The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12-SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-12207: Untrusted virtual machines on Intel CPUs could exploit a race condition in the Instruction Fetch Unit of the Intel CPU to cause a Machine Exception during Page Size Change, causing the CPU core to be non-functional.

The Linux Kernel kvm hypervisor was adjusted to avoid page size changes in executable pages by splitting / merging huge pages into small pages as needed. More information can be found on https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023735 CVE-2019-16995: Fix a memory leak in hsr_dev_finalize() if hsr_add_port failed to add a port, which may have caused denial of service (bsc#1152685).

CVE-2019-11135: Aborting an asynchronous TSX operation on Intel CPUs with Transactional Memory support could be used to facilitate sidechannel information leaks out of microarchitectural buffers, similar to the previously described 'Microarchitectural Data Sampling' attack.

The Linux kernel was supplemented with the option to disable TSX operation altogether (requiring CPU Microcode updates on older systems) and better flushing of microarchitectural buffers (VERW).

The set of options available is described in our TID at https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7024251 CVE-2019-16233: drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c did not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (bsc#1150457).

CVE-2019-10220: Added sanity checks on the pathnames passed to the user space. (bsc#1144903).

CVE-2019-17666: rtlwifi: Fix potential overflow in P2P code (bsc#1154372).

CVE-2019-17133: cfg80211 wireless extension did not reject a long SSID IE, leading to a Buffer Overflow (bsc#1153158).

CVE-2019-16232: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in the Marwell libertas driver (bsc#1150465).

CVE-2019-16234: iwlwifi pcie driver did not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. (bsc#1150452).

CVE-2019-17055: The AF_ISDN network module in the Linux kernel did not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which meant that unprivileged users could create a raw socket (bnc#1152782).

CVE-2019-17056: The AF_NFC network module did not enforce CAP_NET_RAW, which meant that unprivileged users could create a raw socket (bsc#1152788).

CVE-2019-16413: The 9p filesystem did not protect i_size_write() properly, which caused an i_size_read() infinite loop and denial of service on SMP systems (bnc#1151347).

CVE-2019-15902: A backporting issue was discovered that re-introduced the Spectre vulnerability it had aimed to eliminate. This occurred because the backport process depends on cherry picking specific commits, and because two (correctly ordered) code lines were swapped (bnc#1149376).

CVE-2019-15291: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference issue that could be caused by a malicious USB device (bnc#1146519).

CVE-2019-15807: Fixed a memory leak in the SCSI module that could be abused to cause denial of service (bnc#1148938).

CVE-2019-13272: Fixed a mishandled the recording of the credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, which allowed local users to obtain root access by leveraging certain scenarios with a parent-child process relationship, where a parent drops privileges and calls execve (potentially allowing control by an attacker).
(bnc#1140671).

CVE-2019-14821: An out-of-bounds access issue was fixed in the kernel's KVM hypervisor. 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 (bnc#1151350).

CVE-2019-15505: An out-of-bounds issue had been fixed that could be caused by crafted USB device traffic (bnc#1147122).

CVE-2017-18595: A double free in allocate_trace_buffer was fixed (bnc#1149555).

CVE-2019-14835: A buffer overflow flaw was found in the kernel's vhost functionality that translates virtqueue buffers to IOVs. A privileged guest user able to pass descriptors with invalid length to the host could use this flaw to increase their privileges on the host (bnc#1150112).

CVE-2019-15216: A NULL pointer dereference was fixed that could be malicious USB device (bnc#1146361).

CVE-2019-15924: A a NULL pointer dereference has been fixed in the drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k module (bnc#1149612).

CVE-2019-9456: An out-of-bounds write in the USB monitor driver has been fixed. This issue could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. (bnc#1150025).

CVE-2019-15926: An out-of-bounds access was fixed in the drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl module. (bnc#1149527).

CVE-2019-15927: An out-of-bounds access was fixed in the sound/usb/mixer module (bnc#1149522).

CVE-2019-15666: There was an out-of-bounds array access in the net/xfrm module that could cause denial of service (bnc#1148394).

CVE-2017-18379: An out-of-boundary access was fixed in the drivers/nvme/target module (bnc#1143187).

CVE-2019-15219: A NULL pointer dereference was fixed that could be abused by a malicious USB device (bnc#1146519 1146524).

CVE-2019-15220: A use-after-free issue was fixed that could be caused by a malicious USB device (bnc#1146519 1146526).

CVE-2019-15221: A NULL pointer dereference was fixed that could be caused by a malicious USB device (bnc#1146519 1146529).

CVE-2019-14814: A heap-based buffer overflow was fixed in the marvell wifi chip driver. That issue allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code (bnc#1146512).

CVE-2019-14815: A missing length check while parsing WMM IEs was fixed (bsc#1146512, bsc#1146514, bsc#1146516).

CVE-2019-14816: A heap-based buffer overflow in the marvell wifi chip driver was fixed. Local users would have abused this issue to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code (bnc#1146516).

CVE-2017-18509: An issue in net/ipv6 as fixed. By setting a specific socket option, an attacker could control a pointer in kernel land and cause an inet_csk_listen_stop general protection fault, or potentially execute arbitrary code under certain circumstances. The issue can be triggered as root (e.g., inside a default LXC container or with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) or after namespace unsharing. (bnc#1145477)

CVE-2019-9506: The Bluetooth BR/EDR specification used to permit sufficiently low encryption key length and did not prevent an attacker from influencing the key length negotiation. This allowed practical brute-force attacks (aka 'KNOB') that could decrypt traffic and inject arbitrary ciphertext without the victim noticing (bnc#1137865).

CVE-2019-15098: A NULL pointer dereference in drivers/net/wireless/ath was fixed (bnc#1146378).

CVE-2019-15290: A NULL pointer dereference in ath6kl_usb_alloc_urb_from_pipe was fixed (bsc#1146378).

CVE-2019-15239: A incorrect patch to net/ipv4 was fixed. By adding to a write queue between disconnection and re-connection, a local attacker could trigger multiple use-after-free conditions. This could result in kernel crashes or potentially in privilege escalation.
(bnc#1146589)

CVE-2019-15212: A double-free issue was fixed in drivers/usb driver (bnc#1146391).

CVE-2016-10906: A use-after-free issue was fixed in drivers/net/ethernet/arc (bnc#1146584).

CVE-2019-15211: A use-after-free issue caused by a malicious USB device was fixed in the drivers/media/v4l2-core driver (bnc#1146519).

CVE-2019-15217: A a NULL pointer dereference issue caused by a malicious USB device was fixed in the drivers/media/usb/zr364xx driver (bnc#1146519).

CVE-2019-15214: An a use-after-free issue in the sound subsystem was fixed (bnc#1146519).

CVE-2019-15218: A NULL pointer dereference caused by a malicious USB device was fixed in the drivers/media/usb/siano driver (bnc#1146413).

CVE-2019-15215: A use-after-free issue caused by a malicious USB device was fixed in the drivers/media/usb/cpia2 driver (bnc#1146425).

CVE-2018-20976: A use-after-free issue was fixed in the fs/xfs driver (bnc#1146285).

CVE-2017-18551: An out-of-bounds write was fixed in the drivers/i2c driver (bnc#1146163).

CVE-2019-0154: An unprotected read access to i915 registers has been fixed that could have been abused to facilitate a local denial-of-service attack. (bsc#1135966)

CVE-2019-0155: A privilege escalation vulnerability has been fixed in the i915 module that allowed batch buffers from user mode to gain super user privileges. (bsc#1135967)

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4062 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: use-after-free in sound/core/timer.c (CVE-2019-19807)

    * kernel: out of bounds write in function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c     (CVE-2017-18551)

    * kernel: race condition in smp_task_timedout() and smp_task_done() in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     leads to use-after-free (CVE-2018-20836)

    * kernel: out of bounds write in i2c driver leads to local escalation of privilege (CVE-2019-9454)

    * kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation     (CVE-2019-9458)

    Space precludes documenting all of the security fixes in this advisory. See the descriptions of the     remaining security fixes in the related Knowledge Article:

    https://access.redhat.com/articles/5442481

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 5.19.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-5.19.0.5 advisory.

  - In Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length     checks. In cases where the application calling the library did not perform a sanity check on the inputs it     could result in a crash due to a buffer overflow. (CVE-2019-17006)

  - Heap buffer overflow in the TFTP protocol handler in cURL 7.19.4 to 7.65.3. (CVE-2019-5482)

  - In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives.
    When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may     contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting     those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of     the system. (CVE-2019-14866)

  - If an HTTP/2 client connecting to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M7, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.37 or 8.5.0 to     8.5.57 exceeded the agreed maximum number of concurrent streams for a connection (in violation of the     HTTP/2 protocol), it was possible that a subsequent request made on that connection could contain HTTP     headers - including HTTP/2 pseudo headers - from a previous request rather than the intended headers. This     could lead to users seeing responses for unexpected resources. (CVE-2020-13943)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.6.45 and prior, 5.7.27 and prior and 8.0.17 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang     or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. (CVE-2019-2974)

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

The version of AOS installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the NXSA-AOS-5.15.5 advisory.

  - In Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.46, several cryptographic primitives had missing length     checks. In cases where the application calling the library did not perform a sanity check on the inputs it     could result in a crash due to a buffer overflow. (CVE-2019-17006)

  - Heap buffer overflow in the TFTP protocol handler in cURL 7.19.4 to 7.65.3. (CVE-2019-5482)

  - In all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives.
    When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may     contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting     those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of     the system. (CVE-2019-14866)

  - If an HTTP/2 client connecting to Apache Tomcat 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.0-M7, 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.37 or 8.5.0 to     8.5.57 exceeded the agreed maximum number of concurrent streams for a connection (in violation of the     HTTP/2 protocol), it was possible that a subsequent request made on that connection could contain HTTP     headers - including HTTP/2 pseudo headers - from a previous request rather than the intended headers. This     could lead to users seeing responses for unexpected resources. (CVE-2020-13943)

  - Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported     versions that are affected are 5.6.45 and prior, 5.7.27 and prior and 8.0.17 and prior. Easily exploitable     vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise     MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang     or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. (CVE-2019-2974)

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-2019-4850 advisory.

    - vhost: make sure log_num < in_num (yongduan)  [Orabug: 30312787]  {CVE-2019-14835}
    - vhost: block speculation of translated descriptors (Michael S. Tsirkin)  [Orabug: 30312787]     {CVE-2019-14835}
    - net: hsr: fix memory leak in hsr_dev_finalize() (Mao Wenan)  [Orabug: 30444853]  {CVE-2019-16995}
    - ieee802154: enforce CAP_NET_RAW for raw sockets (Ori Nimron)  [Orabug: 30444946]  {CVE-2019-17053}
    - mISDN: enforce CAP_NET_RAW for raw sockets (Ori Nimron)  [Orabug: 30445158]  {CVE-2019-17055}
    - net: sit: fix memory leak in sit_init_net() (Mao Wenan)  [Orabug: 30445305]  {CVE-2019-16994}
    - media: dvb: usb: fix use after free in dvb_usb_device_exit (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 30490491]     {CVE-2019-15213}
    - media: cpia2_usb: first wake up, then free in disconnect (Oliver Neukum)  [Orabug: 30511741]     {CVE-2019-15215}
    - media: usb:zr364xx:Fix KASAN:null-ptr-deref Read in zr364xx_vidioc_querycap (Vandana BN)  [Orabug:
    30532774]  {CVE-2019-15217}
    - x86/tsx: Add config options to set tsx=on|off|auto (Michal Hocko)  [Orabug: 30517133]  {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add documentation for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/tsx: Add 'auto' option to the tsx= cmdline parameter (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - kvm/x86: Export MDS_NO=0 to guests when TSX is enabled (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add sysfs reporting for TSX Async Abort (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/speculation/taa: Add mitigation for TSX Async Abort (Kanth Ghatraju)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/cpu: Add a 'tsx=' cmdline option with TSX disabled by default (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/cpu: Add a helper function x86_read_arch_cap_msr() (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]     {CVE-2019-11135}
    - x86/msr: Add the IA32_TSX_CTRL MSR (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517133]  {CVE-2019-11135}
    - kvm: x86: mmu: Recovery of shattered NX large pages (Junaid Shahid)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - kvm: Add helper function for creating VM worker threads (Junaid Shahid)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - kvm: mmu: ITLB_MULTIHIT mitigation (Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: remove now unneeded hugepage gfn adjustment (Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: make FNAME(fetch) and __direct_map more similar (Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - kvm: x86: Do not release the page inside mmu_set_spte() (Junaid Shahid)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - x86/cpu: Add Tremont to the cpu vulnerability whitelist (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - x86: Add ITLB_MULTIHIT bug infrastructure (Pawan Gupta)  [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Move mapping_level_dirty_bitmap() call in mapping_level() (Takuya Yoshikawa)  [Orabug:
    30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - Revert 'KVM: x86: use the fast way to invalidate all pages' (Sean Christopherson)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - kvm: Convert kvm_lock to a mutex (Junaid Shahid)  [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Simplify force_pt_level calculation code in FNAME(page_fault)() (Takuya Yoshikawa)     [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Make force_pt_level bool (Takuya Yoshikawa)  [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Remove unused parameter parent_pte from kvm_mmu_get_page() (Takuya Yoshikawa)  [Orabug:
    30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: extend usage of RET_MMIO_PF_* constants (Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Make mmu_set_spte() return emulate value (Takuya Yoshikawa)  [Orabug: 30517059]     {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Move parent_pte handling from kvm_mmu_get_page() to link_shadow_page() (Takuya Yoshikawa)     [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - KVM: x86: MMU: Move initialization of parent_ptes out from kvm_mmu_alloc_page() (Takuya Yoshikawa)     [Orabug: 30517059]  {CVE-2018-12207}
    - i2c: core-smbus: prevent stack corruption on read I2C_BLOCK_DATA (Jeremy Compostella)  [Orabug:
    30210503]  {CVE-2017-18551}
    - net-sysfs: Fix mem leak in netdev_register_kobject (YueHaibing)  [Orabug: 30350263]  {CVE-2019-15916}

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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4186-1 advisory.

    Stephan van Schaik, Alyssa Milburn, Sebastian sterlund, Pietro Frigo, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos,     Cristiano Giuffrida, Giorgi Maisuradze, Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss, and Jo Van Bulck     discovered that Intel processors using Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) could expose memory     contents previously stored in microarchitectural buffers to a malicious process that is executing on the     same CPU core. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-11135)

    It was discovered that the Intel i915 graphics chipsets allowed userspace to modify page table entries via     writes to MMIO from the Blitter Command Streamer and expose kernel memory information. A local attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information or possibly elevate privileges. (CVE-2019-0155)

    Deepak Gupta discovered that on certain Intel processors, the Linux kernel did not properly perform     invalidation on page table updates by virtual guest operating systems. A local attacker in a guest VM     could use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash). (CVE-2018-12207)

    It was discovered that the Intel i915 graphics chipsets could cause a system hang when userspace performed     a read from GT memory mapped input output (MMIO) when the product is in certain low power states. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0154)

    Hui Peng discovered that the Atheros AR6004 USB Wi-Fi device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     validate endpoint descriptors returned by the device. A physically proximate attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-15098)

    It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the 802.11 Wi-Fi configuration interface for the Linux     kernel when handling beacon settings. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-16746)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the AX25 network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket. (CVE-2019-17052)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the IEEE 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless network protocol implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw     socket. (CVE-2019-17053)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the Appletalk network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket.
    (CVE-2019-17054)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the modular ISDN network protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw socket.
    (CVE-2019-17055)

    Ori Nimron discovered that the Near field Communication (NFC) network protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly perform permissions checks. A local attacker could use this to create a raw     socket. (CVE-2019-17056)

    Nico Waisman discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Realtek Wi-Fi driver for the Linux kernel     when handling Notice of Absence frames. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-17666)

    Maddie Stone discovered that the Binder IPC Driver implementation 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-2019-2215)

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
130949	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:2949-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/13/2019	1/19/2023	critical
141026	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2020:4062)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	9/29/2020	11/7/2024	high
164556	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.19.0.5)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	7/22/2025	critical
164599	Nutanix AOS : Multiple Vulnerabilities (NXSA-AOS-5.15.5)	Nessus	Misc.	9/1/2022	7/22/2025	critical
131174	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2019-4850)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/21/2019	2/9/2026	high
130966	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4186-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	11/13/2019	8/27/2024	critical

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