The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3654-1 advisory.

    Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read     may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A     local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639)

    Tuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2017-17975)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the F2FS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18193)

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Hisilicon HNS Ethernet Device driver in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18222)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate that rules containing     jumps contained user-defined chains. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1065)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate ebtables     offsets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1068)

    It was discovered that a null pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2018-1130)

    It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803)

    It was discovered that a double free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when     setting up a request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7480)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the x86 machine check handler in the Linux kernel. A     local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7995)

    Eyal Itkin discovered that the USB displaylink video adapter driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate mmap offsets sent from userspace. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8781)

    Silvio Cesare discovered a buffer overwrite existed in the NCPFS implementation in the Linux kernel. A     remote attacker controlling a malicious NCPFS server could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8822)

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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3654-1)

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Version 1.17 Jan 12, 2026, 2:57 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit framework core" set to "True") Plugin Feed: 202601121457
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