A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd, a high-performance in-kernel SMB server. The specific flaw exists within the processing of SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT commands. The issue results from the lack of proper locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the kernel.

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

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ksmbd, a high-performance in-kernel SMB server. The specific flaw     exists within the processing of SMB2_TREE_DISCONNECT commands. The issue results from the lack of proper     locking when performing operations on an object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute     code in the context of the kernel. (CVE-2023-32254)

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6725-2 advisory.

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     certain data structure fields when parsing lease contexts, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
    A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-1194)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when     handling session connections, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32258)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle session setup     requests, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3867)

    Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a     guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash). (CVE-2023-46838)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel did not properly manage route cache     memory usage. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2023-52340)

    It was discovered that the device mapper driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate target size     during certain memory allocations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-52429, CVE-2024-23851)

    Yang Chaoming discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     request buffer sizes, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-22705)

    Chenyuan Yang discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle read     operations on newly created subvolumes in certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-23850)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to     a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - Architecture specifics;

    - Block layer;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Android drivers;

    - EDAC drivers;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Media drivers;

    - Multifunction device drivers;

    - MTD block device drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - EFI Variable file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - IPv6 Networking;

    - Network Traffic Control;

    - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52445, CVE-2023-52462, CVE-2023-52609,     CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52457, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52456, CVE-2023-52454, CVE-2023-52438,     CVE-2023-52480, CVE-2023-52443, CVE-2023-52442, CVE-2024-26631, CVE-2023-52439, CVE-2023-52612,     CVE-2024-26598, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26589, CVE-2023-52444, CVE-2023-52436, CVE-2024-26633,     CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2024-26591, CVE-2023-52449, CVE-2023-52467, CVE-2023-52441,     CVE-2023-52610, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52470)

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 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6725-1 advisory.

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     certain data structure fields when parsing lease contexts, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
    A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-1194)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when     handling session connections, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32258)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle session setup     requests, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3867)

    Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a     guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash). (CVE-2023-46838)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel did not properly manage route cache     memory usage. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2023-52340)

    It was discovered that the device mapper driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate target size     during certain memory allocations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-52429, CVE-2024-23851)

    Yang Chaoming discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     request buffer sizes, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-22705)

    Chenyuan Yang discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle read     operations on newly created subvolumes in certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-23850)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to     a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - Architecture specifics;

    - Block layer;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Android drivers;

    - EDAC drivers;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Media drivers;

    - Multifunction device drivers;

    - MTD block device drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - EFI Variable file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - IPv6 Networking;

    - Network Traffic Control;

    - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52445, CVE-2023-52462, CVE-2023-52609,     CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52457, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52456, CVE-2023-52454, CVE-2023-52438,     CVE-2023-52480, CVE-2023-52443, CVE-2023-52442, CVE-2024-26631, CVE-2023-52439, CVE-2023-52612,     CVE-2024-26598, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26589, CVE-2023-52444, CVE-2023-52436, CVE-2024-26633,     CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2024-26591, CVE-2023-52449, CVE-2023-52467, CVE-2023-52441,     CVE-2023-52610, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52470)

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 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6173-1 advisory.

    Gwangun Jung discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31436)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     data buffer size validation in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a     malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1380)

    Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions     checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (bluetooth communication). (CVE-2023-2002)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 RPL protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     user-supplied data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-2156)

    Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     locking during table_clear() operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2023-2269)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel     when handling sessions operations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32250)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

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 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6283-1 advisory.

    Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions     checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (bluetooth communication). (CVE-2023-2002)

    Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     locking during table_clear() operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2023-2269)

    It was discovered that the Ricoh R5C592 MemoryStick card reader driver in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition during module unload, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3141)

    Quentin Minster discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     pointers in some situations, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A remote attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-32248)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

    It was discovered that the kernel->user space relay implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     perform certain buffer calculations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2023-3268)

    It was discovered that the QCOM CPUFreq HW driver in the Linux kernel on ARM processors did not properly     handle device unbind. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-3312)

    It was discovered that the MediaTek MT7921E (PCIe) WiFi driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-     free vulnerability when querying the firmware features of the device. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3317)

    It was discovered that the video4linux driver for Philips based TV cards in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition during device removal, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-35823)

    It was discovered that the SDMC DM1105 PCI device driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35824)

    It was discovered that the Allwinner Cedar video engine driver in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A privileged attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35826)

    It was discovered that the Renesas USB controller driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35828)

    It was discovered that the Rockchip Video Decoder IP driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     during device removal, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35829)

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 Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5448 advisory.

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's XFS file system in how a user restores     an XFS image after failure (with a dirty log journal). This flaw allows a local user to crash or     potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-2124)

  - A flaw was found in the networking subsystem of the Linux kernel within the handling of the RPL protocol.
    This issue results from the lack of proper handling of user-supplied data, which can lead to an assertion     failure. This may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the     system. (CVE-2023-2156)

  - A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a     deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-     component. (CVE-2023-2269)

  - A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux Kernel ipvlan network driver can be exploited to     achieve local privilege escalation. The out-of-bounds write is caused by missing skb->cb initialization in     the ipvlan network driver. The vulnerability is reachable if CONFIG_IPVLAN is enabled. We recommend     upgrading past commit 90cbed5247439a966b645b34eb0a2e037836ea8e. (CVE-2023-3090)

  - An issue was discovered in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a     blocking operation when a task is in !TASK_RUNNING. In dvb_frontend_get_event, wait_event_interruptible is     called; the condition is dvb_frontend_test_event(fepriv,events). In dvb_frontend_test_event,     down(&fepriv->sem) is called. However, wait_event_interruptible would put the process to sleep, and     down(&fepriv->sem) may block the process. (CVE-2023-31084)

  - A NULL pointer dereference issue was found in the gfs2 file system in the Linux kernel. It occurs on     corrupt gfs2 file systems when the evict code tries to reference the journal descriptor structure after it     has been freed and set to NULL. A privileged local user could use this flaw to cause a kernel panic.
    (CVE-2023-3212)

  - An out of bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel in relay_file_read_start_pos in     kernel/relay.c in the relayfs. This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel     internal information. (CVE-2023-3268)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem in     net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. Mishandled error handling with NFT_MSG_NEWRULE makes it possible to use a     dangling pointer in the same transaction causing a use-after-free vulnerability. This flaw allows a local     attacker with user access to cause a privilege escalation issue. We recommend upgrading past commit     1240eb93f0616b21c675416516ff3d74798fdc97. (CVE-2023-3390)

  - An issue was discovered in fl_set_geneve_opt in net/sched/cls_flower.c in the Linux kernel before 6.3.7.
    It allows an out-of-bounds write in the flower classifier code via TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ENC_OPTS_GENEVE packets.
    This may result in denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-35788)

  - distros-[DirtyVMA] Privilege escalation via non-RCU-protected VMA traversal [fedora-all] (CVE-2023-3269)

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
226460	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-32254	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
193375	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-6725-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
193084	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6725-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
183565	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6173-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
179705	Ubuntu 23.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6283-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
178003	Debian DSA-5448-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high

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