KVM in the Linux kernel on Power8 processors has a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic. There were two commits that, according to the reporter, introduced the vulnerability: f024ee098476 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Pull out TM state save/restore into separate procedures") 87a11bb6a7f7 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Work around XER[SO] bug in fake suspend mode") The former landed in 4.8, the latter in 4.17. This was fixed without realizing the impact in 4.18 with the following three commits, though it's believed the first is the only strictly necessary commit: 6f597c6b63b6 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Add guest MSR parameter for kvmppc_save_tm()/kvmppc_restore_tm()") 7b0e827c6970 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Factor fake-suspend handling out of kvmppc_save/restore_tm") 009c872a8bc4 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Move kvmppc_save_tm/kvmppc_restore_tm to separate file")

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2854 advisory.

  - kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

  - kernel: use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c, ipmi_si_mem_io.c, ipmi_si_port_io.c     (CVE-2019-11811)

  - kernel: use-after-free in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c (CVE-2019-15917)

  - kernel: memory leak in ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c (CVE-2019-18808)

  - kernel: memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c allows for DoS     (CVE-2019-19062)

  - kernel: use-after-free in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c     and fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19767)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)

  - kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation     (CVE-2019-9458)

  - kernel: use-after-free read in napi_gro_frags() in the Linux kernel (CVE-2020-10720)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds write in mpol_parse_str function in mm/mempolicy.c (CVE-2020-11565)

  - Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario (CVE-2020-12888)

  - Kernel: ppc: kvm: conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state leads to host stack corruption     (CVE-2020-8834)

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-0543: Fixed a side channel attack against special registers which could have resulted in leaking of read values to cores other than the one which called it. This attack is known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) or 'CrossTalk' (bsc#1154824).

CVE-2020-9383: Fixed an out-of-bounds read due to improper error condition check of FDC index (bsc#1165111).

CVE-2020-8992: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to cause a soft lockup via a crafted journal size (bsc#1164069).

CVE-2020-8834: Fixed a stack corruption which could have lead to kernel panic (bsc#1168276).

CVE-2020-8649: Fixed a use-after-free in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bsc#1162931).

CVE-2020-8648: Fixed a use-after-free in the n_tty_receive_buf_common function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c (bsc#1162928).

CVE-2020-8647: Fixed a use-after-free in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bsc#1162929).

CVE-2020-8428: Fixed a use-after-free which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service (bsc#1162109).

CVE-2020-7053: Fixed a use-after-free in the i915_ppgtt_close function in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_gtt.c (bsc#1160966).

CVE-2020-2732: Fixed an issue affecting Intel CPUs where an L2 guest may trick the L0 hypervisor into accessing sensitive L1 resources (bsc#1163971).

CVE-2020-13143: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c (bsc#1171982).

CVE-2020-12769: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one (bsc#1171983).

CVE-2020-12657: An a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c (bsc#1171205).

CVE-2020-12656: Fixed an improper handling of certain domain_release calls leadingch could have led to a memory leak (bsc#1171219).

CVE-2020-12655: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata (bsc#1171217).

CVE-2020-12654: Fixed an issue in he wifi driver which could have allowed a remote AP to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1171202).

CVE-2020-12653: Fixed an issue in the wifi driver which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1171195).

CVE-2020-12652: Fixed an issue which could have allowed local users to hold an incorrect lock during the ioctl operation and trigger a race condition (bsc#1171218).

CVE-2020-12464: Fixed a use-after-free due to a transfer without a reference (bsc#1170901).

CVE-2020-12114: Fixed a pivot_root race condition which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by corrupting a mountpoint reference counter (bsc#1171098).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-11609: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference due to improper handling of descriptors (bsc#1168854).

CVE-2020-11608: Fixed a NULL pointer dereferences via a crafted USB (bsc#1168829).

CVE-2020-11494: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data (bsc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: Fixed a kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bsc#1167629).

CVE-2020-10757: Fixed an issue where remaping hugepage DAX to anon mmap could have caused user PTE access (bsc#1172317).

CVE-2020-10751: Fixed an improper implementation in SELinux LSM hook where it was assumed that an skb would only contain a single netlink message (bsc#1171189).

CVE-2020-10732: Fixed kernel data leak in userspace coredumps due to uninitialized data (bsc#1171220).

CVE-2020-10720: Fixed a use-after-free read in napi_gro_frags() (bsc#1170778).

CVE-2020-10711: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in SELinux subsystem which could have allowed a remote network user to crash the kernel resulting in a denial of service (bsc#1171191).

CVE-2020-10690: Fixed the race between the release of ptp_clock and cdev (bsc#1170056).

CVE-2019-9458: Fixed a use after free due to a race condition which could have led to privilege escalation of privilege (bsc#1168295).

CVE-2019-9455: Fixed a pointer leak due to a WARN_ON statement in a video driver. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed (bsc#1170345).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bsc#1120386).

CVE-2019-20812: Fixed an issue in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() which could have resulted in a denial of service (bsc#1172453).

CVE-2019-20810: Fixed a memory leak in due to not calling of snd_card_free (bsc#1172458).

CVE-2019-20096: Fixed a memory leak in __feat_register_sp() in net/dccp/feat.c, which could have caused denial of service (bsc#1159908).

CVE-2019-20095: Fixed an improper error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory which was causing memory leak (bsc#1159909).

CVE-2019-20054: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in drop_sysctl_table() in fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c, related to put_links (bsc#1159910).

CVE-2019-19966: Fixed a use-after-free in cpia2_exit() which could have caused denial of service (bsc#1159841).

CVE-2019-19965: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference, due to mishandling of port disconnection during discovery (bsc#1159911).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bsc#1159285).

CVE-2019-19462: Fixed an issue which could have allowed local user to cause denial of service (bsc#1158265).

CVE-2019-19447: Fixed a user after free via a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1158819).

CVE-2019-19319: Fixed a user after free when a large old_size value is used in a memset call (bsc#1158021).

CVE-2019-19318: Fixed a use after free via a crafted btrfs image (bsc#1158026).

CVE-2019-19054: Fixed a memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() which could have allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1161518).

CVE-2019-19045: Fixed a memory leak in which could have allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (bsc#1161522).

CVE-2019-19036: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in btrfs_root_node (bsc#1157692).

CVE-2019-16994: Fixed a memory leak which might have caused denial of service (bsc#1161523).

CVE-2019-14897: Fixed a stack overflow in Marvell Wifi Driver (bsc#1157155).

CVE-2019-14896: Fixed a heap overflow in Marvell Wifi Driver (bsc#1157157).

CVE-2019-14615: Fixed an improper control flow in certain data structures which could have led to information disclosure (bsc#1160195).

CVE-2018-1000199: Fixed a potential local code execution via ptrace (bsc#1089895).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-2732: Fixed an issue where under some circumstances, an L2 guest may trick the L0 guest into accessing sensitive L1 resources that should be inaccessible to the L2 guest (bnc#1163971).

CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929 1164078).

CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162929 1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: An issue was discovered set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

CVE-2018-20836: Fixed an issue where a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() cloud lead to a use-after-free (bnc#1134395).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929).

CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: An issue was discovered set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2020-8647: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929).

CVE-2020-8649: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: Fixed an issue in set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c, which leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929).

CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: An issue was discovered set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

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

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-8834: KVM on Power8 processors had a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an attacker with the ability to run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic (bnc#1168276).

CVE-2020-11494: An issue was discovered in slc_bump in drivers/net/can/slcan.c, which allowed attackers to read uninitialized can_frame data, potentially containing sensitive information from kernel stack memory, if the configuration lacks CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL (bnc#1168424).

CVE-2020-10942: In get_raw_socket in drivers/vhost/net.c lacks validation of an sk_family field, which might allow attackers to trigger kernel stack corruption via crafted system calls (bnc#1167629).

CVE-2019-9458: In the video driver there was a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed (bnc#1168295).

CVE-2019-3701: Fixed an issue in can_can_gw_rcv, which could cause a system crash (bnc#1120386).

CVE-2019-19770: Fixed a use-after-free in the debugfs_remove function (bsc#1159198).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-8647: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vc_do_resize function in drivers/tty/vt/vt.c (bnc#1162929).

CVE-2020-8649: There was a use-after-free vulnerability in the vgacon_invert_region function in drivers/video/console/vgacon.c (bnc#1162931).

CVE-2020-9383: An issue was discovered set_fdc in drivers/block/floppy.c leads to a wait_til_ready out-of-bounds read because the FDC index is not checked for errors before assigning it (bnc#1165111).

CVE-2019-19768: Fixed a use-after-free in the __blk_add_trace function in kernel/trace/blktrace.c (bnc#1159285).

CVE-2018-20836: Fixed an issue where a race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() could lead to a use-after-free (bnc#1134395).

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4318-1 advisory.

  - fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 5.5 has a may_create_in_sticky use-after-free, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, aka     CID-d0cb50185ae9. One attack vector may be an open system call for a UNIX domain socket, if the socket is     being moved to a new parent directory and its old parent directory is being removed. (CVE-2020-8428)

  - KVM in the Linux kernel on Power8 processors has a conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state in     kvmppc_hv_entry plus in kvmppc_{save,restore}_tm, leading to a stack corruption. Because of this, an     attacker with the ability run code in kernel space of a guest VM can cause the host kernel to panic. There     were two commits that, according to the reporter, introduced the vulnerability: f024ee098476 (KVM: PPC:
    Book3S HV: Pull out TM state save/restore into separate procedures) 87a11bb6a7f7 (KVM: PPC: Book3S HV:
    Work around XER[SO] bug in fake suspend mode) The former landed in 4.8, the latter in 4.17. This was     fixed without realizing the impact in 4.18 with the following three commits, though it's believed the     first is the only strictly necessary commit: 6f597c6b63b6 (KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Add guest MSR parameter     for kvmppc_save_tm()/kvmppc_restore_tm()) 7b0e827c6970 (KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Factor fake-suspend     handling out of kvmppc_save/restore_tm) 009c872a8bc4 (KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: Move     kvmppc_save_tm/kvmppc_restore_tm to separate file) (CVE-2020-8834)

  - ext4_protect_reserved_inode in fs/ext4/block_validity.c in the Linux kernel through 5.5.3 allows attackers     to cause a denial of service (soft lockup) via a crafted journal size. (CVE-2020-8992)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
143086	RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2020:2854)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
138272	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1663-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
136168	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1146-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136166	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1142-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136165	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1141-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136075	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1123-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136026	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1119-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136025	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:1118-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
136006	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2020-543)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
135269	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4318-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-8834

medium

Tenable Plugins

high

critical

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high