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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4094-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the alarmtimer implementation in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-13053)

    Wen Xu discovered that the XFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track inode     validations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when mounted, could cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13093)

    Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614,     CVE-2018-14616, CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13098, CVE-2018-14615)

    Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612,     CVE-2018-14613, CVE-2018-14609)

    Wen Xu discovered that the HFS+ filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     malformed catalog data in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious HFS+ image     that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-14617)

    Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov discovered that the cleancache subsystem of the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize new files in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2018-16862)

    Hui Peng and Mathias Payer discovered that the USB subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     size checks when handling an extra USB descriptor. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-20169)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel     when certain failure conditions occurred. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20856)

    Eli Biham and Lior Neumann discovered that the Bluetooth implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate elliptic curve parameters during Diffie-Hellman key exchange in some situations. An     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-5383)

    It was discovered that a heap buffer overflow existed in the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver for the     Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-10126)

    Andrei Vlad Lutas and Dan Lutas discovered that some x86 processors incorrectly handle SWAPGS instructions     during speculative execution. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2019-1125)

    It was discovered that the PowerPC dlpar implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for     allocation errors in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12614)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerabilty existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2019-12818)

    It was discovered that the MDIO bus devices subsystem in the Linux kernel improperly dropped a device     reference in an error condition, leading to a use-after-free. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-12819)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the Near-field communication     (NFC) implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2019-12984)

    Jann Horn discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel when accessing LDT entries in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-13233)

    Jann Horn discovered that the ptrace implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly record     credentials in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2019-13272)

    It was discovered that the Empia EM28xx DVB USB device driver implementation in the Linux kernel contained     a use-after-free vulnerability when disconnecting the device. An attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-2024)

    It was discovered that the USB video device class implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate control bits, resulting in an out of bounds buffer read. A local attacker could use this to     possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-2101)

    It was discovered that the Marvell Wireless LAN device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate the BSS descriptor. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3846)

    It was discovered that the Appletalk IP encapsulation driver in the Linux kernel did not properly prevent     kernel addresses from being copied to user space. A local attacker with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20511)

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.

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
127889	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4094-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/14/2019	8/27/2024	critical

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