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.

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

  - 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)

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

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

  - The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c     in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users     to obtain sensitive address information by reading     dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.(CVE-2018-5750i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the btrfs filesystem code in     the Linux kernel. A use-after-free is possible in     try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs     image due to a lack of chunk type flag checks in     btrfs_check_chunk_valid() in the fs/btrfs/volumes.c     function. This could lead to a denial of service or     other unspecified impact.(CVE-2018-14611i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel visor     driver handles certain invalid USB device descriptors.
    The driver assumes that the device always has at least     one bulk OUT endpoint. By using a specially crafted USB     device (without a bulk OUT endpoint), an unprivileged     user with physical access could trigger a kernel     NULL-pointer dereference and cause a system panic     (denial of service).(CVE-2015-7566i1/4%0

  - It was found that the RFC 5961 challenge ACK rate     limiting as implemented in the Linux kernel's     networking subsystem allowed an off-path attacker to     leak certain information about a given connection by     creating congestion on the global challenge ACK rate     limit counter and then measuring the changes by probing     packets. An off-path attacker could use this flaw to     either terminate TCP connection and/or inject payload     into non-secured TCP connection between two endpoints     on the network.(CVE-2016-5696i1/4%0

  - It was found that the Bluebooth Network Encapsulation     Protocol (BNEP) implementation did not validate the     type of second socket passed to the BNEPCONNADD     ioctl(), which could lead to memory corruption. A local     user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can use this for     denial of service (crash or data corruption) or     possibly for privilege escalation. Due to the nature of     the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled     out, although we feel it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-15868i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in the key management     subsystem of the Linux kernel. An update on an     uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading     to denial of service (DoS).(CVE-2017-15299i1/4%0

  - The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before     4.2 allows 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.(CVE-2015-8956i1/4%0

  - arch/mips/include/asm/thread_info.h in the Linux kernel     before 3.14.8 on the MIPS platform does not configure
    _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path, which     allows local users to bypass intended PR_SET_SECCOMP     restrictions by executing a crafted application without     invoking a trace or audit subsystem.(CVE-2014-4157i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem     code. A stack-out-of-bounds write in     ext4_update_inline_data() is possible when mounting and     writing to a crafted ext4 image. An attacker could use     this to cause a system crash and a denial of     service.(CVE-2018-10880i1/4%0

  - The aac_send_raw_srb function in     drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.12.1 does not properly validate a certain     size value, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via an     FSACTL_SEND_RAW_SRB ioctl call that triggers a crafted     SRB command.(CVE-2013-6380i1/4%0

  - 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-2016-9588i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the alarm_timer_nsleep() function     in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel. The     ktime_add_safe() function is not used and an integer     overflow can happen causing an alarm not to fire if     using a large relative timeout.(CVE-2018-13053i1/4%0

  - net/llc/sysctl_net_llc.c in the Linux kernel before     3.19 uses an incorrect data type in a sysctl table,     which allows local users to obtain potentially     sensitive information from kernel memory or possibly     have unspecified other impact by accessing a sysctl     entry.(CVE-2015-2041i1/4%0

  - Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy() and     mbind() compat syscalls in 'mm/mempolicy.c' in the     Linux kernel allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from uninitialized stack data by triggering     failure of a certain bitmap operation.(CVE-2017-7616i1/4%0

  - The snd_msnd_interrupt function in     sound/isa/msnd/msnd_pinnacle.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (over-boundary access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing the value of a     message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of     that value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability.(CVE-2017-9984i1/4%0

  - An integer overflow was discovered in the     qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in     drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.12.10. This flaw allows local users to cause     a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by leveraging root access.(CVE-2017-14051i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4654i1/4%0

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO)     implementation performed address randomization. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     kernel memory addresses to user-space.(CVE-2014-9585i1/4%0

  - The usbhid_parse function in     drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c in the Linux kernel,     before 4.13.8, allows local users to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     USB device.(CVE-2017-16533i1/4%0

  - A divide-by-zero vulnerability was found in the
    __tcp_select_window function in the Linux kernel. This     can result in a kernel panic causing a local denial of     service.(CVE-2017-14106i1/4%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-3822-1 advisory.

    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)

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

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) :

* 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).

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1842 advisory.

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

  - The 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 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading     the /proc/keys file. (CVE-2016-7042)

  - 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 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 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)

  - 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 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)

  - crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as     demonstrated by mcryptd(md5). (CVE-2016-10147)

  - 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 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 TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related     to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c. (CVE-2016-8645)

  - 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 KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows 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. (CVE-2017-2647)

  - The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call. (CVE-2017-8890)

  - The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other     impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890. (CVE-2017-9077)

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

  - crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been     performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows local users to cause     a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted application that does not     supply a key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c. (CVE-2015-8970)

  - 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)

  - fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount     namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via     MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of     mounts. (CVE-2016-6213)

  - 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 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 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)

  - 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)

  - 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 IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the     nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send     system calls. (CVE-2017-9074)

  - The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other     impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890. (CVE-2017-9076)

  - The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls. (CVE-2017-9242)

  - Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allow local     users to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a     different user's file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling. (CVE-2015-8839)

  - Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow     local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.
    (CVE-2016-9685)

  - The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system. (CVE-2017-8797)

  - The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other     impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890. (CVE-2017-9075)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2077 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1842 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 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)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3534 advisory.

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

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3533 advisory.

    - 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}
    - 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}
    - 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 (Bjorn 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 Krcmar)  [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 Kubecek)  [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}
    - 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}

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

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

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.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3208-2 advisory.

    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)

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3208-1 advisory.

    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)

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

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

The 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
252043	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9588	Nessus	Misc.	medium
124983	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1530)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124819	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1496)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
118973	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel 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 (20170801)	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)	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)	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	critical
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	critical
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 kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3208-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
97322	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3208-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
96115	Fedora 25 : kernel (2016-dd895763ac)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
96107	Fedora 24 : kernel (2016-2b1f91e9bd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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