The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5161-1 advisory.

    Ilja Van Sprundel discovered that the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     size validations on incoming packets in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-3655)

    It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor (CCP) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764)

    It was discovered that the Aspeed Low Pin Count (LPC) Bus Controller implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly perform boundary checks in some situations, allowing out-of-bounds write access. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. In     Ubuntu, this issue only affected systems running armhf kernels. (CVE-2021-42252)

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 SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - Unprivileged BPF has been disabled by default to reduce attack surface as too many security issues have     happened in the past (jsc#SLE-22573)

      You can reenable via systemctl setting /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled to 0.
    (kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 0)


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-0941: In bpf_skb_change_head of filter.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a use     after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1192045).
    - CVE-2021-31916: An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-     ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel A bound check failure allowed an attacker     with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system     crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability (bnc#1192781).
    - CVE-2021-20322: Make the ipv4 and ipv6 ICMP exception caches less predictive to avoid information leaks     about UDP ports in use. (bsc#1191790)
    - CVE-2021-34981: Fixed file refcounting in cmtp when cmtp_attach_device fails. (bsc#1191961)
    - CVE-2021-3655: Fixed a missing size validations on inbound SCTP packets, which may have allowed the     kernel to read uninitialized memory (bsc#1188563).
    - CVE-2021-3715: Fixed a use-after-free in route4_change() in net/sched/cls_route.c (bsc#1190349).
    - CVE-2021-3760: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability with the ndev->rf_conn_info object (bsc#1190067).
    - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem had a buffer overflow related to drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-     avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt mishandled bounds checking     (bsc#1184673).
    - CVE-2021-3542: Fixed heap buffer overflow in firedtv driver (bsc#1186063).
    - CVE-2021-42252: Fixed an issue inside aspeed_lpc_ctrl_mmap that could have allowed local attackers to     access the Aspeed LPC control interface to overwrite memory in the kernel and potentially execute     privileges (bnc#1190479).
    - CVE-2021-41864: Fixed prealloc_elems_and_freelist that allowed unprivileged users to trigger an eBPF     multiplication integer overflow with a resultant out-of-bounds write (bnc#1191317).
    - CVE-2021-42008: Fixed a slab out-of-bounds write in the decode_data function in     drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c. Input from a process that had the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could have lead     to root access (bsc#1191315).
    - CVE-2021-37159: Fixed use-after-free and a double free inside hso_free_net_device in     drivers/net/usb/hso.c when unregister_netdev is called without checking for the NETREG_REGISTERED state     (bnc#1188601).
    - CVE-2020-3702: Fixed a bug which could be triggered with specifically timed and handcrafted traffic and     cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent     possibility of information disclosure. (bnc#1191193)
    - CVE-2021-3752: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bluetooth module.
    (bsc#1190023)
    - CVE-2021-40490: Fixed a race condition discovered in the ext4 subsystem that could leat to local     priviledge escalation. (bnc#1190159)
    - CVE-2021-3744: Fixed a bug which could allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1189884)
    - CVE-2021-3764: Fixed a bug which could allows attackers to cause a denial of service. (bsc#1190534)
    - CVE-2021-3772: Fixed a remote denial of service in the SCTP stack, if the attacker can spoof IP     addresses and knows the IP-addresses and port numbers being used (bnc#1190351).
    - CVE-2018-9517: Fixed possible memory corruption due to a use after free in pppol2tp_connect     (bsc#1108488).
    - CVE-2019-3874: Fixed possible denial of service attack via SCTP socket buffer used by a userspace     applications (bnc#1129898).
    - CVE-2019-3900: Fixed an infinite loop issue while handling incoming packets in handle_rx()     (bnc#1133374).
    - CVE-2021-3640: Fixed a Use-After-Free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() in the bluetooth     stack (bsc#1188172).
    - CVE-2021-3653: Missing validation of the `int_ctl` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to enable     AVIC support for the L2 guest. (bsc#1189399).
    - CVE-2021-3656: Missing validation of the the `virt_ext` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to     disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS for the L2 guest (bsc#1189400).
    - CVE-2021-3679: A lack of CPU resource in tracing module functionality was found in the way user uses     trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use     this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service (bnc#1189057).
    - CVE-2021-3732: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files (bsc#1189706).
    - CVE-2021-3753: Fixed race out-of-bounds in virtual terminal handling (bsc#1190025).
    - CVE-2021-3759: Unaccounted ipc objects in Linux kernel could have lead to breaking memcg limits and DoS     attacks (bsc#1190115).
    - CVE-2021-38160: Data corruption or loss could be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a     buf->len value exceeding the buffer size in drivers/char/virtio_console.c (bsc#1190117)
    - CVE-2021-38198: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow     page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault (bnc#1189262).
    - CVE-2021-38204: drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations     (bnc#1189291).
    - CVE-2021-34556: Fixed side-channel attack via a Speculative Store Bypass via unprivileged BPF program     that could have obtain sensitive information from kernel memory (bsc#1188983).
    - CVE-2021-35477: Fixed BPF stack frame pointer which could have been abused to disclose content of     arbitrary kernel memory (bsc#1188985).
    - CVE-2020-12770: Fixed sg_remove_request call in a certain failure cases (bsc#1171420).
    - CVE-2021-3659: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() in net/mac802154/llsec.c     (bsc#1188876).
    - CVE-2021-22543: Fixed improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM, which could bypass RO checks and     can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allowed users with the     ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local privilege     escalation (bsc#1186482).
    - CVE-2021-37576: Fixed an issue on the powerpc platform, where a KVM guest OS user could cause host OS     memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs (bsc#1188838).
    - CVE-2020-0429: In l2tp_session_delete and related functions of l2tp_core.c, there is possible memory     corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution     privileges needed. (bsc#1176724).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3386-1 advisory.

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in     drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
    This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808. (CVE-2021-3744)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem in the way user calls connect to     the socket and disconnect simultaneously due to a race condition. This flaw allows a user to crash the     system or escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,     integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3752)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function that allows an attacker     to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is similar to the older CVE-2019-18808. The highest threat     from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3764)

  - A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in     the Linux kernel through 5.13.13. (CVE-2021-40490)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3447-1 advisory.

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large     shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS. (CVE-2021-3669)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in     drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
    This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808. (CVE-2021-3744)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem in the way user calls connect to     the socket and disconnect simultaneously due to a race condition. This flaw allows a user to crash the     system or escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,     integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3752)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function that allows an attacker     to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is similar to the older CVE-2019-18808. The highest threat     from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3764)

  - A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in     the Linux kernel through 5.13.13. (CVE-2021-40490)

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
155752	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5161-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	12/1/2021	8/27/2024	high
155959	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3972-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/9/2021	9/24/2025	high
154054	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3386-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/13/2021	7/13/2023	high
154190	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3447-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/17/2021	7/13/2023	high

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