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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001439 advisory.

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

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

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003278 advisory.

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

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

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-002993 advisory.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - In do_epoll_ctl and ep_loop_check_proc of eventpoll.c,     there is a possible use after free due to a logic     error. This could lead to local escalation of privilege     with no additional execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0466)

  - fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8,     when there is an NFS export of a subdirectory of a     filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to     other parts of the filesystem via READDIRPLUS. NOTE:
    some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is     not intended to prevent this attack see also the     exports(5) no_subtree_check default     behavior.(CVE-2021-3178)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. A kernel pointer leak can be used to determine     the address of the iscsi_transport structure. When an     iSCSI transport is registered with the iSCSI subsystem,     the transport's handle is available to unprivileged     users via the sysfs file system, at     /sys/class/iscsi_transport/$TRANSPORT_NAME/handle. When     read, the show_transport_handle function (in     drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c) is called, which     leaks the handle. This handle is actually the pointer     to an iscsi_transport struct in the kernel module's     global variables.(CVE-2021-27363)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is     adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged     user to craft Netlink messages.(CVE-2021-27364)

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernels     implementation of the floppy disk drive controller     driver software. The impact of this issue is lessened     by the fact that the default permissions on the floppy     device (/dev/fd0) are restricted to root. If the     permissions on the device have changed the impact     changes greatly. In the default configuration root (or     equivalent) permissions are required to attack this     flaw.(CVE-2021-20261)

  - In fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.15, local users can cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) because a required     mutex is not used.(CVE-2017-18216)

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

  - A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed     in the unix_stream_recvmsg function in the Linux kernel     when a signal was pending. This flaw allows an     unprivileged local user to crash the system by     exhausting available memory. The highest threat from     this vulnerability is to system     availability.(CVE-2021-20265)

  - A flaw was found in the JFS filesystem code in the     Linux Kernel which allows a local attacker with the     ability to set extended attributes to panic the system,     causing memory corruption or escalating privileges. The     highest threat from this vulnerability is to     confidentiality, integrity, as well as system     availability.(CVE-2020-27815)

  - An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in     x25_bind in net/x25/af_x25.c in the Linux kernel     version v5.12-rc5. A bounds check failure allows a     local attacker with a user account on the system to     gain access to out-of-bounds memory, leading to a     system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.
    The highest threat from this vulnerability is to     confidentiality, integrity, as well as system     availability.(CVE-2020-35519)

  - There is a flaw reported in the Linux kernel in     versions before 5.9 in     drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_sgdma.c in     nouveau_sgdma_create_ttm in Nouveau DRM subsystem. The     issue results from the lack of validating the existence     of an object prior to performing operations on the     object. An attacker with a local account with a root     privilege, can leverage this vulnerability to escalate     privileges and execute code in the context of the     kernel.(CVE-2021-20292)

  - In drivers/pci/hotplug/rpadlpar_sysfs.c in the Linux     kernel through 5.11.8, the RPA PCI Hotplug driver has a     user-tolerable buffer overflow when writing a new     device name to the driver from userspace, allowing     userspace to write data to the kernel stack frame     directly. This occurs because add_slot_store and     remove_slot_store mishandle drc_name '\0' termination,     aka CID-cc7a0bb058b8.(CVE-2021-28972)

  - A race condition was discovered in get_old_root in     fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.11.8. It     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (BUG)     because of a lack of locking on an extent buffer before     a cloning operation, aka     CID-dbcc7d57bffc.(CVE-2021-28964)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before     5.11.7. usbip_sockfd_store in     drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c allows attackers to cause     a denial of service (GPF) because the stub-up sequence     has race conditions during an update of the local and     shared status, aka CID-9380afd6df70.(CVE-2021-29265)

  - BPF JIT compilers in the Linux kernel through 5.11.12     have incorrect computation of branch displacements,     allowing them to execute arbitrary code within the     kernel context. This affects     arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c and     arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c.(CVE-2021-29154)

  - The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through     4.14.7 allows attackers to obtain potentially sensitive     information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio     stack-based out-of-bounds read, related to     arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and     include/trace/events/kvm.h.(CVE-2017-17741)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before     5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in     drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak     for large arguments, aka     CID-fb18802a338b.(CVE-2021-30002)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in
    __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when     mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing     reloc rb_trees when reloc control has not been     initialized.(CVE-2018-14609)

  - An issue was discovered in     fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.17.3. A denial of service (memory corruption     and BUG) can occur for a corrupted xfs image upon     encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has     more extents than fit in the inode     fork.(CVE-2018-13095)

  - The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.7 does not validate certain levels     data, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (system hang) via a crafted ioctl call for a     /dev/dri/renderD* device.(CVE-2017-7346)

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

  - An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function in     drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.17.4 could result in local attackers being     able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate     privileges because kmalloc_array is not     used.(CVE-2018-13406)

  - In the Linux kernel before version 4.12, Kerberos 5     tickets decoded when using the RXRPC keys incorrectly     assumes the size of a field. This could lead to the     size-remaining variable wrapping and the data pointer     going over the end of the buffer. This could possibly     lead to memory corruption and possible privilege     escalation.(CVE-2017-7482)

  - drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x     before 4.9.11 interacts incorrectly with the     CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash or memory     corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact     by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a     DMA scatterlist.(CVE-2017-8069)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. Certain iSCSI data structures do not have     appropriate length constraints or checks, and can     exceed the PAGE_SIZE value. An unprivileged user can     send a Netlink message that is associated with iSCSI,     and has a length up to the maximum length of a Netlink     message.(CVE-2021-27365)

  - A flaw was found in the Nosy driver in the Linux     kernel. This issue allows a device to be inserted twice     into a doubly-linked list, leading to a use-after-free     when one of these devices is removed. The highest     threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,     integrity, as well as system availability. Versions     before kernel 5.12-rc6 are affected(CVE-2021-3483)

  - An issue was discovered in the FUSE filesystem     implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.10.6, aka     CID-5d069dbe8aaf. fuse_do_getattr() calls     make_bad_inode() in inappropriate situations, causing a     system crash. NOTE: the original fix for this     vulnerability was incomplete, and its incompleteness is     tracked as CVE-2021-28950.(CVE-2020-36322)

  - An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in     list_devices in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the     Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel before     5.12. A bound check failure allows an attacker with     special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access     to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system crash or a     leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat     from this vulnerability is to system     availability.(CVE-2021-31916)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel, where a     refcount leak in llcp_sock_connect() causing     use-after-free which might lead to privilege     escalations.(CVE-2020-25671)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel where     refcount leak in llcp_sock_bind() causing     use-after-free which might lead to privilege     escalations.(CVE-2020-25670)

  - A memory leak vulnerability was found in Linux kernel     in llcp_sock_connect(CVE-2020-25672)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.11.14 has a use-after-free in     cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c because the     CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions     is mishandled, aka CID-ad5d07f4a9cd. This leads to     writing an arbitrary value.(CVE-2021-33033)

  - Use After Free vulnerability in nfc sockets in the     Linux Kernel before 5.12.4 allows local attackers to     elevate their privileges. In typical configurations,     the issue can only be triggered by a privileged local     user with the CAP_NET_RAW capability.(CVE-2021-23134)

  - A flaw use-after-free in function     hci_sock_bound_ioctl() of the Linux kernel HCI     subsystem was found in the way user detaches bluetooth     dongle or other way triggers unregister bluetooth     device event. A local user could use this flaw to crash     the system or escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2021-3573)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free     during fault handling, allowing local users to execute     code in the kernel, aka     CID-34b1a1ce1458.(CVE-2021-3347)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel where     non-blocking socket in llcp_sock_connect() leads to     leak and eventually hanging-up the     system.(CVE-2020-25673)

  - net/bluetooth/hci_request.c in the Linux kernel through     5.12.2 has a race condition for removal of the HCI     controller.(CVE-2021-32399)

  - In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF     using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to     wrong data type of size, allocation size gets truncated     which makes allocation succeed when it should     fail.(CVE-2017-9725)

  - A flaw double-free memory corruption in the Linux     kernel HCI device initialization subsystem was found in     the way user attach malicious HCI TTY Bluetooth device.
    A local user could use this flaw to crash the system.
    This flaw affects all the Linux kernel versions     starting from 3.13.(CVE-2021-3564)

  - A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in     the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a     flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the     system or escalate privileges.(CVE-2021-3609)

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

  - An Out-of-Bounds Read was discovered in     arch/arm/mach-footbridge/personal-pci.c in the Linux     kernel through 5.12.11 because of the lack of a check     for a value that shouldn't be negative, e.g., access to     element -2 of an array, aka     CID-298a58e165e4.(CVE-2021-32078)

  - In the Linux kernel before 4.20.8,     kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c     mishandles reference counting because of a race     condition, leading to a use-after-free.(CVE-2019-6974)

  - In uvc_scan_chain_forward of uvc_driver.c, there is a     possible linked list corruption due to an unusual root     cause. This could lead to local escalation of privilege     in the kernel with no additional execution privileges     needed. User interaction is not needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0404)

  - In create_pinctrl of core.c, there is a possible out of     bounds read due to a use after free. This could lead to     local information disclosure with no additional     execution privileges needed. User interaction is not     needed for exploitation.(CVE-2020-0427)

  - In kbd_keycode of keyboard.c, there is a possible out     of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This     could lead to local escalation of privilege with no     additional execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:
    AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-144161459(CVE-2020-0431)

  - In blk_mq_queue_tag_busy_iter of blk-mq-tag.c, there is     a possible use after free due to improper locking. This     could lead to local escalation of privilege with no     additional execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0433)

  - In various methods of hid-multitouch.c, there is a     possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds     check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege     with no additional execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for     exploitation.(CVE-2020-0465)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux Kernel where the     function sunkbd_reinit having been scheduled by     sunkbd_interrupt before sunkbd being freed. Though the     dangling pointer is set to NULL in sunkbd_disconnect,     there is still an alias in sunkbd_reinit causing Use     After Free.(CVE-2020-25669)

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

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

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):The uas driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system     crash), or possibly have unspecified other impacts via     a crafted USB device, related to     drivers/usb/storage/uas-detect.h and     drivers/usb/storage/uas.c.(CVE-2017-16530)The     implementation of big key management in     security/keys/big_key.c in the Linux kernel before     4.8.7 mishandles unsuccessful crypto registration in     conjunction with successful key-type registration,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and panic) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted application that     uses the big_key data type.(CVE-2016-9313)The Linux     kernel allows 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. This may create a kernel     panic or memory corruption leading to privilege     escalation.(CVE-2016-10229)Buffer overflow in the     exitcode_proc_write function in     arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before     3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging     root privileges for a write operation.(CVE-2013-4512)It     was found that unsharing a mount namespace could allow     a user to see data beneath their restricted     namespace.(CVE-2014-9717)A divide-by-zero flaw was     discovered in the Linux kernel built with KVM     virtualization support(CONFIG_KVM). The flaw occurs in     the KVM module's Programmable Interval Timer(PIT)     emulation, when PIT counters for channel 1 or 2 are set     to zero(0) and a privileged user inside the guest     attempts to read these counters. A privileged guest     user with access to PIT I/O ports could exploit this     issue to crash the host kernel (denial of     service).(CVE-2015-7513)The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data     function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via a USB device without both a master and a slave     interface.(CVE-2016-3689)Stack-based buffer overflow in     the brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap() function in     'driverset/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.7.5 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a long SSID     Information Element in a command to a Netlink     socket.(CVE-2016-8658)drivers/hid/hid-sony.c in the     Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux     kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SONY is enabled,     allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a     crafted device.(CVE-2013-2890)An issue where a provided     address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered     in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in     drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a     malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary     kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or     privilege escalation.(CVE-2018-20669)It was found that     the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel     when a netlink message was received were not     sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could     potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged     process and altering the output of this     process.(CVE-2014-0181)An issue was discovered in the     XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c in the     Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur for     a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is     called with a NULL bp. This can lead to a system crash     and a denial of service.(CVE-2018-13094)The     irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the     Linux kernel, through 4.16, allows local users to cause     a denial of service (due to a use-after-free of the     ias_object and a system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by leveraging an AF_IRDA     socket.(CVE-2018-6555)The x86/fpu (Floating Point Unit)     subsystem in the Linux kernel, when a processor     supports the xsave feature but not the xsaves feature,     does not correctly handle attempts to set reserved bits     in the xstate header via the ptrace() or rt_sigreturn()     system call. This allows local users to read the FPU     registers of other processes on the system, related to     arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c and     arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c.(CVE-2017-15537)The     fst_get_iface function in driverset/wan/farsync.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for     an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.(CVE-2014-1444)In the Linux     kernel, through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the     addresses of kernel functions and global variables     using printk calls within the function show_floppy in     drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this     information from dmesg and use the addresses to find     the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel     security protections such as KASLR.(CVE-2018-7273)A     flaw in 'arch/arm64/kernel/sys.c' in the Linux kernel     allows local users to bypass the 'strict page     permissions' protection mechanism and modify the     system-call table and, consequently, gain privileges by     leveraging write access.(CVE-2015-8967)The Linux kernel     before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before     2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not     properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW     register, which allows local users to gain privileges     via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug     28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug     CR561044.(CVE-2014-9870)A NULL pointer dereference     security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the     vcpu_scan_ioapic() function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. This     allows local users with certain privileges to cause a     denial of service via a crafted system call to the KVM     subsystem.(CVE-2018-19407)It was found that current     implementation of kl5kusb105 driver failed to detect     short transfers when attempting to read the line state     and logged the content of the uninitialized heap     transfer buffer.(CVE-2017-5549)

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3754-1 advisory.

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta     block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-10208)

    It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the ACPI implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory addresses).
    (CVE-2017-11472)

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the ACPI table parsing implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to construct a malicious ACPI table that, when loaded, caused a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11473)

    It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data     returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-14991)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the packet fanout implementation in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-15649)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the Ultra Wide Band driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     an error condition. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16526)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16527)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     audio buffer descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16529)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     interface association descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16531)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the usbtest device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     endpoint metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-16532)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB HID     descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16533)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB BOS     metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16535)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the Conexant cx231xx USB video capture driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate interface descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16536)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SoundGraph iMON USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2017-16537)

    It was discovered that the DM04/QQBOX USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle device     attachment and warm-start. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16538)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds read in the GTCO digitizer USB driver for the Linux kernel. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16643)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the video4linux driver for Hauppauge HD PVR USB devices in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle some error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16644)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IMS Passenger Control Unit USB driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate device descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16645)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the QMI WWAN USB driver did not properly validate device descriptors. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16650)

    It was discovered that the USB Virtual Host Controller Interface (VHCI) driver in the Linux kernel     contained an information disclosure vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-16911)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not validate endpoint     numbers. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16912)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     CMD_SUBMIT packets. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (excessive memory     consumption). (CVE-2017-16913)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a NULL pointer     dereference error. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16914)

    It was discovered that the core USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate the number of     configurations and interfaces in a device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-17558)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18255)

    It was discovered that the keyring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a user from     creating keyrings for other users. A local attacker could use this cause a denial of service or expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2017-18270)

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

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

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

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds access in the IPv6 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)     tunneling implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2017-5897)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the LLC subsytem in the Linux kernel did not properly set up a destructor     in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-6345)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered race conditions in the Infrared (IrDA) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2017-6348)

    Andy Lutomirski discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel was vulnerable to a debug     exception error when single-stepping through a syscall. A local attacker in a non-Linux guest vm could     possibly use this to gain administrative privileges in the guest vm. (CVE-2017-7518)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle certain long RPC replies. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7645)

    Pengfei Wang discovered that a race condition existed in the NXP SAA7164 TV Decoder driver for the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-8831)

    Pengfei Wang discovered that the Turtle Beach MultiSound audio device driver in the Linux kernel contained     race conditions when fetching from the ring-buffer. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (infinite loop). (CVE-2017-9984, CVE-2017-9985)

    It was discovered that the wait4() system call in the Linux kernel did not properly validate its arguments     in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10087)

    It was discovered that the kill() system call implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     its arguments in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10124)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     meta-data information. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted,     could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10323)

    Zhong Jiang discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NUMA memory policy     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10675)

    Wen Xu discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux     kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10877)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly keep meta-     data information consistent in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4     image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10881)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem     that caused a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem     that caused a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1093)

    It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an incorrect bounds check. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)

    Shankara Pailoor discovered that the JFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel contained a buffer     overflow when handling extended attributes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12233)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle an     error condition with a corrupted xfs image. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13094)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle setgid file creation when performed by a     non-member of the group. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2018-13405)

    Silvio Cesare discovered that the generic VESA frame buffer driver in the Linux kernel contained an     integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-13406)

    Daniel Jiang discovered that a race condition existed in the ipv4 ping socket implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-2671)

    It was discovered that an information leak existed in the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-1000204)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2018-10021)

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

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

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

    USN-3358-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04     LTS. Please note that this update changes the Linux HWE kernel to the 4.10 based kernel from Ubuntu 17.04,     superseding the 4.8 based HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10.

    Ben Harris discovered that the Linux kernel would strip extended privilege attributes of files when     performing a failed unprivileged system call. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2015-1350)

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta     block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-10208)

    Peter Pi discovered that the colormap handling for frame buffer devices in the Linux kernel contained an     integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2016-8405)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the InfiniBand RDMA over ethernet (RXE) transport     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8636)

    Vlad Tsyrklevich discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the VFIO PCI driver for the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker with access to a vfio PCI device file could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9083, CVE-2016-9084)

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

    It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not prevent     special internal keyrings from being joined by userspace keyrings. A privileged local attacker could use     this to bypass module verification. (CVE-2016-9604)

    Dmitry Vyukov, Andrey Konovalov, Florian Westphal, and Eric Dumazet discovered that the netfiler subsystem     in the Linux kernel mishandled IPv6 packet reassembly. A local user could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9755)

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

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

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated the VMXON     instruction. A local attacker in a guest OS could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) in the host OS. (CVE-2017-2596)

    It was discovered that SELinux in the Linux kernel did not properly handle empty writes to /proc/pid/attr.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-2618)

    Daniel Jiang discovered that a race condition existed in the ipv4 ping socket implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-2671)

    It was discovered that the freelist-randomization in the SLAB memory allocator allowed duplicate freelist     entries. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-5546)

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

    It was discovered that a fencepost error existed in the pipe_advance() function in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5550)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call on a tmpfs     filesystem. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated group privileges. (CVE-2017-5551)

    Murray McAllister discovered that an integer overflow existed in the VideoCore DRM driver of the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5576)

    Gareth Evans discovered that the shm IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict mapping     page zero. A local privileged attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5669)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds access in the IPv6 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)     tunneling implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2017-5897)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     invalid IP options in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5970)

    Di Shen discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain administrative privileges.
    (CVE-2017-6001)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle TCP packets with the URG flag. A     remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6214)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the LLC subsytem in the Linux kernel did not properly set up a destructor     in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-6345)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the AF_PACKET handling code in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-6346)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IP layer in the Linux kernel made improper assumptions about internal     data layout when performing checksums. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-6347)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered race conditions in the Infrared (IrDA) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2017-6348)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the generic SCSI (sg) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based     buffer overflow. A local attacker with access to an sg device could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7187)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver for     VMWare devices in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-7261)

    It was discovered that the USB Cypress HID drivers for the Linux kernel did not properly validate reported     information from the device. An attacker with physical access could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-7273)

    Eric Biggers discovered a memory leak in the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2017-7472)

    It was discovered that an information leak existed in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2017-7616)

    Sabrina Dubroca discovered that the asynchronous cryptographic hash (ahash) implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle a full request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (infinite recursion). (CVE-2017-7618)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle certain long RPC replies. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7645)

    Tommi Rantala and Brad Spengler discovered that the memory manager in the Linux kernel did not properly     enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism. A local attacker with access to /dev/mem could use     this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7889)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly check for the end of buffer. A remote attacker could use this to craft requests     that cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7895)

    It was discovered that an integer underflow existed in the Edgeport USB Serial Converter device driver of     the Linux kernel. An attacker with physical access could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2017-8924)

    It was discovered that the USB ZyXEL omni.net LCD PLUS driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     reference counting. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion).
    (CVE-2017-8925)

    Jann Horn discovered that bpf in Linux kernel does not restrict the output of the print_bpf_insn function.
    A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive address information. (CVE-2017-9150)

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

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

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

  - CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787     It was discovered that the performance events subsystem     does not properly manage locks during certain     migrations, allowing a local attacker to escalate     privileges. This can be mitigated by disabling     unprivileged use of performance events:sysctl     kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3

  - CVE-2016-8405     Peter Pi of Trend Micro discovered that the frame buffer     video subsystem does not properly check bounds while     copying color maps to userspace, causing a heap buffer     out-of-bounds read, leading to information disclosure.

  - CVE-2016-9191     CAI Qian discovered that reference counting is not     properly handled within proc_sys_readdir in the sysctl     implementation, allowing a local denial of service     (system hang) or possibly privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2017-2583     Xiaohan Zhang reported that KVM for amd64 does not     correctly emulate loading of a null stack selector. This     can be used by a user in a guest VM for denial of     service (on an Intel CPU) or to escalate privileges     within the VM (on an AMD CPU).

  - CVE-2017-2584     Dmitry Vyukov reported that KVM for x86 does not     correctly emulate memory access by the SGDT and SIDT     instructions, which can result in a use-after-free and     information leak.

  - CVE-2017-2596     Dmitry Vyukov reported that KVM leaks page references     when emulating a VMON for a nested hypervisor. This can     be used by a privileged user in a guest VM for denial of     service or possibly to gain privileges in the host.

  - CVE-2017-2618     It was discovered that an off-by-one in the handling of     SELinux attributes in /proc/pid/attr could result in     local denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-5549     It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial USB     device driver could log the contents of uninitialised     kernel memory, resulting in an information leak.

  - CVE-2017-5551     Jan Kara found that changing the POSIX ACL of a file on     tmpfs never cleared its set-group-ID flag, which should     be done if the user changing it is not a member of the     group-owner. In some cases, this would allow the     user-owner of an executable to gain the privileges of     the group-owner.

  - CVE-2017-5897     Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds read flaw     in the ip6gre_err function in the IPv6 networking code.

  - 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-2017-6001     Di Shen discovered a race condition between concurrent     calls to the performance events subsystem, allowing a     local attacker to escalate privileges. This flaw exists     because of an incomplete fix of CVE-2016-6786. This can     be mitigated by disabling unprivileged use of     performance events: sysctl kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3

  - CVE-2017-6074     Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free     vulnerability in the DCCP networking code, which could     result in denial of service or local privilege     escalation. On systems that do not already have the dccp     module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling     it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-dccp.conf install     dccp false

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

CVE-2014-9888

Russell King found that on ARM systems, memory allocated for DMA buffers was mapped with executable permission. This made it easier to exploit other vulnerabilities in the kernel.

CVE-2014-9895

Dan Carpenter found that the MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_LINKS ioctl on media devices resulted in an information leak.

CVE-2016-6786 / CVE-2016-6787

It was discovered that the performance events subsystem does not properly manage locks during certain migrations, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges. This can be mitigated by disabling unprivileged use of performance events: sysctl kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3

CVE-2016-8405

Peter Pi of Trend Micro discovered that the frame buffer video subsystem does not properly check bounds while copying color maps to userspace, causing a heap buffer out-of-bounds read, leading to information disclosure.

CVE-2017-5549

It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial USB device driver could log the contents of uninitialised kernel memory, resulting in an information leak.

CVE-2017-6001

Di Shen discovered a race condition between concurrent calls to the performance events subsystem, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges. This flaw exists because of an incomplete fix of CVE-2016-6786. This can be mitigated by disabling unprivileged use of performance events: sysctl kernel.perf_event_paranoid=3

CVE-2017-6074

Andrey Konovalov discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the DCCP networking code, which could result in denial of service or local privilege escalation. On systems that do not already have the dccp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-dccp.conf install dccp false

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.84-2.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 or earlier.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
290633	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001439)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
287922	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003278)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
286863	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-002993)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
221034	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-5549	Nessus	Misc.	medium
153271	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-2392)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
124826	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1503)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
112113	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3754-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
101929	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3361-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
97357	Debian DSA-3791-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
97332	Debian DLA-833-1 : linux security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
97323	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3208-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
97322	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3208-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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