The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the whole system.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001290 advisory.

    The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system.

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

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003232 advisory.

    The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system.

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

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-003056 advisory.

    The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system.

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

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

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

  - The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system. (CVE-2017-8797)

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

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

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

  - A reference counter leak in Linux kernel in     ipxitf_ioctl function was found which results in a use     after free vulnerability that's triggerable from     unprivileged userspace when IPX interface is     configured.(CVE-2017-7487)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where     filesystems mounted with data=ordered mode may allow an     attacker to read stale data from recently allocated     blocks in new files after a system 'reset' by abusing     ext4 mechanics of delayed allocation.(CVE-2017-7495)

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel, present     since v3.14-rc1 through v4.12. The race happens between     threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename()     while running the rename operation against the same     file. As a result of the race the next slab data or the     slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with     attacker-controlled data, which may lead to the     privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-7533)

  - Kernel memory corruption due to a buffer overflow was     found in brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx() function in Linux     kernels from v3.9-rc1 to v4.13-rc1. The vulnerability     can be triggered by sending a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME     packet via netlink. This flaw is unlikely to be     triggered remotely as certain userspace code is needed     for this. An unprivileged local user could use this     flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the system,     leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-7541)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability in     ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found. A local     attacker that has privileges (of CAP_NET_RAW) to open     raw socket can cause an infinite loop inside the     ip6_find_1stfragopt() function.(CVE-2017-7542)

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

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

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the     end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a     pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other     unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.(CVE-2017-7895)

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

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket     code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This     vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate     privileges.(CVE-2017-8824)

  - The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call. An     unprivileged local user could use this flaw to induce     kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a     crash. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-8890)

  - The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel 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 IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux     kernel does not consider that the nexthdr field may be     associated with an invalid option, which allows 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. Due to the nature     of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled     out, although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9074)

  - The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9075)

  - The IPv6 DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel     mishandles inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9076)

  - The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9077)

  - The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c     in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system     calls.(CVE-2017-9242)

  - The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function (accessible     via DRM_IOCTL_VMW_GB_SURFACE_CREATE) in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.11.4 defines a backup_handle variable     but does not give it an initial value. If one attempts     to create a GB surface, with a previously allocated DMA     buffer to be used as a backup buffer, the backup_handle     variable does not get written to and is then later     returned to user space, allowing local users to obtain     sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory     via a crafted ioctl call.(CVE-2017-9605)

  - In the Linux kernel versions 4.12, 3.10, 2.6, and     possibly earlier, a race condition vulnerability exists     in the sound system allowing for a potential deadlock     and memory corruption due to use-after-free condition     and thus denial of service. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2018-1000004)

  - The code in the drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c     file in the Linux kernel allow a physically proximate     attacker to cause a memory leak in the ATA command     queue and, thus, denial of service by triggering     certain failure conditions.(CVE-2018-10021)

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

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 :

  - An information-leak vulnerability was found in the     kernel when it truncated a file to a smaller size which     consisted of an inline extent that was compressed. The     data between the new file size and the old file size     was not discarded and the number of bytes used by the     inode were not correctly decremented, which gave the     wrong report for callers of the stat(2) syscall. This     wasted metadata space and allowed for the truncated     data to be leaked, and data corruption or loss to     occur. A caller of the clone ioctl could exploit this     flaw by using only standard file-system operations     without root access to read the truncated     data.(CVE-2015-8374i1/4%0

  - crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel, before 4.14.13,     mishandles freeing instances, allowing a local user     able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface     (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt     (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of service     (kfree of an incorrect pointer) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by executing a crafted     sequence of system calls. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-18075i1/4%0

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm     Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application     to execute arbitrary code within the context of the     kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first     requires compromising a privileged process. Product:
    Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-32835279.
    References: QC-CR#1096945.(CVE-2017-0523i1/4%0

  - The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.14 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a     certain sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability.(CVE-2017-8831i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice()     system call validated its parameters. On certain file     systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw     to write past the maximum file size, and thus crash the     system.(CVE-2014-7822i1/4%0

  - 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 does not set an     errno value upon certain overflow detections allowing     local users to cause a denial of service (incorrect     pointer dereference and OOPS) via inconsistent size     values in a VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call.(CVE-2017-5577i1/4%0

  - In fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.15, local users can cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) because a required     mutex is not used.(CVE-2017-18216i1/4%0

  - A race condition issue leading to a use-after-free flaw     was found in the way the raw packet sockets     implementation in the Linux kernel networking subsystem     handled synchronization while creating the TPACKET_V3     ring buffer. A local user able to open a raw packet     socket (requires the CAP_NET_RAW capability) could use     this flaw to elevate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2016-8655i1/4%0

  - An exploitable memory corruption flaw was found in the     Linux kernel. The append path can be erroneously     switched from UFO to non-UFO in ip_ufo_append_data()     when building an UFO packet with MSG_MORE option. If     unprivileged user namespaces are available, this flaw     can be exploited to gain root     privileges.(CVE-2017-1000112i1/4%0

  - A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way     that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after the     final file truncation (removal). The new file created     with the same inode may contain leftover pages from     cleancache and the old file data instead of the new     one.(CVE-2018-16862i1/4%0

  - arch/arm64/ include /asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel     before 3.15-rc5-next-20140519, as used in Android     before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X and 6P devices,     mishandles execute-only pages, which allows attackers     to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka     Android internal bug 28557020.(CVE-2014-9803i1/4%0

  - A heap-buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the     arcmsr_iop_message_xfer() function in     'drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c' file in the Linux     kernel through 4.8.2. The function does not restrict a     certain length field, which allows local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code. This can     potentially cause kernel heap corruption and arbitrary     kernel code execution.(CVE-2016-7425i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before     4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in     drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to     obtain sensitive kernel address information by     leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev     and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl     call.(CVE-2018-20511i1/4%0

  - A memory leak in the irda_bind function in     net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.16,     allows local users to cause a denial of service due to     a memory consumption by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA     socket.(CVE-2018-6554i1/4%0

  - sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1     employs a locking approach that does not consider slave     timer instances, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (race condition, use-after-free, and     system crash) via a crafted ioctl     call.(CVE-2016-2547i1/4%0

  - Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function     in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6     allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the     host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid     memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item     data.(CVE-2014-0049i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the F2FS filesystem code in     the Linux kernel in fs/f2fs/inode.c. A denial of     service due to a slab out-of-bounds read can occur for     a crafted f2fs filesystem image in which FI_EXTRA_ATTR     is set in an inode.(CVE-2018-13098i1/4%0

  - 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-2017-5970i1/4%0

  - In the Linux kernel's vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl()     function, in 'drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c'     file, a 'req-i1/4zmip_levels' is a user-controlled value     which is later used as a loop count limit. This allows     local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service by     a kernel lockup via a crafted ioctl call for a     '/dev/dri/renderD*' device.(CVE-2017-7346i1/4%0

  - It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel     did not properly validate layout type when processing     NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to soft-lockup the     system and thus cause denial of     service.(CVE-2017-8797i1/4%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 OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2018-0015 for details.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0174 for details.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2669 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * A race condition was found in the Linux kernel, present since v3.14-rc1 through v4.12. The race happens     between threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename() while running the rename operation against the     same file. As a result of the race the next slab data or the slab's free list pointer can be corrupted     with attacker-controlled data, which may lead to the privilege escalation. (CVE-2017-7533, Important)

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

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

    CVE-2017-8797 CVE-2015-8839 CVE-2016-9576 CVE-2016-7042 CVE-2016-7097 CVE-2016-8645 CVE-2016-9576     CVE-2016-9806 CVE-2016-10088 CVE-2017-2671 CVE-2017-5970 CVE-2017-6001 CVE-2017-6951 CVE-2017-7187     CVE-2017-7889 CVE-2017-8890 CVE-2017-9074 CVE-2017-8890 CVE-2017-9075 CVE-2017-8890 CVE-2017-9076     CVE-2017-8890 CVE-2017-9077 CVE-2016-9604 CVE-2016-9685

    Documentation for these issues are available from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References     section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Leilei Lin (Alibaba Group), Fan Wu (The University of Hong Kong), and Shixiong     Zhao (The University of Hong Kong) for reporting CVE-2017-7533 and Marco Grassi for reporting     CVE-2016-8645. The CVE-2016-7042 issue was discovered by Ondrej Kozina (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-7097 issue     was discovered by Andreas Gruenbacher (Red Hat) and Jan Kara (SUSE); the CVE-2016-9604 issue was     discovered by David Howells (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-9685 issue was discovered by Qian Cai (Red Hat).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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

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

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Changes :

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

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

Bug Fix(es) :

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

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

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

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

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2017-1842 advisory.

  - The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not require the     CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for do_remount_sb calls that change the root filesystem to read-only, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by making certain unshare system     calls, clearing the / MNT_LOCKED flag, and making an MNT_FORCE umount system call. (CVE-2014-7975)

  - The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2, when the GNU     Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout     data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading     the /proc/keys file. (CVE-2016-7042)

  - Race condition in the netlink_dump function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.6.3     allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted application that makes sendmsg system calls, leading to a free operation associated with a     new dump that started earlier than anticipated. (CVE-2016-9806)

  - The blk_rq_map_user_iov function in block/blk-map.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 does not properly     restrict the type of iterator, which allows local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel memory     locations or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg device.
    (CVE-2016-9576)

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

  - The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program     with restrictions on execute permissions. (CVE-2016-7097)

  - 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)

  - crypto/mcryptd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and system crash) by using an AF_ALG socket with an incompatible algorithm, as     demonstrated by mcryptd(md5). (CVE-2016-10147)

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

  - The 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)

  - The TCP stack in the Linux kernel before 4.8.10 mishandles skb truncation, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application that makes sendto system calls, related     to net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c and net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c. (CVE-2016-8645)

  - 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 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)

  - The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call. (CVE-2017-8890)

  - The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-9077)

  - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly     interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.
    (CVE-2014-7970)

  - crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.2 does not verify that a setkey operation has been     performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system call is processed, which allows 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. (CVE-2015-8970)

  - Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel before 4.8.14 allows 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. (CVE-2016-10200)

  - fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9 does not restrict how many mounts may exist in a mount     namespace, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and deadlock) via     MS_BIND mount system calls, as demonstrated by a loop that triggers exponential growth in the number of     mounts. (CVE-2016-6213)

  - 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 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 keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.79 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call     for the dead type. (CVE-2017-6951)

  - 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)

  - 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 IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the     nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-9074)

  - The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-9076)

  - The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls. (CVE-2017-9242)

  - Multiple race conditions in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allow local     users to cause a denial of service (disk corruption) by writing to a page that is associated with a     different user's file after unsynchronized hole punching and page-fault handling. (CVE-2015-8839)

  - Multiple memory leaks in error paths in fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allow     local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XFS filesystem operations.
    (CVE-2016-9685)

  - The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when     processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This     type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array     index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the     whole system. (CVE-2017-8797)

  - The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. (CVE-2017-9075)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2077 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Additional Changes:

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1842 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Additional Changes:

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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

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

  - The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel compiled with     CONFIG_NFSD_PNFS enabled does not properly validate     layout type when processing NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and     GETDEVICEINFO operands. The attack payload fits to     single one-way UDP packet. The provided input value is     used for array dereferencing. This may lead to a remote     DoS of [knfsd] and so to a soft-lockup of a whole     system.

  - A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel allocates heap     memory to build the scattergather list from a fragment     list(skb_shinfo(skb)->frag_list) in the socket     buffer(skb_buff). The heap overflow occurred if     'MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1' parameter and 'NETIF_F_FRAGLIST'     feature are both used together. A remote user or     process could use this flaw to potentially escalate     their privilege on a system.

  - A vulnerability was found in the implementation of     setsockopt() operations in the Linux kernel. A     privileged user inside a container could cause a DoS     attack on the host (kernel deadlock in ip_ra_control()     function) using a specially crafted sequence of system     calls.

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

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

  - The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel compiled with     CONFIG_NFSD_PNFS enabled does not properly validate     layout type when processing NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and     GETDEVICEINFO operands. The attack payload fits to     single one-way UDP packet. The provided input value is     used for array dereferencing. This may lead to a remote     DoS of [knfsd] and so to a soft-lockup of a whole     system.

  - A vulnerability was found in the implementation of     setsockopt() operations in the Linux kernel. A     privileged user inside a container could cause a DoS     attack on the host (kernel deadlock in ip_ra_control()     function) using a specially crafted sequence of system     calls.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
290275	Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001290)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
287332	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003232)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
286848	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003056)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
221432	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-8797	Nessus	Misc.	high
124827	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1504)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
124806	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1482)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
106469	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0015) (BlueBorne) (Meltdown) (Spectre) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
105248	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0174) (BlueBorne) (Dirty COW) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
103046	RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2669)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102774	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0145) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	critical
102734	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2017:1842) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
102645	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20170801)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
102349	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2437)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102281	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2017-1842)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
102151	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2017:2077)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
102143	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:1842)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
101234	Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-063)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high
101233	Virtuozzo 7 : readykernel-patch (VZA-2017-062)	Nessus	Virtuozzo Local Security Checks	high

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