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.

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.

  - The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly     validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-     of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image. (CVE-2016-10208)

  - The acpi_ns_terminate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 does not     flush the operand cache and causes a kernel stack dump, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism (in the kernel through 4.9) via a     crafted ACPI table. (CVE-2017-11472)

  - Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table. (CVE-2017-11473)

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain     sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl     call for /dev/sg0. (CVE-2017-14991)

  - net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows 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. (CVE-2017-15649)

  - drivers/uwb/uwbd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB     device. (CVE-2017-16526)

  - sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (snd_usb_mixer_interrupt use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16527)

  - The snd_usb_create_streams function in sound/usb/card.c 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 impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16529)

  - drivers/usb/core/config.c 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 impact via a crafted USB     device, related to the USB_DT_INTERFACE_ASSOCIATION descriptor. (CVE-2017-16531)

  - The get_endpoints function in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.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-2017-16532)

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

  - The usb_get_bos_descriptor function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.10 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-2017-16535)

  - The cx231xx_usb_probe function in drivers/media/usb/cx231xx/cx231xx-cards.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-2017-16536)

  - 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)

  - drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing     (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner). (CVE-2017-16538)

  - 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)

  - The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16644)

  - The ims_pcu_get_cdc_union_desc function in drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel through     4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data out-of-bounds read and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16645)

  - The qmi_wwan_bind function in drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-16650)

  - The vhci_hcd driver in the Linux Kernel before version 4.14.8 and 4.4.114 allows allows local attackers to     disclose kernel memory addresses. Successful exploitation requires that a USB device is attached over IP.
    (CVE-2017-16911)

  - The get_pipe() function (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_rx.c) in the Linux Kernel before version 4.14.8, 4.9.71,     and 4.4.114 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a specially crafted USB     over IP packet. (CVE-2017-16912)

  - The stub_recv_cmd_submit() function (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_rx.c) in the Linux Kernel before version     4.14.8, 4.9.71, and 4.4.114 when handling CMD_SUBMIT packets allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (arbitrary memory allocation) via a specially crafted USB over IP packet. (CVE-2017-16913)

  - The stub_send_ret_submit() function (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_tx.c) in the Linux Kernel before version     4.14.8, 4.9.71, 4.1.49, and 4.4.107 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference) via a specially crafted USB over IP packet. (CVE-2017-16914)

  - The usb_destroy_configuration function in drivers/usb/core/config.c in the USB core subsystem in the Linux     kernel through 4.14.5 does not consider the maximum number of configurations and interfaces before     attempting to release resources, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     write access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device. (CVE-2017-17558)

  - 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 load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     improperly emulates a MOV SS, NULL selector instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial     of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2017-2583)

  - 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)

  - The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.8 is too late in obtaining a     certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a     socket system call. (CVE-2017-2671)

  - The 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)

  - 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)

  - The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 does not ensure that a certain destructor exists in     required circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted system calls. (CVE-2017-6345)

  - The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages     lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on     IrDA devices. (CVE-2017-6348)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before version 4.12 in the way the KVM module processed the trap     flag(TF) bit in EFLAGS during emulation of the syscall instruction, which leads to a debug exception(#DB)     being raised in the guest stack. A user/process inside a guest could use this flaw to potentially escalate     their privileges inside the guest. Linux guests are not affected by this. (CVE-2017-7518)

  - The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows 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. (CVE-2017-7645)

  - The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5     allows 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.
    (CVE-2017-8831)

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

  - The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7     allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a     double fetch vulnerability. (CVE-2017-9985)

  - Linux Kernel version 3.18 to 4.16 incorrectly handles an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with     dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp. This may lead to copying up to 1000 kernel     heap pages to the userspace. This has been fixed upstream in     https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 already. The problem has     limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the     Nero user manual suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible. NOTE: third parties     dispute the relevance of this report, noting that the requirement for an attacker to have both the     CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO capabilities makes it virtually impossible to exploit. (CVE-2018-1000204)

  - drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16 allows local users to cause a denial     of service (ata qc leak) by triggering certain failure conditions. NOTE: a third party disputes the     relevance of this report because the failure can only occur for physically proximate attackers who unplug     SAS Host Bus Adapter cables (CVE-2018-10021)

  - The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, when an unspecified     architecture and compiler is used, might allow local users to cause a denial of service by triggering an     attempted use of the -INT_MIN value. (CVE-2018-10087)

  - The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, when an unspecified     architecture and compiler is used, might allow local users to cause a denial of service via an INT_MIN     argument. (CVE-2018-10124)

  - The xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.3     allows local users to cause a denial of service (xfs_bmapi_write NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted     xfs image. (CVE-2018-10323)

  - The do_get_mempolicy function in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system     calls. (CVE-2018-10675)

  - Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function     when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10877)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in     ext4_get_group_info function, a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a     crafted ext4 filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10881)

  - The ext4_iget function in fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 mishandles the case of a     root directory with a zero i_links_count, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (ext4_process_freed_data NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ext4 image. (CVE-2018-1092)

  - The ext4_valid_block_bitmap function in fs/ext4/balloc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image     because balloc.c and ialloc.c do not validate bitmap block numbers. (CVE-2018-1093)

  - The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows     local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out     kernel memory. (CVE-2018-10940)

  - 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)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. An OOPS may     occur for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp. (CVE-2018-13094)

  - The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16 allows local users to create     files with an unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a directory is SGID to a certain group and     is writable by a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the non-member can trigger creation of a     plain file whose group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was that the non-member can trigger     creation of a directory (but not a plain file) whose group ownership is that group. The non-member can     escalate privileges by making the plain file executable and SGID. (CVE-2018-13405)

  - 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)

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.

  - The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr     operations that underspecifies removing extended privilege attributes, which allows 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. (CVE-2015-1350)

  - The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 does not properly     validate meta block groups, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-     of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image. (CVE-2016-10208)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability in kernel components including the ION subsystem, Binder, USB     driver and networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its     permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged     process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31651010. (CVE-2016-8405)

  - Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.9.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption), obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a write or read request     involving the RDMA protocol over infiniband (aka Soft RoCE) technology. (CVE-2016-8636)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 allows local users to bypass integer     overflow checks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact, by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file for a VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctl call, aka a state machine     confusion bug. (CVE-2016-9083)

  - drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_intrs.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 misuses the kzalloc function, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or have unspecified other impact by     leveraging access to a vfio PCI device file. (CVE-2016-9084)

  - The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container     environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity. (CVE-2016-9191)

  - It was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.11-rc8 that root can gain direct access to an internal     keyring, such as '.dns_resolver' in RHEL-7 or '.builtin_trusted_keys' upstream, by joining it as its     session keyring. This allows root to bypass module signature verification by adding a new public key of     its own devising to the keyring. (CVE-2016-9604)

  - The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9 mishandles IPv6 reassembly, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, out-of-bounds write, and GPF) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted application that makes socket, connect, and writev system calls,     related to net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c and net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_defrag_ipv6_hooks.c.
    (CVE-2016-9755)

  - The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     improperly emulates a MOV SS, NULL selector instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial     of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2017-2583)

  - 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)

  - The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.8 improperly     emulates the VMXON instruction, which allows KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references. (CVE-2017-2596)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files     before 4.9.10. An empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by causing the system to attempt to     access unmapped kernel memory. (CVE-2017-2618)

  - The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.8 is too late in obtaining a     certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a     socket system call. (CVE-2017-2671)

  - The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a     random number. (CVE-2017-5546)

  - 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)

  - Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic     circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect buffer-release decision. (CVE-2017-5550)

  - The simple_set_acl function in fs/posix_acl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.6 preserves the setgid bit     during a setxattr call involving a tmpfs filesystem, which allows local users to gain group privileges by     leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-7097. (CVE-2017-5551)

  - Integer overflow in the vc4_get_bcl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c in the VideoCore DRM driver     in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted size value in a VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call. (CVE-2017-5576)

  - 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, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-5669)

  - 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)

  - The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system     calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options. (CVE-2017-5970)

  - Race condition in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted application that makes concurrent perf_event_open system calls for moving a     software group into a hardware context. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for     CVE-2016-6786. (CVE-2017-6001)

  - The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the     URG flag. (CVE-2017-6214)

  - The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 does not ensure that a certain destructor exists in     required circumstances, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted system calls. (CVE-2017-6345)

  - Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded     application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls. (CVE-2017-6346)

  - The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.1 has     incorrect expectations about skb data layout, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, as demonstrated by     use of the MSG_MORE flag in conjunction with loopback UDP transmission. (CVE-2017-6347)

  - The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages     lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on     IrDA devices. (CVE-2017-6348)

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.4 allows local users to cause     a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large     command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write     function. (CVE-2017-7187)

  - The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.10.5 does not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-7261)

  - The cp_report_fixup function in drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c in the Linux kernel 3.2 and 4.x before 4.9.4     allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted HID report. (CVE-2017-7273)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.10.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls.
    (CVE-2017-7472)

  - Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by     triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation. (CVE-2017-7616)

  - crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API     operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.
    (CVE-2017-7618)

  - The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.11 allows 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. (CVE-2017-7645)

  - The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM     protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first     megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file,     related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c. (CVE-2017-7889)

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lack certain checks for the     end of a buffer, which allows remote attackers to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted requests, related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.
    (CVE-2017-7895)

  - The edge_bulk_in_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows     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. (CVE-2017-8924)

  - 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)

  - The do_check function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not make the     allow_ptr_leaks value available for restricting the output of the print_bpf_insn function, which allows     local users to obtain sensitive address information via crafted bpf system calls. (CVE-2017-9150)

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.

  - The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary     kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576. (CVE-2016-10088)

  - The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container     environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity. (CVE-2016-9191)

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

  - The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     improperly emulates a MOV SS, NULL selector instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial     of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2017-2583)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.11 mishandles     DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allows local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that makes an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     setsockopt system call. (CVE-2017-6074)

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.

  - The sg implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.9 does not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary     kernel memory locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an     incomplete fix for CVE-2016-9576. (CVE-2016-10088)

  - The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.11 mishandles certain drain operations,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container     environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity. (CVE-2016-9191)

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

  - The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5     improperly emulates a MOV SS, NULL selector instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial     of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2017-2583)

  - 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)

  - 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)

  - The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.11 mishandles     DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allows local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that makes an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     setsockopt system call. (CVE-2017-6074)

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
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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CVE-2017-5549

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