http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c06cfb08b88dfbe13be44a69ae2fdc3a7c902d81

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RHSA-2017:1842

RHSA-2017:2077

RHSA-2017:2437

RHSA-2017:2444

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428353

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c06cfb08b88dfbe13be44a69ae2fdc3a7c902d81

USN-3849-1

USN-3849-2

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

  - The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in     kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an     incorrect sample-rate calculation.(CVE-2017-18255)

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

  - The timer_create syscall implementation in     kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel doesn't     properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field,     which leads to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer     function.(CVE-2017-18344)

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

  - Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support     (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature     enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to host memory leakage     issue. It could occur while emulating VMXON instruction     in 'handle_vmon'. An L1 guest user could use this flaw     to leak host memory potentially resulting in     DoS.(CVE-2017-2596)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the N_HLDC Linux     kernel driver when accessing n_hdlc.tbuf list that can     lead to double free. A local, unprivileged user able to     set the HDLC line discipline on the tty device could     use this flaw to increase their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2017-2636)

  - 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)

  - A race condition leading to a NULL pointer dereference     was found in the Linux kernel's Link Layer Control     implementation. A local attacker with access to ping     sockets could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2017-2671)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in     'tmpfs' file system. When file permissions are modified     via 'chmod' and the user is not in the owning group or     capable of CAP_FSETID, the setgid bit is cleared in     inode_change_ok(). Setting a POSIX ACL via 'setxattr'     sets the file permissions as well as the new ACL, but     doesn't clear the setgid bit in a similar way; this     allows to bypass the check in 'chmod'.(CVE-2017-5551)

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

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where     having malicious IP options present would cause the     ipv4_pktinfo_prepare() function to drop/free the dst.
    This could result in a system crash or possible     privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-5970)

  - It was reported that with Linux kernel, earlier than     version v4.10-rc8, an application may trigger a BUG_ON     in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf if the socket tx buffer is     full, a thread is waiting on it to queue more data, and     meanwhile another thread peels off the association     being used by the first thread.(CVE-2017-5986)

  - It was found that the original fix for CVE-2016-6786     was incomplete. There exist a race between two     concurrent sys_perf_event_open() calls when both try     and move the same pre-existing software group into a     hardware context.(CVE-2017-6001)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP)     implementation freed SKB (socket buffer) resources for     a DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet when the IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     option is set on the socket. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to alter the kernel memory,     allowing them to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2017-6074)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of     packets with the URG flag. Applications using the     splice() and tcp_splice_read() functionality could     allow a remote attacker to force the kernel to enter a     condition in which it could loop     indefinitely.(CVE-2017-6214)

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

  - It was found that the code in net/sctp/socket.c in the     Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict     association peel-off operations during certain wait     states, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (invalid unlock and double free) via a     multithreaded application. This vulnerability was     introduced by CVE-2017-5986 fix (commit     2dcab5984841).(CVE-2017-6353)

  - The keyring_search_aux function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allows     local users to cause a denial of service via a     request_key system call for the 'dead' key     type.(CVE-2017-6951)

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux     kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impacts 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)

  - In was found that in the Linux kernel, in     vmw_surface_define_ioctl() function in     'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c' file, a     'num_sizes' parameter is assigned a user-controlled     value which is not checked if it is zero. This is used     in a call to kmalloc() and later leads to dereferencing     ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which in turn leads to a GPF and     possibly to a kernel panic.(CVE-2017-7261)

  - An out-of-bounds write vulnerability was found in the     Linux kernel's vmw_surface_define_ioctl() function, in     the 'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c' file. Due     to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot     be fully ruled out, although we believe it is     unlikely.(CVE-2017-7294)

  - It was found that the packet_set_ring() function of the     Linux kernel's networking implementation did not     properly validate certain block-size data. A local     attacker with CAP_NET_RAW capability could use this     flaw to trigger a buffer overflow, resulting in the     crash of the system. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled     out.(CVE-2017-7308)

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 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In the ea_get function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS     can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two     different extended attribute names on the same file.
    This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged     user with the ability to create files and execute     programs. A kmalloc call is incorrect, leading to     slab-out-of-bounds in jfs_xattr.(CVE-2018-12233)

  - The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in     arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before     4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch,     which makes it easier for attackers to conduct     userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.(CVE-2018-15572)

  - Race condition in the queue_delete function in     sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before     4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl     call at a certain time.(CVE-2016-2544)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of BPF in which systems can application can overflow a     32 bit refcount in both program and map refcount. This     refcount can wrap and end up a user after     free.(CVE-2016-4558)

  - Interpretation conflict in     drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to     obtain sensitive information or modify data via a     crafted mapping to a snapshot block     device.(CVE-2013-4299)

  - The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device.(CVE-2017-16537)

  - A vulnerability in the handling of Transactional Memory     on powerpc systems was found. An unprivileged local     user can crash the kernel by starting a transaction,     suspending it, and then calling any of the exec() class     system calls.(CVE-2016-5828)

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

  - The parse_hid_report_descriptor function in     drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel before     4.13.11 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-2017-16643)

  - Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in     drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before     4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by changing a certain length value,     aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability.(CVE-2016-6130)

  - drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     USB device.(CVE-2017-16647)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which could cause     a kernel panic when restoring machine specific     registers on the PowerPC platform. Incorrect     transactional memory state registers could     inadvertently change the call path on return from     userspace and cause the kernel to enter an unknown     state and crash.(CVE-2015-8845)

  - fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does     not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID,     and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a     remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to     gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on     systems that had atime enabled, or cause a denial of     service (excessive filesystem updating) on systems that     had atime disabled via a 'mount -o remount' command     within a user namespace.(CVE-2014-5207)

  - The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to the     NFS server. These encoded arguments are stored in an     array of memory pages, and accessed using pointer     variables. Arbitrarily long arguments could make these     pointers point outside the array and cause an     out-of-bounds memory access. A remote user or program     could use this flaw to crash the kernel, resulting in     denial of service.(CVE-2017-7645)

  - The time subsystem in the Linux kernel, when     CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to     discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID     values inside a PID namespace) by reading the     /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer     function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the
    __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in     kernel/time/timer.c.(CVE-2017-5967)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where the     keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() function leaks the thread     keyring. This allows an unprivileged local user to     exhaust kernel memory and thus cause a     DoS.(CVE-2017-7472)

  - 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)

  - The make_response function in     drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.11.8 allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel     memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized     padding fields in Xen block-interface response     structures, aka XSA-216.(CVE-2017-10911)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the SET_WPS_IE IOCTL     implementation in wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the WLAN (aka     Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used     in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android     contributions for MSM devices and other products,     allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted     application that uses a long WPS IE     element.(CVE-2015-0570)

  - The net_ctl_permissions function in net/sysctl_net.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.5 does not properly     determine uid and gid values, which allows local users     to bypass intended /proc/sys/net restrictions via a     crafted application.(CVE-2013-4270)

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.

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in the keyring subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-2647)

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10902)

It was discovered that an integer overrun vulnerability existed in the POSIX timers implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-12896)

Noam Rathaus discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Infiniband implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14734)

It was discovered that the YUREX USB device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly restrict user space reads or writes. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-16276)

Tetsuo Handa discovered a logic error in the TTY subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker with access to pseudo terminal devices could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18386)

Kanda Motohiro discovered that writing extended attributes to an XFS file system in the Linux kernel in certain situations could cause an error condition to occur. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-18690)

It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the CDROM driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-18710).

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bnc#1064388).

  - CVE-2015-9004: kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel     mishandled counter grouping, which allowed local users     to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to     the perf_pmu_register and perf_event_open functions     (bnc#1037306).

  - CVE-2016-10229: udp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that     triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during     execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag     (bnc#1032268).

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

  - CVE-2017-1000363: Linux drivers/char/lp.c Out-of-Bounds     Write. Due to a missing bounds check, and the fact that     parport_ptr integer is static, a 'secure boot' kernel     command line adversary (can happen due to bootloader     vulns, e.g. Google Nexus 6's CVE-2016-10277, where due     to a vulnerability the adversary has partial control     over the command line) can overflow the parport_nr array     in the following code, by appending many (>LP_NO)     'lp=none' arguments to the command line (bnc#1039456).

  - CVE-2017-1000365: The Linux Kernel imposes a size     restriction on the arguments and environmental strings     passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the     size), but did not take the argument and environment     pointers into account, which allowed attackers to bypass     this limitation. (bnc#1039354).

  - CVE-2017-1000380: sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel     is vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer     driver resulting in local users being able to read     information belonging to other users, i.e.,     uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a     read and an ioctl happen at the same time (bnc#1044125).

  - CVE-2017-10661: Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (list corruption or     use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor     operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing     (bnc#1053152).

  - CVE-2017-11176: The mq_notify function in the Linux     kernel did not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry     into the retry logic. During a user-space close of a     Netlink socket, it allowed attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact (bnc#1048275).

  - CVE-2017-12153: A security flaw was discovered in the     nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in     net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel This function     did not check whether the required attributes are     present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued     by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may     result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash     (bnc#1058410).

  - CVE-2017-12154: The prepare_vmcs02 function in     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure     that the 'CR8-load exiting' and 'CR8-store exiting' L0     vmcs02 controls exist in cases where L1 omits the 'use     TPR shadow' vmcs12 control, which allowed KVM L2 guest     OS users to obtain read and write access to the hardware     CR8 register (bnc#1058507).

  - CVE-2017-12762: In /drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c: A     user-controlled buffer is copied into a local buffer of     constant size using strcpy without a length check which     can cause a buffer overflow. (bnc#1053148).

  - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)     allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK)     during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker     within radio range to replay frames from access points     to clients (bnc#1063667).

  - CVE-2017-14051: An integer overflow in the     qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in     drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access     (bnc#1056588).

  - CVE-2017-14106: The tcp_disconnect function in     net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window     divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a     disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path     (bnc#1056982).

  - CVE-2017-14140: The move_pages system call in     mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel doesn't check the     effective uid of the target process, enabling a local     attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid     executable despite ASLR (bnc#1057179).

  - CVE-2017-15265: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to have unspecified     impact via vectors related to /dev/snd/seq     (bnc#1062520).

  - CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux     kernel did not consider the case of a NULL payload in     conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl     system call, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2017-12192 (bnc#1045327).

  - 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 (bnc#1030593).

  - 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 (bnc#1029850).

  - CVE-2017-7482: A potential memory corruption was fixed     in decoding of krb5 principals in the kernels kerberos     handling. (bnc#1046107).

  - CVE-2017-7487: The ipxitf_ioctl function in     net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     reference counts, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl     call for an IPX interface (bnc#1038879).

  - CVE-2017-7518: The Linux kernel was vulnerable to an     incorrect debug exception(#DB) error. It could occur     while emulating a syscall instruction and potentially     lead to guest privilege escalation. (bsc#1045922).

  - CVE-2017-7541: The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or     possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME     Netlink packet (bnc#1049645).

  - CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in     net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw     socket (bnc#1049882).

  - CVE-2017-7889: The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel did     not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection     mechanism, which allowed 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 (bnc#1034405).

  - CVE-2017-8106: The handle_invept function in     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel 3.12 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 (bnc#1035877).

  - CVE-2017-8831: The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing a certain     sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability (bnc#1037994).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bnc#1038544).

  - CVE-2017-8924: The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the     dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti     USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow     (bnc#1037182 bsc#1038982).

  - CVE-2017-8925: The omninet_open function in     drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (tty     exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling     (bnc#1037183 bsc#1038981).

  - CVE-2017-9074: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in     the Linux kernel did not consider that the nexthdr field     may be associated with an invalid option, which allowed     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 (bnc#1039882).

  - CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1039883).

  - CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in     net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1039885).

  - CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1040069).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system calls     (bnc#1041431).

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 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - 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-2016-10200: 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-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-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-2017-5669: 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-2017-5970: 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     (bsc#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 (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-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-2017-6348: 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-2017-6951: 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-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in     net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not     validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE     update, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based     out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability (bsc#1030573)

  - 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-2017-7482: Several missing length checks ticket     decode allowing for information leak or potentially code     execution (bsc#1046107).

  - CVE-2017-7487: The ipxitf_ioctl function in     net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     reference counts, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl     call for an IPX interface (bsc#1038879).

  - CVE-2017-7533: Race condition in the fsnotify     implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) via a crafted application that leverages     simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and     vfs_rename functions (bnc#1049483 1050677 ).

  - CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in     net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw     socket (bnc#1049882).

  - 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     (bsc#1033336)

  - CVE-2017-8831: The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing a certain     sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability. This requires a malicious PCI Card.
    (bnc#1037994).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038544).

  - CVE-2017-8924: The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the     dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti     USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow     (bnc#1037182).

  - CVE-2017-8925: The omninet_open function in     drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (tty     exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling     (bnc#1038981).

  - CVE-2017-9074: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in     the Linux kernel did not consider that the nexthdr field     may be associated with an invalid option, which allowed     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 (bnc#1039882).

  - CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bsc#1039883).

  - CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in     net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1039885).

  - CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bsc#1040069).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel was too late     in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data     structure may occur, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system     calls (bnc#1041431).

  - CVE-2017-10661: Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (list corruption or     use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor     operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing     (bnc#1053152).

  - CVE-2017-11176: The mq_notify function in the Linux     kernel did not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry     into the retry logic. During a user-space close of a     Netlink socket, it allowed attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact (bnc#1048275).

  - CVE-2017-11473: Buffer overflow in the     mp_override_legacy_irq() function in     arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table     (bnc#1049603).

  - CVE-2017-12762: In /drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c: A     user-controlled buffer is copied into a local buffer of     constant size using strcpy without a length check which     can cause a buffer overflow. (bnc#1053148).

  - CVE-2017-14051: An integer overflow in the     qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in     drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access     (bnc#1056588).

  - CVE-2017-1000112: Fixed a race condition in net-packet     code that could have been exploited by unprivileged     users to gain root access. (bsc#1052311).

  - CVE-2017-1000363: Linux drivers/char/lp.c Out-of-Bounds     Write. Due to a missing bounds check, and the fact that     parport_ptr integer is static, a 'secure boot' kernel     command line adversary could have overflowed the     parport_nr array in the following code (bnc#1039456).

  - CVE-2017-1000365: The Linux Kernel imposes a size     restriction on the arguments and environmental strings     passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the     size), but did not take the argument and environment     pointers into account, which allowed attackers to bypass     this limitation (bnc#1039354).

  - CVE-2017-1000380: sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel     was vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer     driver resulting in local users being able to read     information belonging to other users, i.e.,     uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a     read and an ioctl happen at the same time (bnc#1044125).

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 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7482: Several missing length checks ticket     decode allowing for information leak or potentially code     execution (bsc#1046107).

  - CVE-2016-10277: Potential privilege escalation due to a     missing bounds check in the lp driver. A kernel     command-line adversary can overflow the parport_nr array     to execute code (bsc#1039456).

  - CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in     net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw     socket (bsc#1049882).

  - CVE-2017-7533: Bug in inotify code allowing privilege     escalation (bsc#1049483).

  - CVE-2017-11176: The mq_notify function in the Linux     kernel did not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry     into the retry logic. During a user-space close of a     Netlink socket, it allowed attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact (bsc#1048275).

  - CVE-2017-11473: Buffer overflow in the     mp_override_legacy_irq() function in     arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table     (bnc#1049603).

  - CVE-2017-1000365: The Linux Kernel imposed a size     restriction on the arguments and environmental strings     passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the     size), but did not take the argument and environment     pointers into account, which allowed attackers to bypass     this limitation. (bnc#1039354)

  - CVE-2014-9922: The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a     large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer,     related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c     (bnc#1032340)

  - CVE-2017-8924: The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the     dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti     USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow     (bnc#1038982).

  - CVE-2017-8925: The omninet_open function in     drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (tty     exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling     (bnc#1038981).

  - CVE-2017-1000380: sound/core/timer.c was vulnerable to a     data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer driver resulting in     local users being able to read information belonging to     other users, i.e., uninitialized memory contents could     have bene disclosed when a read and an ioctl happen at     the same time (bnc#1044125)

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c was too late in checking whether     an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via crafted system calls (bnc#1041431)

  - CVE-2017-1000363: A buffer overflow in kernel     commandline handling of the 'lp' parameter could be used     by local console attackers to bypass certain secure boot     settings. (bnc#1039456)

  - CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in     net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1039885)

  - CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1040069)

  - CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed 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     (bnc#1039883)

  - CVE-2017-9074: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in     the Linux kernel did not consider that the nexthdr field     may be associated with an invalid option, which allowed     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 (bnc#1039882)

  - CVE-2017-7487: The ipxitf_ioctl function in     net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     reference counts, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl     call for an IPX interface (bnc#1038879)

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bnc#1038544)

  - 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 (bnc#1030593)

  - 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 (bnc#1029850)

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.

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).

An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

* A 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)

* The lrw_crypt() function in 'crypto/lrw.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to cause a system crash and a denial of service by the NULL pointer dereference via accept(2) system call for AF_ALG socket without calling setkey() first to set a cipher key.
(CVE-2015-8970, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Andrey Ryabinin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2017-2647 and Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Vasily Averin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2015-8970.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Writing model-specific register (MSR) registers during intel_idle initialization could previously cause exceptions. Consequently, a kernel panic occurred during this initialization. The function call to write to the MSR with exception handling was modified to use wrmsrl_safe() instead of wrmsrl(). In this scenario, the kernel no longer panics. (BZ#1447438)

* The ixgbe driver was using incorrect bitwise operations on received PTP flags. Consequently, systems that were using the ixgbe driver could not synchronize time using PTP. The provided patch corrected the bitwise operations on received PTP flags allowing these system to correctly synchronize time using PTP. (BZ#1469795) (BZ#1451821)

The kernel-rt packages have been upgraded to version 3.10.0-514.rt56.230, which provides a number of security and bug fixes over the previous version. (BZ#1463427)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Extended Update Support.

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 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)

* The lrw_crypt() function in 'crypto/lrw.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to cause a system crash and a denial of service by the NULL pointer dereference via accept(2) system call for AF_ALG socket without calling setkey() first to set a cipher key.
(CVE-2015-8970, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Andrey Ryabinin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2017-2647 and Igor Redko (Virtuozzo) and Vasily Averin (Virtuozzo) for reporting CVE-2015-8970.

Bug Fix(es) :

* When running the LPAR with IBM Power 8 SMT8 mode, system performance degradation occurred due to the load getting spread across threads from the same core. The provided patches fix scheduler performance issues and assure the load is spread across cores, thus improving the system performance significantly. (BZ#1434853)

* Upon reboot, the bond slave with some network adapter ports became unresponsive in the backup state and never proceeded to the active state. As a consequence, the bond slave never transmitted any LACP PDU and the bond interface was never produced properly. With this update, the i40e network driver has been fixed for long link-down notification time and the bond slave now transmits LACP PDUs as expected.
(BZ#1446783)

* When attempting to configure two or more Ethernet adapter cards using Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) in the KVM guest, subsequent KVM guests previously failed to boot returning an error message. The provided patch adds the ability of VFIO to support more than one card in the KVM guest environment. (BZ#1447718)

* It is possible to define the CPUs in which unbound kworkers can run by setting a 'mask' in a specific file in the sysfs file system, helping on CPU isolation. However, this setup did not work properly, and unbounded kworkers were being activated on CPUs in which they were set to _NOT_ run. The provided patchset prevents unbound kworkers from being run on CPUs that are masked, thus fixing this bug. (BZ#1458203)

* Due to a regression, the kernel previously failed to create the /sys/block/ /devices/enclosure_device symlinks. The provided patch corrects the call to the scsi_is_sas_rphy() function, which is now made on the SAS end device, instead of the SCSI device. (BZ#1460204)

* Previously, the system panic occurred when running mkfs.ext4 on newly created software RAID1 partitions on SATA SDD drives. The provided patch ensures the ext4 file system is created on the /dev/md0 partition and is mounted there successfully. (BZ#1463359)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2017:1842 :

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

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Changes :

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

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

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Changes :

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

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

  - Improved support for Hyper-V

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd     subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long     RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c. (bsc#1034670).

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels     data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly     panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD*     device (bnc#1031052)

  - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in     drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer     overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via     a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call,     leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write     function (bnc#1030213)

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

  - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the     Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by     a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users     to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection     mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by     making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a     privileged context (bnc#1026914).

  - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls     without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the     SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and     net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J.
    Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 25986990] (CVE-2017-7895)

  - fnic: Update fnic driver version to 1.6.0.24 (John     Sobecki) [Orabug: 24448585]

  - xen-netfront: Rework the fix for Rx stall during OOM and     network stress (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 25450703]

  - xen-netfront: Fix Rx stall during network stress and OOM     (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 25450703]

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

  - uek-rpm: enable CONFIG_KSPLICE. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug:
    25549809]

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

  - signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional     clearing. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 25549809]

  - VSOCK: Fix lockdep issue. (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug:
    25559937]

  - VSOCK: sock_put wasn't safe to call in interrupt context     (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 25559937]

  - IB/CORE: sync the resouce access in fmr_pool (Wengang     Wang) [Orabug: 25677469]

  - KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector'     (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 25719675] (CVE-2017-2583)     (CVE-2017-2583)

  - ext4: validate s_first_meta_bg at mount time (Eryu Guan)     [Orabug: 25719738] (CVE-2016-10208)

  - sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Marcelo     Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 25719810] (CVE-2017-5986)

  - tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read (Eric     Dumazet) [Orabug: 25720813] (CVE-2017-6214)

  - lpfc cannot establish connection with targets that send     PRLI under P2P mode (Joe Jin) [Orabug: 25759083]

  - USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold)     [Orabug: 25796594] (CVE-2016-2782)

  - ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection (Davidlohr     Bueso) [Orabug: 25797012] (CVE-2017-5669)

  - vhost: actually track log eventfd file     (Marc-Andr&eacute  Lureau) [Orabug: 25797052]     (CVE-2015-6252)

  - xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size     harder (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 25814663]     (CVE-2017-7184)

  - xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL     replay_window (Andy Whitcroft) [Orabug: 25814663]     (CVE-2017-7184)

  - KEYS: Remove key_type::match in favour of overriding     default by match_preparse (Aniket Alshi) [Orabug:
    25823962] (CVE-2017-2647) (CVE-2017-2647)

  - USB: whiteheat: fix potential null-deref at probe (Johan     Hovold) [Orabug: 25825105] (CVE-2015-5257)     (CVE-2015-5257)

  - udf: Check path length when reading symlink (Jan Kara)     [Orabug: 25871102] (CVE-2015-9731)

  - udp: properly support MSG_PEEK with truncated buffers     (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25876655] (CVE-2016-10229)

  - block: fix use-after-free in seq file (Vegard Nossum)     [Orabug: 25877530] (CVE-2016-7910)

  - 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)

Description of changes:

[2.6.39-400.295.2.el6uek]
- nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J. Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 25986995]  {CVE-2017-7895}

[2.6.39-400.295.1.el6uek]
- ocfs2/o2net: o2net_listen_data_ready should do nothing if socket state is not TCP_LISTEN (Tariq Saeed)  [Orabug: 25510857]
- IB/CORE: sync the resouce access in fmr_pool (Wengang Wang)  [Orabug: 23750748]
- ipv6: Skip XFRM lookup if dst_entry in socket cache is valid (Jakub Sitnicki)  [Orabug: 25534688]
- uek-rpm: enable CONFIG_KSPLICE. (Jamie Iles)  [Orabug: 25549845]
- ksplice: add sysctls for determining Ksplice features. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 25549845]
- signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional clearing. (Jamie Iles)  [Orabug: 25549845]
- KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector' (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 25719676]  {CVE-2017-2583} {CVE-2017-2583}
- sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 25719811]  {CVE-2017-5986}
- tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25720815]  {CVE-2017-6214}
- USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold)  [Orabug: 25796604]   {CVE-2016-2782}
- ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection (Davidlohr Bueso) [Orabug: 25797014]  {CVE-2017-5669}
- vhost: actually track log eventfd file (Marc-Andr&eacute  Lureau)  [Orabug: 25797056]  {CVE-2015-6252}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size harder (Andy Whitcroft)  [Orabug: 25814664]  {CVE-2017-7184}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL replay_window (Andy Whitcroft)  [Orabug: 25814664]  {CVE-2017-7184}
- KEYS: Remove key_type::match in favour of overriding default by match_preparse (David Howells)  [Orabug: 25823965]  {CVE-2017-2647} {CVE-2017-2647}
- USB: whiteheat: fix potential null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 25825107]  {CVE-2015-5257}
- RDS: fix race condition when sending a message on unbound socket (Quentin Casasnovas)  [Orabug: 25871048]  {CVE-2015-6937} {CVE-2015-6937}
- udf: Check path length when reading symlink (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25871104]  {CVE-2015-9731}
- udf: Treat symlink component of type 2 as / (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25871104]  {CVE-2015-9731}
- udp: properly support MSG_PEEK with truncated buffers (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25874741]  {CVE-2016-10229}
- block: fix use-after-free in seq file (Vegard Nossum)  [Orabug: 25877531]  {CVE-2016-7910}
- RHEL: complement upstream workaround for CVE-2016-10142. (Quentin Casasnovas)  [Orabug: 25765786]  {CVE-2016-10142} {CVE-2016-10142}
- net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766914]  {CVE-2016-8399}
- ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen Paul Pfeifer) [Orabug: 25765786]  {CVE-2016-10142}
- sg_write()/bsg_write() is not fit to be called under KERNEL_DS (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25765448]  {CVE-2016-10088}
- scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter chang) [Orabug: 25752011]  {CVE-2017-7187}
- tty: n_hdlc: get rid of racy n_hdlc.tbuf (Alexander Popov)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- TTY: n_hdlc, fix lockdep false positive (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c: replace kmalloc/memset by kzalloc (Fabian Frederick)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- list: introduce list_first_entry_or_null (Jiri Pirko)  [Orabug: 25696689]  {CVE-2017-2636}
- firewire: net: guard against rx buffer overflows (Stefan Richter) [Orabug: 25451538]  {CVE-2016-8633}
- x86/mm/32: Enable full randomization on i386 and X86_32 (Hector Marco-Gisbert)  [Orabug: 25463929]  {CVE-2016-3672}
- x86 get_unmapped_area: Access mmap_legacy_base through mm_struct member (Radu Caragea)  [Orabug: 25463929]  {CVE-2016-3672}
- sg_start_req(): make sure that there's not too many elements in iovec (Al Viro)  [Orabug: 25490377]  {CVE-2015-5707}
- tcp: take care of truncations done by sk_filter() (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25507232]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- rose: limit sk_filter trim to payload (Willem de Bruijn)  [Orabug: 25507232]  {CVE-2016-8645}
- scsi: arcmsr: Buffer overflow in arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 25507330]  {CVE-2016-7425}
- x86: bpf_jit: fix compilation of large bpf programs (Alexei Starovoitov)  [Orabug: 25507375]  {CVE-2015-4700}
- net: fix a kernel infoleak in x25 module (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25512417]  {CVE-2016-4580}
- USB: digi_acceleport: do sanity checking for the number of ports (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 25512472]  {CVE-2016-3140}
- net/llc: avoid BUG_ON() in skb_orphan() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25682437]  {CVE-2017-6345}
- dccp: fix freeing skb too early for IPV6_RECVPKTINFO (Andrey Konovalov)  [Orabug: 25598277]  {CVE-2017-6074}
- vfs: read file_handle only once in handle_to_path (Sasha Levin) [Orabug: 25388709]  {CVE-2015-1420}
- crypto: algif_hash - Only export and import on sockets with data (Herbert Xu)  [Orabug: 25417807]
- USB: usbfs: fix potential infoleak in devio (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462763]  {CVE-2016-4482}
- net: fix infoleak in llc (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 25462811]  {CVE-2016-4485}
- af_unix: Guard against other == sk in unix_dgram_sendmsg (Rainer Weikusat)  [Orabug: 25464000]  {CVE-2013-7446}
- unix: avoid use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue (Rainer Weikusat) [Orabug: 25464000]  {CVE-2013-7446}

Description of changes:

kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.18.2.el7uek]
- nfsd: stricter decoding of write-like NFSv2/v3 ops (J. Bruce Fields) [Orabug: 25986990]  {CVE-2017-7895}

[3.8.13-118.18.1.el7uek]
- fnic: Update fnic driver version to 1.6.0.24 (John Sobecki)  [Orabug: 24448585]
- xen-netfront: Rework the fix for Rx stall during OOM and network stress (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 25450703]
- xen-netfront: Fix Rx stall during network stress and OOM (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 25450703]
- ipv6: Skip XFRM lookup if dst_entry in socket cache is valid (Jakub Sitnicki)
- uek-rpm: enable CONFIG_KSPLICE. (Jamie Iles)  [Orabug: 25549809]
- ksplice: add sysctls for determining Ksplice features. (Jamie Iles) [Orabug: 25549809]
- signal: protect SIGNAL_UNKILLABLE from unintentional clearing. (Jamie Iles)  [Orabug: 25549809]
- VSOCK: Fix lockdep issue. (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 25559937]
- VSOCK: sock_put wasn't safe to call in interrupt context (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 25559937]
- IB/CORE: sync the resouce access in fmr_pool (Wengang Wang)  [Orabug: 25677469]
- KVM: x86: fix emulation of 'MOV SS, null selector' (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 25719675]  {CVE-2017-2583} {CVE-2017-2583}
- ext4: validate s_first_meta_bg at mount time (Eryu Guan)  [Orabug: 25719738]  {CVE-2016-10208}
- sctp: avoid BUG_ON on sctp_wait_for_sndbuf (Marcelo Ricardo Leitner) [Orabug: 25719810]  {CVE-2017-5986}
- tcp: avoid infinite loop in tcp_splice_read() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25720813]  {CVE-2017-6214}
- lpfc cannot establish connection with targets that send PRLI under P2P mode (Joe Jin)  [Orabug: 25759083]
- USB: visor: fix null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold)  [Orabug: 25796594]   {CVE-2016-2782}
- ipc/shm: Fix shmat mmap nil-page protection (Davidlohr Bueso) [Orabug: 25797012]  {CVE-2017-5669}
- vhost: actually track log eventfd file (Marc-Andr&eacute  Lureau)  [Orabug: 25797052]  {CVE-2015-6252}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE incoming ESN size harder (Andy Whitcroft)  [Orabug: 25814663]  {CVE-2017-7184}
- xfrm_user: validate XFRM_MSG_NEWAE XFRMA_REPLAY_ESN_VAL replay_window (Andy Whitcroft)  [Orabug: 25814663]  {CVE-2017-7184}
- KEYS: Remove key_type::match in favour of overriding default by match_preparse (Aniket Alshi)  [Orabug: 25823962]  {CVE-2017-2647} {CVE-2017-2647}
- USB: whiteheat: fix potential null-deref at probe (Johan Hovold) [Orabug: 25825105]  {CVE-2015-5257} {CVE-2015-5257}
- udf: Check path length when reading symlink (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 25871102]  {CVE-2015-9731}
- udp: properly support MSG_PEEK with truncated buffers (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 25876655]  {CVE-2016-10229}
- block: fix use-after-free in seq file (Vegard Nossum)  [Orabug: 25877530]  {CVE-2016-7910}
- 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}

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

CVE-2016-2188

Ralf Spenneberg of OpenSource Security reported that the iowarrior device driver did not sufficiently validate USB descriptors. This allowed a physically present user with a specially designed USB device to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2016-9604

It was discovered that the keyring subsystem allowed a process to set a special internal keyring as its session keyring. The security impact in this version of the kernel is unknown.

CVE-2016-10200

Baozeng Ding and Andrey Konovalov reported a race condition in the L2TP implementation which could corrupt its table of bound sockets. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-2647 / CVE-2017-6951

idl3r reported that the keyring subsystem would allow a process to search for 'dead' keys, causing a NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2017-2671

Daniel Jiang discovered a race condition in the ping socket implementation. A local user with access to ping sockets could use this to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly for privilege escalation. This feature is not accessible to any users by default.

CVE-2017-5967

Xing Gao reported that the /proc/timer_list file showed information about all processes, not considering PID namespaces. If timer debugging was enabled by a privileged user, this leaked information to processes contained in PID namespaces.

CVE-2017-5970

Andrey Konovalov discovered a denial of service flaw in the IPv4 networking code. This can be triggered by a local or remote attacker if a local UDP or raw socket has the IP_RETOPTS option enabled.

CVE-2017-7184

Chaitin Security Research Lab discovered that the net xfrm subsystem did not sufficiently validate replay state parameters, allowing a heap buffer overflow. This can be used by a local user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-7261

Vladis Dronov and Murray McAllister reported that the vmwgfx driver did not sufficiently validate rendering surface parameters. In a VMware guest, this can be used by a local user to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2017-7273

Benoit Camredon reported that the hid-cypress driver did not sufficiently validate HID reports. This possibly allowed a physically present user with a specially designed USB device to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2017-7294

Li Qiang reported that the vmwgfx driver did not sufficiently validate rendering surface parameters. In a VMware guest, this can be used by a local user to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-7308

Andrey Konovalov reported that the packet socket (AF_PACKET) implementation did not sufficiently validate buffer parameters. This can be used by a local user with the CAP_NET_RAW capability for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-7472

Eric Biggers reported that the keyring subsystem allowed a thread to create new thread keyrings repeatedly, causing a memory leak. This can be used by a local user to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

CVE-2017-7616

Chris Salls reported an information leak in the 32-bit big-endian compatibility implementations of set_mempolicy() and mbind(). This does not affect any architecture supported in Debian 7 LTS.

CVE-2017-7618

Sabrina Dubroca reported that the cryptographic hash subsystem does not correctly handle submission of unaligned data to a device that is already busy, resulting in infinite recursion. On some systems this can be used by local users to cause a denial of service (crash).

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.88-1. This version also includes bug fixes from upstream version 3.2.88, and fixes some older security issues in the keyring, packet socket and cryptographic hash subsystems that do not have CVE IDs.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', most of these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.43-1 which will be part of the next point release.

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.

According to the version of the vzkernel package and the readykernel-patch installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's key     subsystem. Invoking the request_key() system call with     a specially crafted set of arguments could result in a     NULL-pointer dereference inside the search_keyring()     function. A local unprivileged user could use this     vulnerability to crash the system. The vulnerability     could be exploited from inside containers.

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

According to the version of the parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's key     subsystem. Invoking the request_key() system call with     a specially crafted set of arguments could result in a     NULL-pointer dereference inside the search_keyring()     function. A local unprivileged user could use this     vulnerability to crash the system. The vulnerability     could be exploited from inside containers.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124825	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1502)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124802	EulerOS : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1478)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
119832	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3849-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
104374	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1) (KRACK) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
103354	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
103110	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
102734	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
102645	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
102511	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
102350	RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2017:2444)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102349	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2437)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102281	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
102151	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2077)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102143	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
100320	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
100238	OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0106)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
100237	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0105)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
100235	Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3567)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
100234	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3566)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
99733	Debian DLA-922-1 : linux security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
97987	Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-021)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high
97986	Virtuozzo 6 : parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc (VZA-2017-019)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high

CVE-2017-2647

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CVSS v2.0

CVSS v3.0

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

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