The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.

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

  - The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within     libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-     handling code. (CVE-2017-18232)

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

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.192-147.314. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1480 advisory.

    2024-06-19: CVE-2020-14356 was added to this advisory.

    The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a mutex within libsas. This     allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.
    (CVE-2017-18232)

    The xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c in the Linux kernel can cause a NULL     pointer dereference in xfs_bmapi_write function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged     attacker could exploit this by mounting a crafted xfs filesystem image to cause a kernel panic and thus a     denial of service. (CVE-2018-10323)

    The Linux kernel was found vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-     unimac.c:unimac_mdio_probe() function caused by an unchecked return value from the platform_get_resource()     function. A successful flaw exploitation can cause a system panic and a denial of service. This flaw is     believed not to be an attacker triggerable as bad return value can be caused by hardware misconfiguration.
    (CVE-2018-8043)

    A flaw was found in the AMD Cryptographic Co-processor driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker, able to     send invalid SHA type commands, could cause the system to crash. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2019-18808)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The CX23888 Integrated Consumer Infrared Controller probe code     handles resource cleanup low memory conditions. A local attacker able to induce low memory conditions     could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability. (CVE-2019-19054)

    A memory leak flaw was found in the adis_update_scan_mode_burst() function in     drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2019-19061)

    Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout()     failures. This affects the htc_config_pipe_credits() function, the htc_setup_complete() function, and the     htc_connect_service() function, aka CID-853acf7caf10. (CVE-2019-19073)

    A memory leak in the ath9k_wmi_cmd() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-728c1e2a05e4.
    (CVE-2019-19074)

    A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled deferred TLB flush requests from guest.
    A race condition may occur between the guest issuing a deferred TLB flush request to KVM, and then KVM     handling and acknowledging it. This may result in invalid address translations from TLB being used to     access guest memory, leading to a potential information leakage issue. An attacker may use this flaw to     access guest memory locations that it should not have access to. (CVE-2019-3016)

    In the Android kernel in F2FS driver there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check.
    This could lead to local information disclosure with system execution privileges needed. User interaction     is not needed for exploitation. (CVE-2019-9445)

    A flaw was found in the ZRAM kernel module, where a user with a local account and the ability to read the     /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add file can create ZRAM device nodes in the /dev/ directory. This read     allocates kernel memory and is not accounted for a user that triggers the creation of that ZRAM device.
    With this vulnerability, continually reading the device may consume a large amount of system memory and     cause the Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer to activate and terminate random userspace processes, possibly making     the system inoperable. (CVE-2020-10781)

    A flaw was discovered in the XFS source in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows an attacker with the ability     to mount an XFS filesystem, to trigger a denial of service while attempting to sync a file located on an     XFS v5 image with crafted metadata. (CVE-2020-12655)

    A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found     in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2020-14356)

    In the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.6, usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c has a memory leak,     aka CID-28ebeb8db770. (CVE-2020-15393)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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-4163-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ARC EMAC ethernet driver for the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2016-10906)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the     Linux kernel when handling certain error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2017-18232)

    It was discovered that the RSI 91x Wi-Fi driver in the Linux kernel did not did not handle detach     operations correctly, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-21008)

    Wen Huang discovered that the Marvell Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking, leading to a heap overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814, CVE-2019-14816)

    Matt Delco discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking when handling coalesced MMIO write operations. A local attacker with write access to     /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-14821)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB audio driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     validate device meta data. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-15117)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB audio driver for the Linux kernel improperly performed     recursion while handling device meta data. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15118)

    It was discovered that the Technisat DVB-S/S2 USB device driver in the Linux kernel contained a buffer     overread. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-15505)

    Brad Spengler discovered that a Spectre mitigation was improperly implemented in the ptrace susbsystem of     the Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2019-15902)

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.

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 kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):A flaw named FragmentSmack     was found in the way the Linux kernel handled     reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and     calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by     sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a     CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the     system.(CVE-2018-5391)Multiple out-of-bounds write     flaws were found in the way the Cherry Cymotion     keyboard driver, KYE/Genius device drivers, Logitech     device drivers, Monterey Genius KB29E keyboard driver,     Petalynx Maxter remote control driver, and Sunplus     wireless desktop driver handled HID reports with an     invalid report descriptor size. An attacker with     physical access to the system could use either of these     flaws to write data past an allocated memory     buffer.(CVE-2014-3184)The __get_data_block function in     fs/f2fs/data.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and loop) via crafted use of the open and     fallocate system calls with an FS_IOC_FIEMAP     ioctl.(CVE-2017-18257)netetfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for add_callback and     remove_callback operations. This allows local users to     bypass intended access restrictions because the     xt_osf_fingers data structure is shared across all     network namespaces.(CVE-2017-17450)A denial of service     flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel, where a race     condition caused a NULL pointer dereference in the RDS     socket-creation code. A local attacker could use this     flaw to create a situation in which a NULL pointer     crashed the kernel.(CVE-2015-7990)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB     subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of     an extra descriptor, related to
    __usb_get_extra_descriptor in     drivers/usb/core/usb.c.(CVE-2018-20169)mm/memory.c in     the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous     pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted     application that triggers writing to page     zero.(CVE-2015-3288)The ovl_setattr function in     fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3     attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which     allows local users to bypass intended access     restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary     overlay files via a crafted     application.(CVE-2015-8660)A flaw was found in the     Linux kernel where a local user with a shell account     can abuse the userfaultfd syscall when using hugetlbfs.
    A missing size check in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte could     create an invalid inode variable, leading to a kernel     panic.(CVE-2017-15128)An integer overflow flaw was     found in the way the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function     of the Linux kernel's LZO implementation processed     Literal Runs. A local attacker could, in extremely rare     cases, use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-4608)It was found that Linux kernel's     ptrace subsystem did not properly sanitize the     address-space-control bits when the program-status word     (PSW) was being set. On IBM S/390 systems, a local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to set     address-space-control bits to the kernel space, and     thus gain read and write access to kernel     memory.(CVE-2014-3534)A use-after-free flaw was found     in the Linux kernel's file system encryption     implementation. A local user could revoke keyring keys     being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing     a denial of service on the system.(CVE-2017-7374)The     usbip_recv_xbuff function in     drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted length value in     a USB/IP packet.(CVE-2016-3955)A flaw was found in the     patches used to fix the 'dirtycow' vulnerability     (CVE-2016-5195). An attacker, able to run local code,     can exploit a race condition in transparent huge pages     to modify usually read-only huge     pages.(CVE-2017-1000405)The aio_mount function in     fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel does not properly restrict     execute access, which makes it easier for local users     to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy     restrictions.(CVE-2016-10044)The Serial Attached SCSI     (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a     mutex within libsas. This allows local users to cause a     denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain     error-handling code.(CVE-2017-18232)A use-after-free     vulnerability was found in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue     and other tcp_* functions. This condition could allow     an attacker to send an incorrect selective     acknowledgment to existing connections, possibly     resetting a connection.(CVE-2016-6828)The instruction     decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem     in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 does not properly     handle invalid instructions, which allows guest OS     users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted     application that triggers (1) an improperly fetched     instruction or (2) an instruction that occupies too     many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of     an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.(CVE-2014-8481)The     snd_compress_check_input function in     sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in     the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check     for an integer overflow, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (insufficient memory     allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl     call.(CVE-2014-9904)The resv_map_release function in     mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.15.7,     allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG)     via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls     and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages     system call.(CVE-2018-7740)

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

Security Fix(es) :

  - A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the     Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and     IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted     packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function     in kernel/time /posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

  - kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow     attackers to execute code in kernel space     (CVE-2018-8781)

  - kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a     double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

  - kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not     clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members     (CVE-2018-13405)

  - kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some     protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA     subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation     (CVE-2017-0861)

  - kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not     properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

  - kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly     handle zero- length inputs allowing local attackers to     cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

  - kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in     madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of     service (CVE-2017-18208)

  - kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline     arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

  - kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit()     leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

  - kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release     serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344)

  - kernel: Missing length check of payload in
    _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service     (CVE-2018-5803)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may     lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

  - kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap     function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

  - kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver     can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted     packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

  - kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries     containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

  - kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local     Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in     ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1092)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in     ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1094)

  - kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in     vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

  - kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function     in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

  - kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events     function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     (CVE-2018-7757)

  - kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in     xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs     image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

  - kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry     with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

  - kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info()     when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-10881)

  - kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in     jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

  - kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in     drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

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) :

* A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

* kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

* kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781)

* kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

* kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405)

* kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

* kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861)

* kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

* kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

* kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208)

* kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

* kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

* kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344)

* kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803)

* kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

* kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

* kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

* kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

* kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094)

* kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

* kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

* kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757)

* kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

* kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

* kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881)

* kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

* kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120;
Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3083 advisory.

    - [fs] exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75 of _STK_LIM (Yauheni Kaliuta) [1625991] {CVE-2018-14634}
    - [fs] exec: account for argv/envp pointers (Yauheni Kaliuta) [1625991] {CVE-2018-14634}
    - [cdrom] information leak in cdrom_ioctl_media_changed() (Sanskriti Sharma) [1578207] {CVE-2018-10940}
    - [fs] fs: get_rock_ridge_filename(): handle malformed NM entries (Bill O'Donnell) [1340778]     {CVE-2016-4913}
    - [mm] madvise: fix madvise() infinite loop under special circumstances (Rafael Aquini) [1552982]     {CVE-2017-18208}
    - [kernel] posix-timer: Properly check sigevent->sigev_notify (Phil Auld) [1613711] {CVE-2017-18344}
    - [sound] alsa: rawmidi: Change resized buffers atomically (Denys Vlasenko) [1593087] {CVE-2018-10902}
    - [fs] Fix up non-directory creation in SGID directories (Miklos Szeredi) [1600953] {CVE-2018-13405}
    - [scsi] libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events() (Tomas Henzl) [1558582] {CVE-2018-7757}
    - [vhost] fix info leak due to uninitialized memory (Jason Wang) [1573705] {CVE-2018-1118}
    - [net] ip: process in-order fragments efficiently (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] ipv6: defrag: drop non-last frags smaller than min mtu (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] ip: use rb trees for IP frag queue (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] revert ipv4: use skb coalescing in defragmentation (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] modify skb_rbtree_purge to return the truesize of all purged skbs (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924]     {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] ip: discard IPv4 datagrams with overlapping segments (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [net] speed up skb_rbtree_purge() (Sabrina Dubroca) [1613924] {CVE-2018-5391}
    - [fs] timerfd: Protect the might cancel mechanism proper (Bill O'Donnell) [1485407] {CVE-2017-10661}
    - [netdrv] bnx2x: disable GSO where gso_size is too big for hardware (Jonathan Toppins) [1546760]     {CVE-2018-1000026}
    - [net] create skb_gso_validate_mac_len() (Jonathan Toppins) [1546760] {CVE-2018-1000026}
    - [fs] aio: properly check iovec sizes (Jeff Moyer) [1337518] {CVE-2015-8830}
    - [fs] ext4: avoid running out of journal credits when appending to an inline file (Lukas Czerner)     [1609759] {CVE-2018-10883}
    - [fs] jbd2: don't mark block as modified if the handle is out of credits (Lukas Czerner) [1609759]     {CVE-2018-10883}

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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3096 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):

    * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4     and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

    * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space     (CVE-2018-8781)

    * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

    * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members     (CVE-2018-13405)

    * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

    * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege     escalation (CVE-2017-0861)

    * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

    * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local     attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

    * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service     (CVE-2017-18208)

    * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

    * kernel: a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

    * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service     (CVE-2018-5344)

    * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service     (CVE-2018-5803)

    * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory     corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

    * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

    * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via     crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

    * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

    * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-1092)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-1094)

    * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

    * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

    * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     (CVE-2018-7757)

    * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image     allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

    * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

    * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-10881)

    * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

    * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

    Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and     Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting     CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for     reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.

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-2018:3083 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4     and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

    * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space     (CVE-2018-8781)

    * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

    * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members     (CVE-2018-13405)

    * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

    * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege     escalation (CVE-2017-0861)

    * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

    * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local     attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

    * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service     (CVE-2017-18208)

    * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

    * kernel: a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

    * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service     (CVE-2018-5344)

    * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service     (CVE-2018-5803)

    * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory     corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

    * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

    * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via     crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

    * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

    * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-1092)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-1094)

    * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

    * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

    * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     (CVE-2018-7757)

    * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image     allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

    * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

    * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-10881)

    * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

    * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

    Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and     Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting     CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for     reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.

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.

An update of 'linux-aws', 'linux', 'linux-esx', 'linux-secure' packages of Photon OS has been released.

An update of 'linux', 'linux-esx' packages of Photon OS has been released.

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

  - CVE-2015-9016     Ming Lei reported a race condition in the multiqueue     block layer (blk-mq). On a system with a driver using     blk-mq (mtip32xx, null_blk, or virtio_blk), a local user     might be able to use this for denial of service or     possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2017-0861     Robb Glasser reported a potential use-after-free in the     ALSA (sound) PCM core. We believe this was not possible     in practice.

  - CVE-2017-5715     Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in     various processors supporting speculative execution,     enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process     to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from     the kernel and all other processes running on the     system.

  This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 2 (branch target   injection) and is mitigated for the x86 architecture (amd64 and   i386) by using the 'retpoline' compiler feature which allows   indirect branches to be isolated from speculative execution.

  - CVE-2017-5753     Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in     various processors supporting speculative execution,     enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process     to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from     the kernel and all other processes running on the     system.

  This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 1 (bounds-check   bypass) and is mitigated by identifying vulnerable code sections   (array bounds checking followed by array access) and replacing the   array access with the speculation-safe array_index_nospec()   function.

  More use sites will be added over time.

  - CVE-2017-13166     A bug in the 32-bit compatibility layer of the v4l2     ioctl handling code has been found. Memory protections     ensuring user-provided buffers always point to userland     memory were disabled, allowing destination addresses to     be in kernel space. On a 64-bit kernel a local user with     access to a suitable video device can exploit this to     overwrite kernel memory, leading to privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2017-13220     Al Viro reported that the Bluetooth HIDP implementation     could dereference a pointer before performing the     necessary type check. A local user could use this to     cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16526     Andrey Konovalov reported that the UWB subsystem may     dereference an invalid pointer in an error case. A local     user might be able to use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16911     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP vhci_hcd     driver exposed kernel heap addresses to local users.
    This information could aid the exploitation of other     vulnerabilities.

  - CVE-2017-16912     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to perform a range check on a received packet     header field, leading to an out-of-bounds read. A remote     user able to connect to the USB/IP server could use this     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16913     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to perform a range check on a received packet     header field, leading to excessive memory allocation. A     remote user able to connect to the USB/IP server could     use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16914     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to check for an invalid combination of fields in     a received packet, leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A remote user able to connect to the USB/IP     server could use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-18017     Denys Fedoryshchenko reported that the netfilter     xt_TCPMSS module failed to validate TCP header lengths,     potentially leading to a use-after-free. If this module     is loaded, it could be used by a remote attacker for     denial of service or possibly for code execution.

  - CVE-2017-18203     Hou Tao reported that there was a race condition in     creation and deletion of device-mapper (DM) devices. A     local user could potentially use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2017-18216     Alex Chen reported that the OCFS2 filesystem failed to     hold a necessary lock during nodemanager sysfs file     operations, potentially leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A local user could use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2017-18232     Jason Yan reported a race condition in the SAS     (Serial-Attached SCSI) subsystem, between probing and     destroying a port. This could lead to a deadlock. A     physically present attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-18241     Yunlei He reported that the f2fs implementation does not     properly initialise its state if the 'noflush_merge'     mount option is used. A local user with access to a     filesystem mounted with this option could use this to     cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-1066     Dan Aloni reported to Red Hat that the CIFS client     implementation would dereference a NULL pointer if the     server sent an invalid response during NTLMSSP setup     negotiation. This could be used by a malicious server     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-1068     The syzkaller tool found that the 32-bit compatibility     layer of ebtables did not sufficiently validate offset     values. On a 64-bit kernel, a local user with the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (in any user namespace) could     use this to overwrite kernel memory, possibly leading to     privilege escalation. Debian disables unprivileged user     namespaces by default.

  - CVE-2018-1092     Wen Xu reported that a crafted ext4 filesystem image     would trigger a null dereference when mounted. A local     user able to mount arbitrary filesystems could use this     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-5332     Mohamed Ghannam reported that the RDS protocol did not     sufficiently validate RDMA requests, leading to an     out-of-bounds write. A local attacker on a system with     the rds module loaded could use this for denial of     service or possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-5333     Mohamed Ghannam reported that the RDS protocol did not     properly handle an error case, leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A local attacker on a system with the rds     module loaded could possibly use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2018-5750     Wang Qize reported that the ACPI sbshc driver logged a     kernel heap address. This information could aid the     exploitation of other vulnerabilities.

  - CVE-2018-5803     Alexey Kodanev reported that the SCTP protocol did not     range-check the length of chunks to be created. A local     or remote user could use this to cause a denial of     service.

  - CVE-2018-6927     Li Jinyue reported that the FUTEX_REQUEUE operation on     futexes did not check for negative parameter values,     which might lead to a denial of service or other     security impact.

  - CVE-2018-7492     The syzkaller tool found that the RDS protocol was     lacking a null pointer check. A local attacker on a     system with the rds module loaded could use this for     denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-7566     Fan LongFei reported a race condition in the ALSA     (sound) sequencer core, between write and ioctl     operations. This could lead to an out-of-bounds access     or use-after-free. A local user with access to a     sequencer device could use this for denial of service or     possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-7740     Nic Losby reported that the hugetlbfs filesystem's mmap     operation did not properly range-check the file offset.
    A local user with access to files on a hugetlbfs     filesystem could use this to cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-7757     Jason Yan reported a memory leak in the SAS     (Serial-Attached SCSI) subsystem. A local user on a     system with SAS devices could use this to cause a denial     of service.

  - CVE-2018-7995     Seunghun Han reported a race condition in the x86 MCE     (Machine Check Exception) driver. This is unlikely to     have any security impact.

  - CVE-2018-8781     Eyal Itkin reported that the udl (DisplayLink) driver's     mmap operation did not properly range-check the file     offset. A local user with access to a udl framebuffer     device could exploit this to overwrite kernel memory,     leading to privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-8822     Dr Silvio Cesare of InfoSect reported that the ncpfs     client implementation did not validate reply lengths     from the server. An ncpfs server could use this to cause     a denial of service or remote code execution in the     client.

  - CVE-2018-1000004     Luo Quan reported a race condition in the ALSA (sound)     sequencer core, between multiple ioctl operations. This     could lead to a deadlock or use-after-free. A local user     with access to a sequencer device could use this for     denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-1000199     Andy Lutomirski discovered that the ptrace subsystem did     not sufficiently validate hardware breakpoint settings.
    Local users can use this to cause a denial of service,     or possibly for privilege escalation, on x86 (amd64 and     i386) and possibly other architectures.

Missing length check of payload in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:_sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service :

An error in the '_sctp_make_chunk()' function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP, packet length can be exploited by a malicious local user to cause a kernel crash and a DoS.
(CVE-2018-5803)

Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service

The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a mutex within libsas. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code. (CVE-2017-18232)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's client-side implementation of the cifs protocol. This flaw allows an attacker controlling the server to kernel panic a client which has the CIFS server mounted.(CVE-2018-1066)

Incremental update to fix kernel-devel issues.

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The 4.15.12 update contains numerous fixes across the tree.

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The 4.15.11 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.

Incremental update to fix kernel-devel issues.

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The 4.15.12 update contains a variety of fixes across the tree.

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The 4.15.11 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
221071	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-18232	Nessus	Misc.	medium
139858	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2020-1480)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
131845	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2353)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
130152	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4163-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
124828	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1505)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
121966	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0072	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
121857	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0161	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
119187	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20181030)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
118990	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:3083)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
118770	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-3083)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
118528	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:3096)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
118525	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3083)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
111956	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0072 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
111943	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0161 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
109517	Debian DSA-4187-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
109183	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-993)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
108677	Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-e378863e47)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
108673	Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-ba39fc0e07)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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