The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.112-108.499. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-036 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix race condition between ctrl_cdev_ioctl and ubi_cdev_ioctl (CVE-2021-47634)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Revert Revert block, bfq: honor already-setup queue merges (CVE-2021-47646)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ASoC: soc-compress: prevent the potentially use of null pointer (CVE-2021-47650)

    A denial of service (DOS) issue was found in the Linux kernel's smb2_ioctl_query_info function in     the fs/cifs/smb2ops.c Common Internet File System (CIFS) due to an incorrect return from the memdup_user     function. This flaw allows a local, privileged (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) attacker to crash the system.
    (CVE-2022-0168)

    When the KVM updates the guest's page table entry, it will first use get_user_pages_fast() to pin the     page, and when it fails (e.g. the vma->flags has VM_IO or VM_PFNMAP), it will get corresponding VMA where     the page lies in through find_vma_intersection(), calculate the physical address, and map the page to the     kernel virtual address through memremap(), and finally, write the update.The problem is that when we get     the vma through find_vma_intersection(), only VM_PFNMAP is checked, not both VM_IO and VM_PFNMAP. In the     reproducer below, after the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION is completed, we replace the guest's memory mapping     with the kernel-user shared region of io_uring and then perform the KVM_TRANSLATE operation, which finally     triggers the page table entry update. Now, memremap() will return page_offset_base (direct mapping of all     physical memory) + vaddr (the linear address of KVM_TRANSLATE) + vm_pgoff (the offset when io_uring     performs mmap(2)), and use the return value as the base address for CMPXCHG (write 0x21 in this case).
    Since both vaddr and vm_pgoff are controllable by the user-mode process, writing may exceed the previously     mapped guest memory space and trigger exceptions such as UAF. The vulnerability shares similarities with     CVE-2021-22543. (CVE-2022-1158)

    A vulnerability was found in the pfkey_register function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel. This     flaw allows a local, unprivileged user to gain access to kernel memory, leading to a system crash or a     leak of internal kernel information. (CVE-2022-1353)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's io_uring interface subsystem in the way a user     triggers a race condition between timeout flush and removal. This flaw allows a local user to crash or     escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-29582)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel implementation of proxied virtualized TPM devices. On a system where     virtualized TPM devices are configured (this is not the default) a local attacker can create a use-after-     free and create a situation where it may be possible to escalate privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-2977)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur while a slip driver is in     progress to detach in sl_tx_timeout in drivers/net/slip/slip.c. This issue could allow an attacker to     crash the system or leak internal kernel information. (CVE-2022-41858)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    swiotlb: fix info leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-48853)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    dm integrity: fix memory corruption when tag_size is less than digest size (CVE-2022-49044)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (CVE-2022-49053)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mmmremap.c: avoid pointless invalidate_range_start/end on mremap(old_size=0) (CVE-2022-49077)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    lz4: fix LZ4_decompress_safe_partial read out of bound (CVE-2022-49078)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mm/mempolicy: fix mpol_new leak in shared_policy_replace (CVE-2022-49080)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    qede: confirm skb is allocated before using (CVE-2022-49084)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drbd: Fix five use after free bugs in get_initial_state (CVE-2022-49085)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions (CVE-2022-49086)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    rxrpc: fix a race in rxrpc_exit_net() (CVE-2022-49087)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix potential crash on module unload (CVE-2022-49098)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    NFSv4.2: fix reference count leaks in _nfs42_proc_copy_notify() (CVE-2022-49103)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: libfc: Fix use after free in fc_exch_abts_resp() (CVE-2022-49114)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ACPI: CPPC: Avoid out of bounds access when parsing _CPC data (CVE-2022-49145)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    watch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled (CVE-2022-49148)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: qla2xxx: Suppress a kernel complaint in qla_create_qpair() (CVE-2022-49155)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: qla2xxx: Fix scheduling while atomic (CVE-2022-49156)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: don't BUG if someone dirty pages without asking ext4 first (CVE-2022-49171)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_dispatch_request (CVE-2022-49176)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    block, bfq: don't move oom_bfqq (CVE-2022-49179)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    LSM: general protection fault in legacy_parse_param (CVE-2022-49180)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bpf, sockmap: Fix more uncharged while msg has more_data (CVE-2022-49204)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    RDMA/mlx5: Fix memory leak in error flow for subscribe event routine (CVE-2022-49206)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in tcp_bpf_sendmsg while sk msg is full (CVE-2022-49209)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    watch_queue: Fix NULL dereference in error cleanup (CVE-2022-49257)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/i915/gem: add missing boundary check in vm_access (CVE-2022-49261)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    NFSD: prevent integer overflow on 32 bit systems (CVE-2022-49279)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's core dump subsystem. This flaw could allow a local     user to crash the system. (CVE-2023-1249)

    A flaw that boot CPU could be vulnerable for the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks in the     Linux kernel X86 CPU Power management options functionality was found in the way user resuming CPU from     suspend-to-RAM. A local user could use this flaw to potentially get unauthorized access to some memory of     the CPU similar to the speculative execution behavior kind of attacks. (CVE-2023-1637)

    Improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer in some Intel(R) i915 Graphics     drivers for linux before kernel version 6.2.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2023-28410)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5884-1 advisory.

    Kirill Tkhai discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not calculate size     correctly when pre-allocating space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2021-4155)

    Lee Jones discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth implementation in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20566)

    Duoming Zhou discovered that a race condition existed in the SLIP driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-41858)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    Jos Oliveira and Rodrigo Branco discovered that the prctl syscall implementation in the Linux kernel did     not properly protect against indirect branch prediction attacks in some situations. A local attacker could     possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-0045)

    It was discovered that the RNDIS USB driver in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow     vulnerability. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a malicious USB device to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-23559)

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
180564	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-036)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	9/6/2023	4/11/2025	high
171867	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-5884-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2/23/2023	8/27/2024	high

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