The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3696-2 advisory.

    USN-3696-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu     14.04 LTS.

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18255)

    Wei Fang discovered an integer overflow in the F2FS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18257)

    It was discovered that an information leak existed in the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-1000204)

    It was discovered that the wait4() system call in the Linux kernel did not properly validate its arguments     in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10087)

    It was discovered that the kill() system call implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     its arguments in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10124)

    Julian Stecklina and Thomas Prescher discovered that FPU register states (such as MMX, SSE, and AVX     registers) which are lazily restored are potentially vulnerable to a side channel attack. A local attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-3665)

    Jakub Jirasek discovered that multiple use-after-errors existed in the USB/IP implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-5814)

    It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755)

    Seunghun Han discovered an information leak in the ACPI handling code in the Linux kernel when handling     early termination of ACPI table loading. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive informal     (kernel address locations). (CVE-2017-13695)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2018-10021)

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

  - drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16 allows local users to cause a denial     of service (ata qc leak) by triggering certain failure conditions. NOTE: a third party disputes the     relevance of this report because the failure can only occur for physically proximate attackers who unplug     SAS Host Bus Adapter cables (CVE-2018-10021)

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

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's client-side     implementation of the cifs protocol. This flaw allows     an attacker controlling the server to kernel panic a     client which has the CIFS server     mounted.(CVE-2018-1066)

  - In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25,     4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the     '_sctp_make_chunk()' function     (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets     length can be exploited to cause a kernel     crash.(CVE-2018-5803)

  - Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in     drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel     allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel     memory exhaustion) via multiple read accesses to files     in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory.(CVE-2018-7757)

  - A race condition in the store_int_with_restart()     function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce.c in the     Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of     service (panic) by leveraging root access to write to     the check_interval file in a     /sys/devices/system/machinecheck/machinecheck (cpu     number) directory.(CVE-2018-7995)

  - ALSA sequencer core initializes the event pool on     demand by invoking snd_seq_pool_init() when the first     write happens and the pool is empty. A user can reset     the pool size manually via ioctl concurrently, and this     may lead to UAF or out-of-bound access.(CVE-2018-7566)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed     a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited     range of kernel memory.(CVE-2018-1068)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's     kernel/events/core.c:perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler(     ) function. Local privileged users could exploit this     flaw to cause a denial of service due to integer     overflow or possibly have unspecified other     impact.(CVE-2017-18255)

  - The code in the drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c     file in the Linux kernel allow a physically proximate     attacker to cause a memory leak in the ATA command     queue and, thus, denial of service by triggering     certain failure conditions.(CVE-2018-10021)

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3754-1 advisory.

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta     block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-10208)

    It was discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the ACPI implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory addresses).
    (CVE-2017-11472)

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the ACPI table parsing implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to construct a malicious ACPI table that, when loaded, caused a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-11473)

    It was discovered that the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize data     returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-14991)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the packet fanout implementation in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-15649)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the Ultra Wide Band driver in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     an error condition. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16526)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel contained 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-2017-16527)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     audio buffer descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16529)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB     interface association descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16531)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the usbtest device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     endpoint metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-16532)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB HID     descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16533)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate USB BOS     metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16535)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the Conexant cx231xx USB video capture driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate interface descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16536)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the SoundGraph iMON USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate device metadata. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2017-16537)

    It was discovered that the DM04/QQBOX USB driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle device     attachment and warm-start. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16538)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds read in the GTCO digitizer USB driver for the Linux kernel. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16643)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the video4linux driver for Hauppauge HD PVR USB devices in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle some error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-16644)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IMS Passenger Control Unit USB driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate device descriptors. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16645)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the QMI WWAN USB driver did not properly validate device descriptors. A     physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16650)

    It was discovered that the USB Virtual Host Controller Interface (VHCI) driver in the Linux kernel     contained an information disclosure vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-16911)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not validate endpoint     numbers. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-16912)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     CMD_SUBMIT packets. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (excessive memory     consumption). (CVE-2017-16913)

    It was discovered that the USB over IP implementation in the Linux kernel contained a NULL pointer     dereference error. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-16914)

    It was discovered that the core USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate the number of     configurations and interfaces in a device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-17558)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18255)

    It was discovered that the keyring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent a user from     creating keyrings for other users. A local attacker could use this cause a denial of service or expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2017-18270)

    Andy Lutomirski and Willy Tarreau discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly emulate instructions on the SS segment register. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine     could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges in     the guest OS. (CVE-2017-2583)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated certain     instructions. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2017-2584)

    It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial-to-USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize memory related to logging. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5549)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds access in the IPv6 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)     tunneling implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2017-5897)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the LLC subsytem in the Linux kernel did not properly set up a destructor     in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-6345)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered race conditions in the Infrared (IrDA) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2017-6348)

    Andy Lutomirski discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel was vulnerable to a debug     exception error when single-stepping through a syscall. A local attacker in a non-Linux guest vm could     possibly use this to gain administrative privileges in the guest vm. (CVE-2017-7518)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle certain long RPC replies. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7645)

    Pengfei Wang discovered that a race condition existed in the NXP SAA7164 TV Decoder driver for the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-8831)

    Pengfei Wang discovered that the Turtle Beach MultiSound audio device driver in the Linux kernel contained     race conditions when fetching from the ring-buffer. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (infinite loop). (CVE-2017-9984, CVE-2017-9985)

    It was discovered that the wait4() system call in the Linux kernel did not properly validate its arguments     in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10087)

    It was discovered that the kill() system call implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     its arguments in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2018-10124)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     meta-data information. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image that, when mounted,     could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10323)

    Zhong Jiang discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NUMA memory policy     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10675)

    Wen Xu discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux     kernel. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4 image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10877)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly keep meta-     data information consistent in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious ext4     image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-10881)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem     that caused a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem     that caused a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1093)

    It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an incorrect bounds check. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)

    Shankara Pailoor discovered that the JFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel contained a buffer     overflow when handling extended attributes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-12233)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle an     error condition with a corrupted xfs image. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious xfs image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13094)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle setgid file creation when performed by a     non-member of the group. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2018-13405)

    Silvio Cesare discovered that the generic VESA frame buffer driver in the Linux kernel contained an     integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-13406)

    Daniel Jiang discovered that a race condition existed in the ipv4 ping socket implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-2671)

    It was discovered that an information leak existed in the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-1000204)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2018-10021)

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 Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2019-4316 advisory.

    - Copy secure_boot flag in boot params across kexec reboot (Dave Young)  [Orabug: 22066352]     {CVE-2015-7837}
    - ipv6: tcp: add rcu locking in tcp_v6_send_synack() (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25059183]  {CVE-2016-3841}
    - ipv6: add complete rcu protection around np->opt (Eric Dumazet)  [Orabug: 25059183]  {CVE-2016-3841}
    - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix an integer overflow in sysfs code (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 28220420]     {CVE-2017-14051}
    - ext4: fail ext4_iget for root directory if unallocated (Theodore Ts'o)  [Orabug: 28220433]     {CVE-2018-1092} {CVE-2018-1092}
    - ALSA: seq: Fix regression by incorrect ioctl_mutex usages (Takashi Iwai)  [Orabug: 29005190]     {CVE-2018-1000004}
    - netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks (Kevin Cernekee)  [Orabug: 29037832]  {CVE-2017-17450}
    - wil6210: missing length check in wmi_set_ie (Lior David)  [Orabug: 29060697]  {CVE-2018-5848}
    - HID: debug: check length before copy_to_user() (Daniel Rosenberg)  [Orabug: 29128167]  {CVE-2018-9516}
    - x86/MCE: Serialize sysfs changes (Seunghun Han)  [Orabug: 29152249]  {CVE-2018-7995}

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

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

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where the     keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() function leaks the thread     keyring. This allows an unprivileged local user to     exhaust kernel memory and thus cause a     DoS.(CVE-2017-7472)

  - A reference counter leak in Linux kernel in     ipxitf_ioctl function was found which results in a use     after free vulnerability that's triggerable from     unprivileged userspace when IPX interface is     configured.(CVE-2017-7487)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where     filesystems mounted with data=ordered mode may allow an     attacker to read stale data from recently allocated     blocks in new files after a system 'reset' by abusing     ext4 mechanics of delayed allocation.(CVE-2017-7495)

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel, present     since v3.14-rc1 through v4.12. The race happens between     threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename()     while running the rename operation against the same     file. As a result of the race the next slab data or the     slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with     attacker-controlled data, which may lead to the     privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-7533)

  - Kernel memory corruption due to a buffer overflow was     found in brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx() function in Linux     kernels from v3.9-rc1 to v4.13-rc1. The vulnerability     can be triggered by sending a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME     packet via netlink. This flaw is unlikely to be     triggered remotely as certain userspace code is needed     for this. An unprivileged local user could use this     flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the system,     leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-7541)

  - 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)

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

  - The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to the     NFS server. These encoded arguments are stored in an     array of memory pages, and accessed using pointer     variables. Arbitrarily long arguments could make these     pointers point outside the array and cause an     out-of-bounds memory access. A remote user or program     could use this flaw to crash the kernel, resulting in     denial of service.(CVE-2017-7645)

  - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the     end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a     pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other     unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.(CVE-2017-7895)

  - It was found that the NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel     did not properly validate layout type when processing     NFSv4 pNFS LAYOUTGET and GETDEVICEINFO operands. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to soft-lockup the     system and thus cause denial of service.(CVE-2017-8797)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket     code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This     vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate     privileges.(CVE-2017-8824)

  - The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call. An     unprivileged local user could use this flaw to induce     kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a     crash. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-8890)

  - The edge_bulk_in_callback function in     drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel allows     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.(CVE-2017-8924)

  - 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)

  - The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in     net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9075)

  - The IPv6 DCCP implementation in the Linux kernel     mishandles inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9076)

  - The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel mishandles     inheritance, which allows 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. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9077)

  - The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c     in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system     calls.(CVE-2017-9242)

  - The vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl function (accessible     via DRM_IOCTL_VMW_GB_SURFACE_CREATE) in     drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.11.4 defines a backup_handle variable     but does not give it an initial value. If one attempts     to create a GB surface, with a previously allocated DMA     buffer to be used as a backup buffer, the backup_handle     variable does not get written to and is then later     returned to user space, allowing local users to obtain     sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory     via a crafted ioctl call.(CVE-2017-9605)

  - In the Linux kernel versions 4.12, 3.10, 2.6, and     possibly earlier, a race condition vulnerability exists     in the sound system allowing for a potential deadlock     and memory corruption due to use-after-free condition     and thus denial of service. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2018-1000004)

  - The code in the drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c     file in the Linux kernel allow a physically proximate     attacker to cause a memory leak in the ATA command     queue and, thus, denial of service by triggering     certain failure conditions.(CVE-2018-10021)

  - The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c in the Linux     kernel, when an unspecified architecture and compiler     is used, might allow local users to cause a denial of     service by triggering an attempted use of the -INT_MIN     value.(CVE-2018-10087)

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

The 4.15.17 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3678-1 advisory.

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     corrupted meta data in some situations. An attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem     that caused a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)

    It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the Linux kernel contained a memory     leak when handling certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-8087)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2018-10021)

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.

Linux 4.9 has been packaged for Debian 8 as linux-4.9. This provides a supported upgrade path for systems that currently use kernel packages from the 'jessie-backports' suite.

There is no need to upgrade systems using Linux 3.16, as that kernel version will also continue to be supported in the LTS period.

This backport does not include the following binary packages :

hyperv-daemons libcpupower1 libcpupower-dev libusbip-dev linux-compiler-gcc-4.9-x86 linux-cpupower linux-libc-dev usbip

Older versions of most of those are built from other source packages in Debian 8.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

CVE-2017-5753

Further instances of code that was vulnerable to Spectre variant 1 (bounds-check bypass) have been mitigated.

CVE-2017-18255

It was discovered that the performance events subsystem did not properly validate the value of the kernel.perf_cpu_time_max_percent sysctl. Setting a large value could have an unspecified security impact. However, only a privileged user can set this sysctl.

CVE-2018-1118

The syzbot software found that the vhost driver did not initialise message buffers which would later be read by user processes. A user with access to the /dev/vhost-net device could use this to read sensitive information from the kernel or other users' processes.

CVE-2018-1120

Qualys reported that a user able to mount FUSE filesystems can create a process such that when another process attempting to read its command line will be blocked for an arbitrarily long time. This could be used for denial of service, or to aid in exploiting a race condition in the other program.

CVE-2018-1130

The syzbot software found that the DCCP implementation of sendmsg() does not check the socket state, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (crash). 

CVE-2018-3639

Multiple researchers have discovered that Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), a feature implemented in many processors, could be used to read sensitive information from another context. In particular, code in a software sandbox may be able to read sensitive information from outside the sandbox. This issue is also known as Spectre variant 4.

This update allows the issue to be mitigated on some x86 processors by disabling SSB. This requires an update to the processor's microcode, which is non-free. It may be included in an update to the system BIOS or UEFI firmware, or in a future update to the intel-microcode or amd64-microcode packages.

Disabling SSB can reduce performance significantly, so by default it is only done in tasks that use the seccomp feature. Applications that require this mitigation should request it explicitly through the prctl() system call. Users can control where the mitigation is enabled with the spec_store_bypass_disable kernel parameter.

CVE-2018-5814

Jakub Jirasek reported race conditions in the USB/IP host driver. A malicious client could use this to cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption), and possibly to execute code, on a USB/IP server.

CVE-2018-10021

A physically present attacker who unplugs a SAS cable can cause a denial of service (memory leak and WARN).

CVE-2018-10087, CVE-2018-10124

zhongjiang found that the wait4() and kill() system call implementations did not check for the invalid pid value of INT_MIN. If a user passed this value, the behaviour of the code was formally undefined and might have had a security impact.

CVE-2018-10853

Andy Lutomirski and Mika Penttil&auml; reported that KVM for x86 processors did not perform a necessary privilege check when emulating certain instructions. This could be used by an unprivileged user in a guest VM to escalate their privileges within the guest.

CVE-2018-10876, CVE-2018-10877, CVE-2018-10878, CVE-2018-10879, CVE-2018-10880, CVE-2018-10881, CVE-2018-10882, CVE-2018-10883

Wen Xu at SSLab, Gatech, reported that crafted ext4 filesystem images could trigger a crash or memory corruption. A local user able to mount arbitrary filesystems, or an attacker providing filesystems to be mounted, could use this for denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-10940

Dan Carpenter reported that the optical disc driver (cdrom) does not correctly validate the parameter to the CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom device could use this to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-11506

Piotr Gabriel Kosinski and Daniel Shapira reported that the SCSI optical disc driver (sr) did not allocate a sufficiently large buffer for sense data. A user with access to a SCSI optical disc device that can produce more than 64 bytes of sense data could use this to cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption), and possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-12233

Shankara Pailoor reported that a crafted JFS filesystem image could trigger a denial of service (memory corruption). This could possibly also be used for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-1000204

The syzbot software found that the SCSI generic driver (sg) would in some circumstances allow reading data from uninitialised buffers, which could include sensitive information from the kernel or other tasks. However, only privileged users with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN or CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability were allowed to do this, so this has little or no security impact.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.110-1~deb8u1. This update additionally fixes Debian bugs #860900, #872907, #892057, #896775, #897590, and #898137; and includes many more bug fixes from stable updates 4.9.89-4.9.110 inclusive.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA 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
110897	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3696-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/3/2018	8/28/2024	high
221774	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-10021	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/30/2025	medium
117569	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1260)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	9/18/2018	8/6/2024	high
112113	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3754-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/24/2018	8/27/2024	critical
120977	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4316)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/7/2019	10/23/2024	critical
124827	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1504)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	5/23/2024	critical
109094	Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-1e033dc308)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	10/31/2024	medium
109096	Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-4ca01704a2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	10/31/2024	medium
121959	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0062	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	7/23/2024	medium
110480	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3678-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/12/2018	8/27/2024	medium
111165	Debian DLA-1423-1 : linux-4.9 new package (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	7/20/2018	9/4/2024	high

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