An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001548 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.

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-2026-003086 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.

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-2026-003389 advisory.

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.

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.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.
    (CVE-2018-14616)

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4118-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-13053)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode     validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13098, CVE-2018-13099,     CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14615, CVE-2018-14616)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14609, CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611,     CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613)

    Wen Xu discovered that the HFS+ filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     malformed catalog data in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious HFS+ image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14617)

    Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov discovered that the cleancache subsystem of the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize new files in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2018-16862)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the Option USB High Speed driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata received from the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-19985)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     size checks when handling an extra USB descriptor. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-20169)

    Zhipeng Xie discovered that an infinite loop could be triggered in the CFS Linux kernel process scheduler.
    A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20784)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel     when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20856)

    Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange in some situations. An     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5383)

    It was discovered that the Intel Wi-Fi device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain     Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS). A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (Wi-Fi disconnect). (CVE-2019-0136)

    It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the     Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-10126)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth UART implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     missing tty operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-10207)

    Amit Klein and Benny Pinkas discovered that the Linux kernel did not sufficiently randomize IP ID values     generated for connectionless networking protocols. A remote attacker could use this to track particular     Linux devices. (CVE-2019-10638)

    Amit Klein and Benny Pinkas discovered that the location of kernel addresses could be exposed by the     implementation of connection-less network protocols in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could possibly     use this to assist in the exploitation of another vulnerability in the Linux kernel. (CVE-2019-10639)

    Adam Zabrocki discovered that the Intel i915 kernel mode graphics driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly restrict mmap() ranges in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11085)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the Linux kernel when reference counting pages,     leading to potential use-after-free issues. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11487)

    Jann Horn discovered that a race condition existed in the Linux kernel when performing core dumps. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2019-11599)

    It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the LSI Logic MegaRAID driver     in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2019-11810)

    It was discovered that a race condition leading to a use-after-free existed in the Reliable Datagram     Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. The RDS protocol is disabled via blocklist by     default in Ubuntu.

    If enabled, a local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11815)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly zero out     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-11833)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth Human Interface Device Protocol (HIDP) implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly verify strings were NULL terminated in certain situations. A local attacker could     use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-11884)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilty existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-12818)

    It was discovered that the MDIO bus devices subsystem in the Linux kernel improperly dropped a device     reference in an error condition, leading to a use-after-free. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12819)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-12984)

    Jann Horn discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel when accessing LDT entries in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13233)

    Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly record     credentials in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-13272)

    It was discovered that the GTCO tablet input driver in the Linux kernel did not properly bounds check the     initial HID report sent by the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13631)

    It was discovered that the floppy driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta data, leading     to a buffer overread. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2019-14283)

    It was discovered that the floppy driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate ioctl() calls,     leading to a division-by-zero. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-14284)

    Tuba Yavuz discovered that a race condition existed in the DesignWare USB3 DRD Controller device driver in     the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2019-14763)

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds read existed in the QLogic QEDI iSCSI Initiator Driver in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2019-15090)

    It was discovered that the Raremono AM/FM/SW radio device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     allocate memory, leading to a use-after-free. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-15211)

    It was discovered at a double-free error existed in the USB Rio 500 device driver for the Linux kernel. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-15212)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) subsystem     of the Linux kernel, leading to a potential use-after-free. A physically proximate attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-15214)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the CPiA2 video4linux device driver for the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-15215)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Softmac USB Prism54 device driver in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2019-15220)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the AppleTalk implementation in the Linux     kernel if an error occurs during initialization. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15292)

    It was discovered that the Empia EM28xx DVB USB device driver implementation in the Linux kernel contained     a use-after-free vulnerability when disconnecting the device. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-2024)

    It was discovered that the USB video device class implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate control bits, resulting in an out of bounds buffer read. A local attacker could use this to     possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-2101)

    It was discovered that the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate the BSS descriptor. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3846)

    Jason Wang discovered that an infinite loop vulnerability existed in the virtio net driver in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service in the host     system. (CVE-2019-3900)

    Daniele Antonioli, Nils Ole Tippenhauer, and Kasper B. Rasmussen discovered that the Bluetooth protocol     BR/EDR specification did not properly require sufficiently strong encryption key lengths. A physically     proximate attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-9506)

    It was discovered that the Appletalk IP encapsulation driver in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent     kernel addresses from being copied to user space. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20511)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the USB YUREX device driver in the Linux kernel. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15216)

    It was discovered that the Siano USB MDTV receiver device driver in the Linux kernel made improper     assumptions about the device characteristics. A physically proximate attacker could use this cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15218)

    It was discovered that the Line 6 POD USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate data     size information from the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15221)

    Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly     restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges     could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

    Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly     validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819)

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-13053)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode     validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614,     CVE-2018-14616, CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13098, CVE-2018-14615)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612,     CVE-2018-14613, CVE-2018-14609)

    Wen Xu discovered that the HFS+ filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     malformed catalog data in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious HFS+ image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14617)

    Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov discovered that the cleancache subsystem of the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize new files in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2018-16862)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     size checks when handling an extra USB descriptor. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-20169)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel     when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20856)

    Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange in some situations. An     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5383)

    It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the     Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-10126)

    Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86 processors incorrectly handle SWAPGS instructions     during speculative execution. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-1125)

    It was discovered that the PowerPC dlpar implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     allocation errors in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12614)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilty existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-12818)

    It was discovered that the MDIO bus devices subsystem in the Linux kernel improperly dropped a device     reference in an error condition, leading to a use-after-free. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12819)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-12984)

    Jann Horn discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel when accessing LDT entries in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13233)

    Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly record     credentials in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-13272)

    It was discovered that the Empia EM28xx DVB USB device driver implementation in the Linux kernel contained     a use-after-free vulnerability when disconnecting the device. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-2024)

    It was discovered that the USB video device class implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate control bits, resulting in an out of bounds buffer read. A local attacker could use this to     possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-2101)

    It was discovered that the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate the BSS descriptor. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3846)

    It was discovered that the Appletalk IP encapsulation driver in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent     kernel addresses from being copied to user space. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20511)

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

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

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/soc/qcom/qdsp6v2/voice_svc.c in the QDSP6v2     Voice Service driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used     in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android     contributions for MSM devices and other products,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a write request, as demonstrated by a     voice_svc_send_req buffer overflow.(CVE-2016-5343i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4655i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the handle_to_path function in     fs/fhandle.c in the Linux kernel through 3.19.1 allows     local users to bypass intended size restrictions and     trigger read operations on additional memory locations     by changing the handle_bytes value of a file handle     during the execution of this function.(CVE-2015-1420i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's keys     subsystem handled the termination condition in the     associative array garbage collection functionality. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system.(CVE-2014-3631i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the ext4 subsystem. This     vulnerability is a use after free vulnerability was     found in __ext4_journal_stop(). Attackers could abuse     this to allow any code which attempts to deal with the     journal failure to be mishandled or not fail at all.
    This could lead to data corruption or     crashes.(CVE-2015-8961i1/4%0

  - Buffer overflow in the oz_cdev_write function in     drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozcdev.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of     service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted write operation.(CVE-2013-4513i1/4%0

  - The nfnetlink_rcv_batch() function in     'net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c' in the Linux kernel before     4.5 does not check whether a batch message's length     field is large enough, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or     cause a denial of service (infinite loop or     out-of-bounds read) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability.(CVE-2016-7917i1/4%0

  - Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu     function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in     the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to     gain privileges via a large id value.(CVE-2013-4587i1/4%0

  - A leak of information was possible when issuing a     netlink command of the stack memory area leading up to     this function call. An attacker could use this to     determine stack information for use in a later     exploit.(CVE-2016-5243i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel in the F2FS     filesystem code. A NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in the fs/crypto/crypto.c     function can occur when operating on a file on a     corrupted f2fs image.(CVE-2018-14616i1/4%0

  - An out-of-bounds flaw was found in the kernel, where     the sco_sock_bind() function (bluetooth/sco) did not     check the length of its sockaddr parameter. As a     result, more kernel memory was copied out than     required, leaking information from the kernel stack     (including kernel addresses). A local user could     exploit this flaw to bypass kernel ASLR or leak other     information.(CVE-2015-8575i1/4%0

  - A denial of service vulnerability was found in the     WhiteHEAT USB Serial Driver (whiteheat_attach function     in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c). In the driver, the     COMMAND_PORT variable was hard coded and set to 4 (5th     element). The driver assumed that the number of ports     would always be 5 and used port number 5 as the command     port. However, when using a USB device in which the     number of ports was set to a number less than 5 (for     example, 3), the driver triggered a kernel NULL-pointer     dereference. A non-privileged attacker could use this     flaw to panic the host.(CVE-2015-5257i1/4%0

  - The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel 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-2017-6345i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel. There is an     information leak in file sound/core/timer.c of the     latest mainline Linux kernel. The stack object aEURoer1aEUR     has a total size of 32 bytes. Its field aEURoeeventaEUR and     aEURoevalaEUR both contain 4 bytes padding. These 8 bytes     padding bytes are sent to user without being     initialized.(CVE-2016-4578i1/4%0

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel changed certain segment registers and     thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary     process.(CVE-2014-9419i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way memory was being allocated     on the stack for user space binaries. If heap (or     different memory region) and stack memory regions were     adjacent to each other, an attacker could use this flaw     to jump over the stack guard gap, cause controlled     memory corruption on process stack or the adjacent     memory region, and thus increase their privileges on     the system. This is a kernel-side mitigation which     increases the stack guard gap size from one page to 1     MiB to make successful exploitation of this issue more     difficult.(CVE-2017-1000364i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of     clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. An     empty (null) write to this file can crash the system by     causing the system to attempt to access unmapped kernel     memory.(CVE-2017-2618i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in ALSA pcm     layer, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service, memory corruption, or possibly other     unspecified impact. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2016-9794i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy     driver handled user space provided data in certain     error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL     commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX     could use this flaw to free (using the kfree()     function) arbitrary kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737,     Important)t was found that the Linux kernel's floppy     driver leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user     space during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL     command. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX     could use this flaw to obtain information about the     kernel heap arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)Note: A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use     these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with     CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-1737i1/4%0

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the     Linux kernel's aiptek USB tablet driver (aiptek_probe()     function in drivers/input/tablet/aiptek.c). The driver     assumed that the interface always had at least one     endpoint. By using a specially crafted USB device with     no endpoints on one of its interfaces, an unprivileged     user with physical access to the system could trigger a     kernel NULL pointer dereference, causing the system to     panic.(CVE-2015-7515i1/4%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-3932-2 advisory.

    USN-3932-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu     14.04 LTS.

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614,     CVE-2018-14616)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612,     CVE-2018-14613)

    Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+     subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16884)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the PPP over L2TP implementation in the     Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2018-9517)

    Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth     implementation of the Linux kernel. An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

    Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of     service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

    Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

    Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (host system memory to a guest VM). (CVE-2019-7222)

    Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap     minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL     pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

    Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly     restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges     could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

    Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly     validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819)

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3932-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614,     CVE-2018-14616)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612,     CVE-2018-14613)

    Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+     subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16884)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the PPP over L2TP implementation in the     Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2018-9517)

    Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth     implementation of the Linux kernel. An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

    Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of     service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

    Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

    Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (host system memory to a guest VM). (CVE-2019-7222)

    Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap     minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL     pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

    Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly     restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges     could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

    Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly     validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819)

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

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

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

CVE-2017-18249

A race condition was discovered in the disk space allocator of F2FS. A user with access to an F2FS volume could use this to cause a denial of service or other security impact.

CVE-2018-1128, CVE-2018-1129

The cephx authentication protocol used by Ceph was susceptible to replay attacks, and calculated signatures incorrectly. These vulnerabilities in the server required changes to authentication that are incompatible with existing clients. The kernel's client code has now been updated to be compatible with the fixed server.

CVE-2018-3639 (SSB)

Multiple researchers have discovered that Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), a feature implemented in many processors, could be used to read sensitive information from another context. In particular, code in a software sandbox may be able to read sensitive information from outside the sandbox. This issue is also known as Spectre variant 4.

This update adds a further mitigation for this issue in the eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) implementation.

CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

This was previously mitigated by reducing the default limits on memory usage for incomplete fragmented packets. This update replaces that mitigation with a more complete fix.

CVE-2018-5848

The wil6210 wifi driver did not properly validate lengths in scan and connection requests, leading to a possible buffer overflow. On systems using this driver, a local user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this for denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or potentially for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-12896, CVE-2018-13053

Team OWL337 reported possible integer overflows in the POSIX timer implementation. These might have some security impact.

CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted F2FS volumes could trigger a crash (BUG, Oops, or division by zero) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-13406

Dr Silvio Cesare of InfoSect reported a potential integer overflow in the uvesafb driver. A user with permission to access such a device might be able to use this for denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted Btrfs volumes could trigger a crash (Oops) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-15471 ((XSA-270)

Felix Wilhelm of Google Project Zero discovered a flaw in the hash handling of the xen-netback Linux kernel module. A malicious or buggy frontend may cause the (usually privileged) backend to make out of bounds memory accesses, potentially resulting in privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-270.html

CVE-2018-16862

Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov from Virtuozzo Kernel Team discovered that the cleancache memory management feature did not invalidate cached data for deleted files. On Xen guests using the tmem driver, local users could potentially read data from other users' deleted files if they were able to create new files on the same volume.

CVE-2018-17972

Jann Horn reported that the /proc/*/stack files in procfs leaked sensitive data from the kernel. These files are now only readable by users with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability (usually only root)

CVE-2018-18281

Jann Horn reported a race condition in the virtual memory manager that can result in a process briefly having access to memory after it is freed and reallocated. A local user could possibly exploit this for denial of service (memory corruption) or for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-18690

Kanda Motohiro reported that XFS did not correctly handle some xattr (extended attribute) writes that require changing the disk format of the xattr. A user with access to an XFS volume could use this for denial of service.

CVE-2018-18710

It was discovered that the cdrom driver does not correctly validate the parameter to the CDROM_SELECT_DISC ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom device could use this to read sensitive information from the kernel or to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-19407

Wei Wu reported a potential crash (Oops) in the KVM implementation for x86 processors. A user with access to /dev/kvm could use this for denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1. This version also includes fixes for Debian bugs #890034, #896911, #907581, #915229, and #915231; and other fixes included in upstream stable updates.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 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.

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
290992	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001548)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
287433	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003086)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
287307	Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-003389)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
245183	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-14616	Nessus	Misc.	medium
128478	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-4118-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
127889	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
125301	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1508)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
123681	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3932-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
123680	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3932-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
122879	Debian DLA-1715-1 : linux-4.9 security update (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
121505	Slackware 14.2 : Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-030-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high

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