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.

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

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

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

  - The timer_create syscall implementation in     kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel doesn't     properly validate the sigevent-i1/4zsigev_notify field,     which leads to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer     function.(CVE-2017-18344)

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

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

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

  - A flaw was found that can be triggered in     keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type-i1/4zmatch     is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges.(CVE-2017-2647)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - drivers/hid/hid-zpff.c in the Human Interface Device     (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when     CONFIG_HID_ZEROPLUS is enabled, allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service     (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted     device.(CVE-2013-2889i1/4%0

  - The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel     before 3.14.8 does not properly consider that     namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allows     local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by     first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by     setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership     of root.(CVE-2014-4014i1/4%0

  - The function drivers/usb/core/config.c in the Linux     kernel, 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-2017-16531i1/4%0

  - The snd_timer_interrupt function in sound/core/timer.c     in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 does not properly     maintain a certain linked list, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition and     system crash) via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-2545i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel where the deletion     of a file or directory could trigger an unmount and     reveal data under a mount point. This flaw was     inadvertently introduced with the new feature of being     able to lazily unmount a mount tree when using file     system user namespaces.(CVE-2015-4176i1/4%0

  - The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel,     through 4.9.12, does not restrict the address     calculated by a certain rounding operation. This allows     privileged local users to map page zero and,     consequently, bypass a protection mechanism that exists     for the mmap system call. This is possible by making     crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged     context.(CVE-2017-5669i1/4%0

  - In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the     Linux kernel, before 4.13, local users can cause a     denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences     in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and     hns_nic_net_xmit.(CVE-2017-18218i1/4%0

  - The ioapic_deliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate     the kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic return value, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     crash) via a crafted entry in the redirection table of     an I/O APIC. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the     ioapic_service function before the vulnerability was     announced.(CVE-2014-0155i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto     subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules.
    A local user could use this flaw to load any installed     kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of     the running kernel.(CVE-2013-7421i1/4%0

  - Off-by-one error in the get_prng_bytes function in     crypto/ansi_cprng.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4     makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to     defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via multiple     requests for small amounts of data, leading to improper     management of the state of the consumed     data.(CVE-2013-4345i1/4%0

  - sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1     uses an incorrect type of mutex, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition,     use-after-free, and system crash) via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-2546i1/4%0

  - 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-2018-10675i1/4%0

  - A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation     for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly     maintain a count value, which allow local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast     Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the     chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using     certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including     longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical     Kernel Team) builds.(CVE-2015-3332i1/4%0

  - It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function     in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did     not properly handle page locking in certain cases,     which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in     the mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-3122i1/4%0

  - The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in     the Linux kernel, before 4.11, allows local users to     cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation     failure.(CVE-2018-7480i1/4%0

  - The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in     sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference or double free, and system crash) via a     crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2184i1/4%0

  - The etm_setup_aux function in     drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the     Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a     denial of service (panic) because a parameter is     incorrectly used as a local variable.(CVE-2018-11232i1/4%0

  - A division-by-zero in set_termios(), when debugging is     enabled, was found in the Linux kernel. When the     [io_ti] driver is loaded, a local unprivileged attacker     can request incorrect high transfer speed in the     change_port_settings() in the     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c so that the divisor value     becomes zero and causes a system crash resulting in a     denial of service.(CVE-2017-18360i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found where the XFS filesystem code     mishandles a user-settable inode flag in the Linux     kernel prior to 4.14-rc1. This can cause a local denial     of service via a kernel panic.(CVE-2017-14340i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in     drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers     to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long     to int interferes with bounds     checking.(CVE-2018-18710i1/4%0

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3583-1 advisory.

  - A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream Linux file system. Product: Android. Versions:
    Android kernel. Android ID: A-36817013. (CVE-2017-0750)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows     attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2017-0861)

  - The Linux Kernel 2.6.32 and later are affected by a denial of service, by flooding the diagnostic port     0x80 an exception can be triggered leading to a kernel panic. (CVE-2017-1000407)

  - A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the     Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a     Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in     a NULL pointer dereference and system crash. (CVE-2017-12153)

  - The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do     unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page.
    The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a     memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk     is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition. (CVE-2017-12190)

  - The keyctl_read_key function in security/keys/keyctl.c in the Key Management subcomponent in the Linux     kernel before 4.13.5 does not properly consider that a key may be possessed but negatively instantiated,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via a crafted KEYCTL_READ     operation. (CVE-2017-12192)

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

  - The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective     uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable     despite ASLR. (CVE-2017-14140)

  - The atyfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 does     not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory by reading locations associated with padding bytes. (CVE-2017-14156)

  - The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging incorrect length validation.
    (CVE-2017-14489)

  - The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local     users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a     write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2017-15102)

  - The sctp_do_peeloff function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14 does not check whether     the intended netns is used in a peel-off action, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
    (CVE-2017-15115)

  - security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.5 does not consider the case of a NULL payload in     conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2017-12192. (CVE-2017-15274)

  - The bnep_add_connection function in net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 does not     ensure that an l2cap socket is available, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted     application. (CVE-2017-15868)

  - The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before     4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.
    (CVE-2017-16525)

  - net/netfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     for add_callback and remove_callback operations, which allows local users to bypass intended access     restrictions because the xt_osf_fingers data structure is shared across all net namespaces.
    (CVE-2017-17450)

  - The HMAC implementation (crypto/hmac.c) in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not validate that the     underlying cryptographic hash algorithm is unkeyed, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based     hash interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH) and the SHA-3 hash algorithm (CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA3) to cause a     kernel stack buffer overflow by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that encounter a missing     SHA-3 initialization. (CVE-2017-17806)

  - The tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11, and 4.9.x     before 4.9.36, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory corruption)     or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the presence of xt_TCPMSS in an iptables action.
    (CVE-2017-18017)

  - 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)

  - Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow     unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis     of the data cache. (CVE-2017-5754)

  - The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.3 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open     a raw socket. (CVE-2017-7542)

  - 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 dccp_disconnect function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.3 allows local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via an AF_UNSPEC connect system call during     the DCCP_LISTEN state. (CVE-2017-8824)

  - In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_cmsg_atomic function in net/rds/rdma.c mishandles cases where     page pinning fails or an invalid address is supplied, leading to an rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer     dereference. (CVE-2018-5333)

  - In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact. (CVE-2018-5344)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or     possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options     (bsc#1024938)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-9074: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in     the Linux kernel did not consider that the nexthdr field     may be associated with an invalid option, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via crafted socket and send system calls (bnc#1039882).

  - CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bsc#1039883).

  - CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in     net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bnc#1039885).

  - CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bsc#1040069).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0145 for details.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3609 advisory.

  - The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS guest users     to corrupt block device data streams and consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause a denial     of service, or gain host OS privileges by leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation.
    (CVE-2017-12134)

  - The Linux Kernel imposes a size restriction on the arguments and environmental strings passed through     RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the size), but does not take the argument and environment pointers into     account, which allows attackers to bypass this limitation. This affects Linux Kernel versions 4.11.5 and     earlier. It appears that this feature was introduced in the Linux Kernel version 2.6.23.
    (CVE-2017-1000365)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

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

  - Improved support for Hyper-V

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - Revert 'fix minor infoleak in get_user_ex' (Brian Maly)     [Orabug: 25790392] (CVE-2016-9644)

  - net: ping: check minimum size on ICMP header length     (Kees Cook) [Orabug: 25766911] (CVE-2016-8399)

  - ipv6: stop sending PTB packets for MTU < 1280 (Hagen     Paul Pfeifer) [Orabug: 25765776] (CVE-2016-10142)

  - sg_write/bsg_write is not fit to be called under     KERNEL_DS (Al Viro) [Orabug: 25765445] (CVE-2016-10088)

  - scsi: sg: check length passed to SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN (peter     chang) [Orabug: 25751996] (CVE-2017-7187)

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3567 advisory.

  - The __rds_conn_create function in net/rds/connection.c in the Linux kernel through 4.2.3 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by using a socket that was not properly bound. (CVE-2015-6937)

  - 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)

  - 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 xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not     validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-     image-* package 4.8.0.41.52. (CVE-2017-7184)

  - Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded     application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state. (CVE-2017-5986)

  - 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 vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.5 allows local users     to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers     permanent file-descriptor allocation. (CVE-2015-6252)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain     match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c. (CVE-2017-2647)

  - drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the     correct ID of CVE-2015-8320. (CVE-2015-5257)

  - The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in     endpoint. (CVE-2016-2782)

  - 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)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3566 advisory.

  - 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)

  - 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 xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not     validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-     image-* package 4.8.0.41.52. (CVE-2017-7184)

  - 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)

  - Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded     application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state. (CVE-2017-5986)

  - 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 vhost_dev_ioctl function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 4.1.5 allows local users     to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl call that triggers     permanent file-descriptor allocation. (CVE-2015-6252)

  - The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain     match field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function in keyring.c. (CVE-2017-2647)

  - drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.4 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device. NOTE: this ID was incorrectly used for an Apache Cordova issue that has the     correct ID of CVE-2015-8320. (CVE-2015-5257)

  - The treo_attach function in drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by inserting a USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in     endpoint. (CVE-2016-2782)

  - 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)

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new features :

  - Toleration of newer crypto hardware for z Systems

  - USB 2.0 Link power management for Haswell-ULT The     following security bugs were fixed :

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or     possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options     (bsc#1024938).

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2015-3288: mm/memory.c in the Linux kernel     mishandled anonymous pages, which allowed local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service (page     tainting) via a crafted application that triggers     writing to page zero (bsc#979021).

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux     kernel did not verify that a setkey operation has been     performed on an AF_ALG socket an accept system call is     processed, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted application that does not supply a key,     related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c     (bsc#1008374).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or     possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options     (bnc#1024938).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  - 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 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 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)

  - Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.1 allows local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free)     by setting the HDLC line discipline.(CVE-2017-2636)

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

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

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

  - 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 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 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)

  - 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.(CVE-2017-6001)

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-3265-2 advisory.

  - 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 the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded     application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state. (CVE-2017-5986)

  - 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)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being     used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
    (CVE-2017-7374)

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-3265-1 advisory.

  - 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 the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded     application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state. (CVE-2017-5986)

  - 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)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being     used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
    (CVE-2017-7374)

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

Possible double free in stcp_sendmsg() (incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986) :

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

Reachable BUG_ON from userspace in sctp_wait_for_sndbuf :

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

Shmat allows mmap null page protection bypass :

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

The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.39 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

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

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

  - CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in     net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not     validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE     update, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based     out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition     at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-*     package 4.8.0.41.52 (bnc#1030573).

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

  - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting     the HDLC line discipline (bnc#1027565).

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

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

  - CVE-2017-6347: The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel has incorrect     expectations about skb data layout, which allowed 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     (bnc#1027179).

  - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did     not properly restrict association peel-off operations     during certain wait states, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double     free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for     CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1025235).

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

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

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

  - CVE-2017-2596: The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel improperly     emulates the VMXON instruction, which allowed KVM L1     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of     page references (bnc#1022785).

  - CVE-2017-2583: The load_segment_descriptor     implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel improperly emulates a 'MOV SS, NULL selector'     instruction, which allowed guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain guest OS     privileges via a crafted application (bnc#1020602).

  - CVE-2017-2584: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel allowed 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 (bnc#1019851).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - Fix kABI breakage of musb struct in 4.1.39 (stable     4.1.39).

  - Revert 'ptrace: Capture the ptracer's creds not     PT_PTRACE_CAP' (stable 4.1.39).

  - ext4: fix fencepost in s_first_meta_bg validation     (bsc#1029986).

  - ext4: validate s_first_meta_bg at mount time     (bsc#1023377).

  - kabi/severities: Ignore x86/kvm kABI changes for 4.1.39

  - l2tp: fix address test in __l2tp_ip6_bind_lookup()     (bsc#1028415).

  - l2tp: fix lookup for sockets not bound to a device in     l2tp_ip (bsc#1028415).

  - l2tp: fix racy socket lookup in l2tp_ip and l2tp_ip6     bind() (bsc#1028415).

  - l2tp: hold socket before dropping lock in l2tp_ip(,     6)_recv() (bsc#1028415).

  - l2tp: lock socket before checking flags in connect()     (bsc#1028415).

  - mm/huge_memory.c: respect FOLL_FORCE/FOLL_COW for thp     (bsc#1030118).

This is an update containing several CVE and other bug fixes,

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This is an update containing several CVE and other misc fixes

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

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

CVE-2016-9588

Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation for Intel x86 processors does not properly handle #BP and #OF exceptions in an L2 (nested) virtual machine. A local attacker in an L2 guest VM can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service for the L1 guest VM.

CVE-2017-2636

Alexander Popov discovered a race condition flaw in the n_hdlc line discipline that can lead to a double free. A local unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw for privilege escalation. On systems that do not already have the n_hdlc module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-n_hdlc.conf install n_hdlc false

CVE-2017-5669

Gareth Evans reported that privileged users can map memory at address 0 through the shmat() system call. This could make it easier to exploit other kernel security vulnerabilities via a set-UID program.

CVE-2017-5986

Alexander Popov reported a race condition in the SCTP implementation that can be used by local users to cause a denial of service (crash).
The initial fix for this was incorrect and introduced further security issues (CVE-2017-6353). This update includes a later fix that avoids those. On systems that do not already have the sctp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf install sctp false

CVE-2017-6214

Dmitry Vyukov reported a bug in the TCP implementation's handling of urgent data in the splice() system call. This can be used by a remote attacker for denial of service (hang) against applications that read from TCP sockets with splice().

CVE-2017-6345

Andrey Konovalov reported that the LLC type 2 implementation incorrectly assigns socket buffer ownership. This might be usable by a local user to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or privilege escalation. On systems that do not already have the llc2 module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling it: echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-llc2.conf install llc2 false

CVE-2017-6346

Dmitry Vyukov reported a race condition in the raw packet (af_packet) fanout feature. Local users with the CAP_NET_RAW capability (in any user namespace) can use this for denial of service and possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2017-6348

Dmitry Vyukov reported that the general queue implementation in the IrDA subsystem does not properly manage multiple locks, possibly allowing local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 3.2.86-1.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.16.39-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

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

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

  - CVE-2016-9588     Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation for     Intel x86 processors does not properly handle #BP and     #OF exceptions in an L2 (nested) virtual machine. A     local attacker in an L2 guest VM can take advantage of     this flaw to cause a denial of service for the L1 guest     VM.

  - CVE-2017-2636     Alexander Popov discovered a race condition flaw in the     n_hdlc line discipline that can lead to a double free. A     local unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw     for privilege escalation. On systems that do not already     have the n_hdlc module loaded, this can be mitigated by     disabling it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-n_hdlc.conf     install n_hdlc false

  - CVE-2017-5669     Gareth Evans reported that privileged users can map     memory at address 0 through the shmat() system call.
    This could make it easier to exploit other kernel     security vulnerabilities via a set-UID program.

  - CVE-2017-5986     Alexander Popov reported a race condition in the SCTP     implementation that can be used by local users to cause     a denial-of-service (crash). The initial fix for this     was incorrect and introduced further security issues (     CVE-2017-6353 ). This update includes a later fix that     avoids those. On systems that do not already have the     sctp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling     it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf install     sctp false

  - CVE-2017-6214     Dmitry Vyukov reported a bug in the TCP implementation's     handling of urgent data in the splice() system call.
    This can be used by a remote attacker for     denial-of-service (hang) against applications that read     from TCP sockets with splice().

  - CVE-2017-6345     Andrey Konovalov reported that the LLC type 2     implementation incorrectly assigns socket buffer     ownership. This can be used by a local user to cause a     denial-of-service (crash). On systems that do not     already have the llc2 module loaded, this can be     mitigated by disabling it:echo >>     /etc/modprobe.d/disable-llc2.conf install llc2 false

  - CVE-2017-6346     Dmitry Vyukov reported a race condition in the raw     packet (af_packet) fanout feature. Local users with the     CAP_NET_RAW capability (in any user namespace) can use     this for denial-of-service and possibly for privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2017-6348     Dmitry Vyukov reported that the general queue     implementation in the IrDA subsystem does not properly     manage multiple locks, possibly allowing local users to     cause a denial-of-service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124825	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1502)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124795	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1471)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
107003	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3583-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
103354	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
102774	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0145) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
102773	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3609)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
101929	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3361-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
100320	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
100238	OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0106)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
100237	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0105)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
100235	Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3567)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
100234	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3566)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
100214	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
100150	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
99902	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1057)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
99901	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2017-1056)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
99658	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3265-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
99657	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3265-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
99418	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-814)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
99157	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-419)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
97677	Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-387ff46a66)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
97675	Fedora 24 : kernel (2017-2e1f3694b2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
97640	Debian DLA-849-1 : linux security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
97615	Debian DSA-3804-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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