The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls. (CVE-2017-9074)

Impact

This vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modification, and disruption of service.

The remote MiracleLinux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2018-2579:02 advisory.

    * An integer overflow vulnerability in ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found. A local attacker that has     privileges (of CAP_NET_RAW) to open raw socket can cause an infinite loop inside the ip6_find_1stfragopt()     function. (CVE-2017-7542, Moderate)
      * The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel does not consider that the nexthdr field may     be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls. Due to     the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we believe it is     unlikely. (CVE-2017-9074, Moderate)
      * A use-after-free flaw was found in the Netlink functionality of the Linux kernel networking subsystem.
    Due to the insufficient cleanup in the mq_notify function, a local attacker could potentially use this     flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2017-11176, Moderate)     Bug Fix(es):
      * Previously, the default timeout and retry settings in the VMBus driver were insufficient in some     cases, for example when a Hyper-V host was under a significant load. Consequently, in Windows Server 2016,     Hyper-V Server 2016, and Windows Azure Platform, when running a Asianux Server Guest on the Hyper-V     hypervisor, the guest failed to boot or booted with certain Hyper-V devices missing. This update alters     the timeout and retry settings in VMBus, and Asianux Server guests now boot as expected under the     described conditions. (BZ#1506145)
      * Previously, an incorrect external declaration in the be2iscsi driver caused a kernel panic when using     the systool utility. With this update, the external declaration in be2iscsi has been fixed, and the kernel     no longer panics when using systool. (BZ#1507512)
      * Under high usage of the NFSD file system and memory pressure, if many tasks in the Linux kernel     attempted to obtain the global spinlock to clean the Duplicate Reply Cache (DRC), these tasks stayed in an     active wait in the nfsd_reply_cache_shrink() function for up to 99% of time. Consequently, a high load     average occurred. This update fixes the bug by separating the DRC in several parts, each with an     independent spinlock. As a result, the load and CPU utilization is no longer excessive under the described     circumstances. (BZ#1509876)
      * When attempting to attach multiple SCSI devices simultaneously, Asianux Server 4.9 on IBM z Systems     sometimes became unresponsive. This update fixes the zfcp device driver, and attaching multiple SCSI     devices simultaneously now works as expected in the described scenario. (BZ#1512425)
      * On IBM z Systems, the tiqdio_call_inq_handlers() function in the Linux kernel incorrectly cleared the     device state change indicator (DSCI) for the af_iucv devices using the HiperSockets transport with     multiple input queues. Consequently, queue stalls on such devices occasionally occurred. With this update,     tiqdio_call_inq_handlers() has been fixed to clear the DSCI only once, prior to scanning the queues. As a     result, queue stalls for af_iucv devices using the HiperSockets transport no longer occur under the     described circumstances. (BZ#1513314)
      * Previously, small data chunks caused the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) to account the     receiver_window (rwnd) values incorrectly when recovering from a zero-window situation. As a     consequence, window updates were not sent to the peer, and an artificial growth of rwnd could lead to     packet drops. This update properly accounts such small data chunks and ignores the rwnd pressure values     when reopening a window. As a result, window updates are now sent, and the announced rwnd reflects better     the real state of the receive buffer. (BZ#1514443)     CVE-2017-11176     The mq_notify function in the Linux kernel through 4.11.9 does not set     the sock pointer to NULL upon entry into the retry logic. During a     user-space close of a Netlink socket, it allows attackers to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other     impact.
    CVE-2017-7542     The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open     a raw socket.
    CVE-2017-9074     The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through     4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with     an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

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

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

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges (CVE-2017-1000364)

Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linux kernel did not properly bounds check passed arguments. A local attacker with write access to the kernel command line arguments could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-1000363)

A double free bug was discovered in the IPv4 stack of the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-8890)

Andrey Konovalov discovered an IPv6 out-of-bounds read error in the Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-9074)

Andrey Konovalov discovered a flaw in the handling of inheritance in the Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local user could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified problems.
(CVE-2017-9075)

It was discovered that dccp v6 in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance. A local attacker could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems.
(CVE-2017-9076)

It was discovered that the transmission control protocol (tcp) v6 in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance. A local attacker could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-9077)

Jann Horn discovered that bpf in Linux kernel does not restrict the output of the print_bpf_insn function. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive address information. (CVE-2017-9150)

It was discovered that the IPv6 stack was doing over write consistency check after the data was actually overwritten. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2017-9242).

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

It was discovered that a use-after-free flaw existed in the filesystem encryption subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7374)

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges (CVE-2017-1000364)

Roee Hay discovered that the parallel port printer driver in the Linux kernel did not properly bounds check passed arguments. A local attacker with write access to the kernel command line arguments could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-1000363)

Ingo Molnar discovered that the VideoCore DRM driver in the Linux kernel did not return an error after detecting certain overflows. A local attacker could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service (OOPS). (CVE-2017-5577)

A double free bug was discovered in the IPv4 stack of the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-8890)

Andrey Konovalov discovered an IPv6 out-of-bounds read error in the Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local attacker could cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-9074)

Andrey Konovalov discovered a flaw in the handling of inheritance in the Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A local user could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified problems.
(CVE-2017-9075)

It was discovered that dccp v6 in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance. A local attacker could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems.
(CVE-2017-9076)

It was discovered that the transmission control protocol (tcp) v6 in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance. A local attacker could exploit this issue to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified problems. (CVE-2017-9077)

It was discovered that the IPv6 stack was doing over write consistency check after the data was actually overwritten. A local attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2017-9242).

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

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0145 for details.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in     net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly copy a certain string, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212)

  - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls     without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the     SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and     net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415)

  - CVE-2017-2647: The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via vectors involving a NULL value for a certain match     field, related to the keyring_search_iterator function     in keyring.c (bsc#1030593).

  - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in     net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel was too late in     obtaining a certain lock and consequently could not     ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic)     by leveraging access to the protocol value of     IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003)

  - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the     Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by     a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users     to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection     mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by     making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a     privileged context (bnc#1026914)

  - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in     net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or     possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options     (bsc#1024938)

  - CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the     sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (assertion failure and panic) via a     multithreaded application that peels off an association     in a certain buffer-full state (bsc#1025235)

  - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in     net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN     state, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (double free)     via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO     setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024)

  - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in     net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop     and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with     the URG flag (bnc#1026722)

  - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in     net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly     managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178)

  - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did     not properly restrict association peel-off operations     during certain wait states, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double     free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this     vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for     CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066)

  - CVE-2017-6951: The keyring_search_aux function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for     the 'dead' type (bsc#1029850).

  - CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in     net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not     validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE     update, which allowed local users to obtain root     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based     out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability (bsc#1030573)

  - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in     drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer     overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via     a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call,     leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write     function (bnc#1030213)

  - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels     data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly     panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD*     device (bnc#1031052)

  - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data,     which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow     and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service     (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via     a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device     (bnc#1031440)

  - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in     net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted     system calls (bnc#1031579)

  - CVE-2017-7482: Several missing length checks ticket     decode allowing for information leak or potentially code     execution (bsc#1046107).

  - CVE-2017-7487: The ipxitf_ioctl function in     net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     reference counts, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl     call for an IPX interface (bsc#1038879).

  - CVE-2017-7533: Race condition in the fsnotify     implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory     corruption) via a crafted application that leverages     simultaneous execution of the inotify_handle_event and     vfs_rename functions (bnc#1049483 1050677 ).

  - CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in     net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw     socket (bnc#1049882).

  - CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the     set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in     mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack     data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation     (bsc#1033336)

  - CVE-2017-8831: The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing a certain     sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability. This requires a malicious PCI Card.
    (bnc#1037994).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038544).

  - CVE-2017-8924: The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information (in the     dmesg ringbuffer and syslog) from uninitialized kernel     memory by using a crafted USB device (posing as an io_ti     USB serial device) to trigger an integer underflow     (bnc#1037182).

  - CVE-2017-8925: The omninet_open function in     drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (tty     exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling     (bnc#1038981).

  - CVE-2017-9074: The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in     the Linux kernel did not consider that the nexthdr field     may be associated with an invalid option, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via crafted socket and send system calls (bnc#1039882).

  - CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bsc#1039883).

  - CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in     net/dccp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bnc#1039885).

  - CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandled     inheritance, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via     crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890     (bsc#1040069).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel was too late     in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data     structure may occur, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system     calls (bnc#1041431).

  - CVE-2017-10661: Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (list corruption or     use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor     operations that leverage improper might_cancel queueing     (bnc#1053152).

  - CVE-2017-11176: The mq_notify function in the Linux     kernel did not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry     into the retry logic. During a user-space close of a     Netlink socket, it allowed attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact (bnc#1048275).

  - CVE-2017-11473: Buffer overflow in the     mp_override_legacy_irq() function in     arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table     (bnc#1049603).

  - CVE-2017-12762: In /drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c: A     user-controlled buffer is copied into a local buffer of     constant size using strcpy without a length check which     can cause a buffer overflow. (bnc#1053148).

  - CVE-2017-14051: An integer overflow in the     qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in     drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access     (bnc#1056588).

  - CVE-2017-1000112: Fixed a race condition in net-packet     code that could have been exploited by unprivileged     users to gain root access. (bsc#1052311).

  - CVE-2017-1000363: Linux drivers/char/lp.c Out-of-Bounds     Write. Due to a missing bounds check, and the fact that     parport_ptr integer is static, a 'secure boot' kernel     command line adversary could have overflowed the     parport_nr array in the following code (bnc#1039456).

  - CVE-2017-1000365: The Linux Kernel imposes a size     restriction on the arguments and environmental strings     passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIM_INFINITY (1/4 of the     size), but did not take the argument and environment     pointers into account, which allowed attackers to bypass     this limitation (bnc#1039354).

  - CVE-2017-1000380: sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel     was vulnerable to a data race in the ALSA /dev/snd/timer     driver resulting in local users being able to read     information belonging to other users, i.e.,     uninitialized memory contents may be disclosed when a     read and an ioctl happen at the same time (bnc#1044125).

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
118684	F5 Networks BIG-IP : Linux kernel vulnerability (K61223103)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	11/2/2018	11/2/2023	high
289335	MiracleLinux 4 : kernel-2.6.32-696.20.1.el6 (AXSA:2018-2579:02)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/16/2026	2/10/2026	high
100922	Ubuntu 17.04 : linux, linux-meta vulnerabilities (USN-3324-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/20/2017	12/15/2025	high
100924	Ubuntu 16.10 : linux, linux-meta vulnerabilities (USN-3326-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/20/2017	12/15/2025	high
102774	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0145) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	8/25/2017	11/25/2025	critical
103354	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1) (Stack Clash)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/20/2017	11/20/2025	critical

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