fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used for nfsd.

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

  - fs/nfsd/trace.h in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read in strlen) by sending NFS traffic when the trace event framework is being used     for nfsd. (CVE-2021-38202)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5096-1 advisory.

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free     adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

    Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side- channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34556)

    Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side-channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-35477)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

    It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu     ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

    It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

    Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not restrict private     clones in some situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3732)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    It was discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow in its hash     table implementation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38166)

    Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a     denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

    It was discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds access     error. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-38201)

    It was discovered that the NFS server implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds read     when the trace even framework is being used for nfsd. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38202)

    Naohiro Aota discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in     situations that triggered allocations of new system chunks. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2021-38203)

    It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

    It was discovered that the Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite device driver in the Linux kernel could report     pointer addresses in some situations. An attacker could use this information to ease the exploitation of     another vulnerability. (CVE-2021-38205)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition when writing     xattrs to an inode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-40490)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
503675	Siemens SIMATIC Devices Out-of-bounds Read (CVE-2021-38202)	Tenable OT Security	Tenable.ot	Remote	high
246296	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-38202	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
204097	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2024-4.0-0655	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
153789	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5096-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high

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