-6001}
- ip6_gre: fix ip6gre_err() invalid reads (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25699015]  {CVE-2017-5897}
- mpt3sas: Don't spam logs if logging level is 0 (Johannes Thumshirn) [Orabug: 25699035]
- xen-netfront: cast grant table reference first to type int (Dongli Zhang)
- xen-netfront: do not cast grant table reference to signed short (Dongli Zhang)

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

CVE-2016-9588

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors does not properly handle #BP and #OF exceptions in an L2 (nested) virtual machine. A local attacker in an L2 guest VM can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service for the L1 guest VM.

CVE-2017-2636

Alexander Popov discovered a race condition flaw in the n_hdlc line discipline that can lead to a double free. A local unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation. On systems that do not already have the n_hdlc module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-n_hdlc.conf install n_hdlc false

CVE-2017-5669

Gareth Evans reported that privileged users can map memory at address 0 through the shmat() system call. This could make it easier to exploit other kernel security vulnerabilities via a set-UID program.

CVE-2017-5986

Alexander Popov reported a race condition in the SCTP implementation that can be used by local users to cause a denial of service (crash).
The initial fix for this was incorrect and introduced further security issues (CVE-2017-6353). This update includes a later fix that avoids those. On systems that do not already have the sctp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf install sctp false

CVE-2017-6214

Dmitry Vyukov reported a bug in the TCP implementation's handling of urgent data in the splice() system call. This can be used by a remote attacker for denial of service (hang) against applications that read from TCP sockets with splice().

CVE-2017-6345

Andrey Konovalov reported that the LLC type 2 implementation incorrectly assigns socket buffer ownership. This might be usable by a local user to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or privilege escalation. On systems that do not already have the llc2 module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-llc2.conf install llc2 false

CVE-2017-6346

Dmitry Vyukov reported a race condition in the raw packet (af_packet) fanout feature. Local users with the CAP_NET_RAW capability (in any user namespace) can use this for denial of service and possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-6348

Dmitry Vyukov reported that the general queue implementation in the IrDA subsystem does not properly manage multiple locks, possibly allowing local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.86-1.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.39-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

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

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

  - CVE-2016-9588     Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation for     Intel x86 processors does not properly handle #BP and     #OF exceptions in an L2 (nested) virtual machine. A     local attacker in an L2 guest VM can take advantage of     this flaw to cause a denial of service for the L1 guest     VM.

  - CVE-2017-2636     Alexander Popov discovered a race condition flaw in the     n_hdlc line discipline that can lead to a double free. A     local unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw     for privilege escalation. On systems that do not already     have the n_hdlc module loaded, this can be mitigated by     disabling it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-n_hdlc.conf     install n_hdlc false

  - CVE-2017-5669     Gareth Evans reported that privileged users can map     memory at address 0 through the shmat() system call.
    This could make it easier to exploit other kernel     security vulnerabilities via a set-UID program.

  - CVE-2017-5986     Alexander Popov reported a race condition in the SCTP     implementation that can be used by local users to cause     a denial-of-service (crash). The initial fix for this     was incorrect and introduced further security issues (     CVE-2017-6353 ). This update includes a later fix that     avoids those. On systems that do not already have the     sctp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling     it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf install     sctp false

  - CVE-2017-6214     Dmitry Vyukov reported a bug in the TCP implementation's     handling of urgent data in the splice() system call.
    This can be used by a remote attacker for     denial-of-service (hang) against applications that read     from TCP sockets with splice().

  - CVE-2017-6345     Andrey Konovalov reported that the LLC type 2     implementation incorrectly assigns socket buffer     ownership. This can be used by a local user to cause a     denial-of-service (crash). On systems that do not     already have the llc2 module loaded, this can be     mitigated by disabling it:echo >>     /etc/modprobe.d/disable-llc2.conf install llc2 false

  - CVE-2017-6346     Dmitry Vyukov reported a race condition in the raw     packet (af_packet) fanout feature. Local users with the     CAP_NET_RAW capability (in any user namespace) can use     this for denial-of-service and possibly for privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2017-6348     Dmitry Vyukov reported that the general queue     implementation in the IrDA subsystem does not properly     manage multiple locks, possibly allowing local users to     cause a denial-of-service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices.

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-10088)

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash). (CVE-2016-9588)

Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-6074).

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

USN-3208-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-10088)

CAI Qian discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations. An unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2016-9191)

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash). (CVE-2016-9588)

Andy Lutomirski and Willy Tarreau discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly emulate instructions on the SS segment register. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges in the guest OS.
(CVE-2017-2583)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated certain instructions. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory).
(CVE-2017-2584)

It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial-to-USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory related to logging. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5549)

Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-6074).

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

It was discovered that the generic SCSI block layer in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict write operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges.
(CVE-2016-10088)

CAI Qian discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference counting in some situations. An unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system hang). (CVE-2016-9191)

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash). (CVE-2016-9588)

Andy Lutomirski and Willy Tarreau discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly emulate instructions on the SS segment register. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges in the guest OS.
(CVE-2017-2583)

Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated certain instructions. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory).
(CVE-2017-2584)

It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial-to-USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory related to logging. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5549)

Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2017-6074).

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

The 4.8.15 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
118973	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3822-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
102734	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
102645	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
102511	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
102281	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
102151	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2077)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102143	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
100320	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
100150	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
99848	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1001)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
99163	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
99162	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0056)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
99160	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3534)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
99159	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3533)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
97640	Debian DLA-849-1 : linux security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
97615	Debian DSA-3804-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
97324	Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3209-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
97323	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3208-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
97322	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3208-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
96115	Fedora 25 : kernel (2016-dd895763ac)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low
96107	Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-2b1f91e9bd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	low

CVE-2016-9588

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CVSS v2.0

CVSS v3.0

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