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

CVE-2017-18249

A race condition was discovered in the disk space allocator of F2FS. A user with access to an F2FS volume could use this to cause a denial of service or other security impact.

CVE-2018-1128, CVE-2018-1129

The cephx authentication protocol used by Ceph was susceptible to replay attacks, and calculated signatures incorrectly. These vulnerabilities in the server required changes to authentication that are incompatible with existing clients. The kernel's client code has now been updated to be compatible with the fixed server.

CVE-2018-3639 (SSB)

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 adds a further mitigation for this issue in the eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) implementation.

CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

This was previously mitigated by reducing the default limits on memory usage for incomplete fragmented packets. This update replaces that mitigation with a more complete fix.

CVE-2018-5848

The wil6210 wifi driver did not properly validate lengths in scan and connection requests, leading to a possible buffer overflow. On systems using this driver, a local user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this for denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or potentially for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-12896, CVE-2018-13053

Team OWL337 reported possible integer overflows in the POSIX timer implementation. These might have some security impact.

CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted F2FS volumes could trigger a crash (BUG, Oops, or division by zero) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-13406

Dr Silvio Cesare of InfoSect reported a potential integer overflow in the uvesafb driver. A user with permission to access such a device might be able to use this for denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted Btrfs volumes could trigger a crash (Oops) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-15471 ((XSA-270)

Felix Wilhelm of Google Project Zero discovered a flaw in the hash handling of the xen-netback Linux kernel module. A malicious or buggy frontend may cause the (usually privileged) backend to make out of bounds memory accesses, potentially resulting in privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-270.html

CVE-2018-16862

Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov from Virtuozzo Kernel Team discovered that the cleancache memory management feature did not invalidate cached data for deleted files. On Xen guests using the tmem driver, local users could potentially read data from other users' deleted files if they were able to create new files on the same volume.

CVE-2018-17972

Jann Horn reported that the /proc/*/stack files in procfs leaked sensitive data from the kernel. These files are now only readable by users with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability (usually only root)

CVE-2018-18281

Jann Horn reported a race condition in the virtual memory manager that can result in a process briefly having access to memory after it is freed and reallocated. A local user could possibly exploit this for denial of service (memory corruption) or for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-18690

Kanda Motohiro reported that XFS did not correctly handle some xattr (extended attribute) writes that require changing the disk format of the xattr. A user with access to an XFS volume could use this for denial of service.

CVE-2018-18710

It was discovered that the cdrom driver does not correctly validate the parameter to the CDROM_SELECT_DISC ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom device could use this to read sensitive information from the kernel or to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-19407

Wei Wu reported a potential crash (Oops) in the KVM implementation for x86 processors. A user with access to /dev/kvm could use this for denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1. This version also includes fixes for Debian bugs #890034, #896911, #907581, #915229, and #915231; and other fixes included in upstream stable updates.

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.

This update for ceph fixes the following issues :

  - Update to version 12.2.7-420-gc0ef85b854 :

    - https://ceph.com/releases/12-2-7-luminous-released/

  - luminous: osd: eternal stuck PG in 'unfound_recovery'     (bsc#1094932)

  - bluestore: db.slow used when db is not full     (bsc#1092874)

  - CVE-2018-10861: Ensure that ceph-mon does perform     authorization on all OSD pool ops (bsc#1099162).

  - CVE-2018-1129: cephx signature check bypass     (bsc#1096748).

  - CVE-2018-1128: cephx protocol was vulnerable to replay     attack (bsc#1096748).

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.

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

  - It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable     to replay attack. Any attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to sniff packets on     network can use this vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and perform actions allowed by ceph     service. Ceph branches master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be vulnerable. (CVE-2018-1128)

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 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):An issue was discovered in     the Linux kernel before 5.2.3. Out of bounds access     exists in the functions     ath6kl_wmi_pstream_timeout_event_rx and     ath6kl_wmi_cac_event_rx in the file     driverset/wireless/ath/ath6kl/wmi.c.(CVE-2019-15926)An     issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.6.
    There is a memory leak issue when idr_alloc() fails in     genl_register_family() in     netetlink/genetlink.c.(CVE-2019-15921)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20.2. An     out-of-bounds access exists in the function     build_audio_procunit in the file     sound/usb/mixer.c.(CVE-2019-15927)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a     use-after-free in atalk_proc_exit, related to     net/appletalk/atalk_proc.c, net/appletalk/ddp.c, and     net/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.c.(CVE-2019-15292)An     issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_super.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.18. A use after free exists, related to     xfs_fs_fill_super failure.(CVE-2018-20976)In the Linux     kernel before 5.1.13, there is a memory leak in     drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c when SAS expander     discovery fails. This will cause a BUG and denial of     service.(CVE-2019-15807)A vulnerability was found in     Linux kernel's, versions up to 3.10, implementation of     overlayfs. An attacker with local access can create a     denial of service situation via NULL pointer     dereference in ovl_posix_acl_create function in     fs/overlayfs/dir.c. This can allow attackers with     ability to create directories on overlayfs to crash the     kernel creating a denial of service     (DOS).(CVE-2019-10140)In the Linux kernel, a certain     net/ipv4/tcp_output.c change, which was properly     incorporated into 4.16.12, was incorrectly backported     to the earlier longterm kernels, introducing a new     vulnerability that was potentially more severe than the     issue that was intended to be fixed by backporting.
    Specifically, by adding to a write queue between     disconnection and re-connection, a local attacker can     trigger multiple use-after-free conditions. This can     result in a kernel crash, or potentially in privilege     escalation.(CVE-2019-15239)check_input_term in     sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9     mishandles recursion, leading to kernel stack     exhaustion.(CVE-2019-15118)drivers     et/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.2.8 has a NULL pointer dereference via an     incomplete address in an endpoint     descriptor.(CVE-2019-15099)drivers     et/wireless/ath/ath6kl/usb.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.2.9 has a NULL pointer dereference via an     incomplete address in an endpoint     descriptor.(CVE-2019-15098)A flaw was found in the     Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation of UART. An     attacker with local access and write permissions to the     Bluetooth hardware could use this flaw to issue a     specially crafted ioctl function call and cause the     system to crash.(CVE-2019-10207)It was found that cephx     authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients     correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack. Any     attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is     able to sniff packets on network can use this     vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and     perform actions allowed by ceph service. Ceph branches     master, mimic, luminous and jewel are believed to be     vulnerable.(CVE-2018-1128)ax25_create in     net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the AF_AX25 network module in the     Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce     CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can     create a raw socket, aka     CID-0614e2b73768.(CVE-2019-17052)ieee802154_create in     net/ieee802154/socket.c in the AF_IEEE802154 network     module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not     enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged     users can create a raw socket, aka     CID-e69dbd4619e7.(CVE-2019-17053)atalk_create in     net/appletalk/ddp.c in the AF_APPLETALK network module     in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce     CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can     create a raw socket, aka     CID-6cc03e8aa36c.(CVE-2019-17054)base_sock_create in     drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the AF_ISDN network     module in the Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not     enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged     users can create a raw socket, aka     CID-b91ee4aa2a21.(CVE-2019-17055)llcp_sock_create in     net fc/llcp_sock.c in the AF_NFC network module in the     Linux kernel through 5.3.2 does not enforce     CAP_NET_RAW, which means that unprivileged users can     create a raw socket, aka     CID-3a359798b176.(CVE-2019-17056)A flaw was found in     the Linux kernel's freescale hypervisor manager     implementation, kernel versions 5.0.x up to, excluding     5.0.17. A parameter passed to an ioctl was incorrectly     validated and used in size calculations for the page     size calculation. An attacker can use this flaw to     crash the system, corrupt memory, or create other     adverse security     affects.(CVE-2019-10142)drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/techn     isat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an     out-of-bounds read via crafted USB device traffic     (which may be remote via usbip or     usbredir).(CVE-2019-15505)An issue was discovered in     the Linux kernel before 5.0.4. The 9p filesystem did     not protect i_size_write() properly, which causes an     i_size_read() infinite loop and denial of service on     SMP systems.(CVE-2019-16413)An issue was discovered in     xfs_setattr_nonsize in fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c in the Linux     kernel through 5.2.9. XFS partially wedges when a chgrp     fails on account of being out of disk quota.
    xfs_setattr_nonsize is failing to unlock the ILOCK     after the xfs_qm_vop_chown_reserve call fails. This is     primarily a local DoS attack vector, but it might     result as well in remote DoS if the XFS filesystem is     exported for instance via NFS.(CVE-2019-15538)A buffer     overflow flaw was found, in versions from 2.6.34 to     5.2.x, in the way Linux kernel's vhost functionality     that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs, logged the     buffer descriptors during migration. A privileged guest     user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to     the host when migration is underway, could use this     flaw to increase their privileges on the     host.(CVE-2019-14835)An out-of-bounds access issue was     found in the Linux kernel, all versions through 5.3, in     the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor implements the     Coalesced MMIO write operation. It operates on an MMIO     ring buffer 'struct kvm_coalesced_mmio' object, wherein     write indices 'ring->first' and 'ring->last' value     could be supplied by a host user-space process. An     unprivileged host user or process with access to     '/dev/kvm' device could use this flaw to crash the host     kernel, resulting in a denial of service or potentially     escalating privileges on the system.(CVE-2019-14821)An     information disclosure vulnerability exists when     certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively     access memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Information     Disclosure Vulnerability'.
    (CVE-2019-1125)drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c in the     Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue     return value, leading to a NULL pointer     dereference.(CVE-2019-16233)An issue was discovered in     the Linux kernel before 5.0.11. fm10k_init_module in     drivers et/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c has a NULL     pointer dereference because there is no -ENOMEM upon an     alloc_workqueue failure.(CVE-2019-15924)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.1. There is a     use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the     drivers et/wireless/intersil/p54/p54usb.c     driver.(CVE-2019-15220 )In the Linux kernel before     5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the     IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less     protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is     sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is     possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the     counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via     enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a     crafted web page that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP     traffic to attacker-controlled IP     addresses.(CVE-2019-10638)There is heap-based buffer     overflow in Linux kernel, all versions up to, excluding     5.3, in the marvell wifi chip driver in Linux kernel,     that allows local users to cause a denial of     service(system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code.( CVE-2019-14814)** RESERVED ** This candidate has     been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.
    When the candidate has been publicized, the details for     this candidate will be provided.( CVE-2019-14815)There     is heap-based buffer overflow in kernel, all versions     up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell wifi chip driver     in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a     denial of service(system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code.( CVE-2019-14816)A flaw was found in the     way Linux kernel KVM hypervisor emulated instructions     such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check     current privilege(CPL) level while emulating     unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest     user/process could use this flaw to potentially     escalate privileges inside guest.(CVE-2018-10853)A NULL     pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c
    __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before     4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic     and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and     RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.(CVE-2018-7492)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20.15. The     nfc_llcp_build_tlv function in net fc/llcp_commands.c     may return NULL. If the caller does not check for this,     it will trigger a NULL pointer dereference. This will     cause denial of service. This affects nfc_llcp_build_gb     in netfc/llcp_core.c.(CVE-2019-12818)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a     NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB     device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c     driver.(CVE-2019-15218)An issue was discovered in the     Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer     dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the     drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb.c     driver.(CVE-2019-15219)An issue was discovered in the     Linux kernel before 5.1.17. There is a NULL pointer     dereference caused by a malicious USB device in the     sound/usb/line6/pcm.c driver.(CVE-2019-15221)

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.

An update of the ceph package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
122879	Debian DLA-1715-1 : linux-4.9 security update (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/18/2019	1/9/2026	high
111548	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ceph (SUSE-SU-2018:2193-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/6/2018	8/26/2024	high
222135	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-1128	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	7/17/2026	high
130663	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2201)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	11/8/2019	4/15/2024	critical
203090	Photon OS 2.0: Ceph PHSA-2019-2.0-0159	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	2/19/2025	high

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