The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2021-3347: A use-after-free was discovered in the PI futexes during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel (bnc#1181349).

CVE-2021-3348: Fixed a use-after-free in nbd_add_socket that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a certain point during device setup (bnc#1181504).

CVE-2021-20177: Fixed a kernel panic related to iptables string matching rules. A privileged user could insert a rule which could lead to denial of service (bnc#1180765).

CVE-2021-0342: In tun_get_user of tun.c, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges required.
(bnc#1180812)

CVE-2020-27835: A use-after-free in the infiniband hfi1 driver was found, specifically in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system (bnc#1179878).

CVE-2020-25639: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference via nouveau ioctl (bnc#1176846).

CVE-2020-29569: Fixed a potential privilege escalation and information leaks related to the PV block backend, as used by Xen (bnc#1179509).

CVE-2020-29568: Fixed a denial of service issue, related to processing watch events (bnc#1179508).

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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1739 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: Integer overflow in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers (CVE-2020-12362)

    * kernel: use-after-free caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/adutux.c driver     (CVE-2019-19523)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug caused by a malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c driver     (CVE-2019-19528)

    * kernel: possible out of bounds write in kbd_keycode of keyboard.c (CVE-2020-0431)

    * kernel: DoS by corrupting mountpoint reference counter (CVE-2020-12114)

    * kernel: use-after-free in usb_sg_cancel function in drivers/usb/core/message.c (CVE-2020-12464)

    * kernel: buffer uses out of index in ext3/4 filesystem (CVE-2020-14314)

    * kernel: Use After Free vulnerability in cgroup BPF component (CVE-2020-14356)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in serial8250_isa_init_ports function in     drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c (CVE-2020-15437)

    * kernel: umask not applied on filesystem without ACL support (CVE-2020-24394)

    * kernel: TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code (CVE-2020-25212)

    * kernel: incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices (CVE-2020-25284)

    * kernel: race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2020-25285)

    * kernel: improper input validation in ppp_cp_parse_cr function leads to memory corruption and read     overflow (CVE-2020-25643)

    * kernel: perf_event_parse_addr_filter memory (CVE-2020-25704)

    * kernel: use-after-free in kernel midi subsystem (CVE-2020-27786)

    * kernel: child process is able to access parent mm through hfi dev file handle (CVE-2020-27835)

    * kernel: slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon (CVE-2020-28974)

    * kernel: fork: fix copy_process(CLONE_PARENT) race with the exiting ->real_parent (CVE-2020-35508)

    * kernel: use after free in tun_get_user of tun.c could lead to local escalation of privilege     (CVE-2021-0342)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereferences in ov511_mode_init_regs and ov518_mode_init_regs in     drivers/media/usb/gspca/ov519.c (CVE-2020-11608)

    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 8.4 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
146685	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0532-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/22/2021	1/19/2024	high
149660	RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:1739)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/19/2021	11/7/2024	high

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