Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

  - CVE-2019-3846, CVE-2019-10126     huangwen reported multiple buffer overflows in the     Marvell wifi (mwifiex) driver, which a local user could     use to cause denial of service or the execution of     arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2019-5489     Daniel Gruss, Erik Kraft, Trishita Tiwari, Michael     Schwarz, Ari Trachtenberg, Jason Hennessey, Alex     Ionescu, and Anders Fogh discovered that local users     could use the mincore() system call to obtain sensitive     information from other processes that access the same     memory-mapped file.

  - CVE-2019-9500, CVE-2019-9503     Hugues Anguelkov discovered a buffer overflow and     missing access validation in the Broadcom FullMAC wifi     driver (brcmfmac), which a attacker on the same wifi     network could use to cause denial of service or the     execution of arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2019-11477     Jonathan Looney reported that a specially crafted     sequence of TCP selective acknowledgements (SACKs)     allows a remotely triggerable kernel panic.

  - CVE-2019-11478     Jonathan Looney reported that a specially crafted     sequence of TCP selective acknowledgements (SACKs) will     fragment the TCP retransmission queue, allowing an     attacker to cause excessive resource usage.

  - CVE-2019-11479     Jonathan Looney reported that an attacker could force     the Linux kernel to segment its responses into multiple     TCP segments, each of which contains only 8 bytes of     data, drastically increasing the bandwidth required to     deliver the same amount of data.

  This update introduces a new sysctl value to control the minimal MSS   (net.ipv4.tcp_min_snd_mss), which by default uses the formerly hard   coded value of 48. We recommend raising this to 536 unless you know   that your network requires a lower value.

  - CVE-2019-11486     Jann Horn of Google reported numerous race conditions in     the Siemens R3964 line discipline. A local user could     use these to cause unspecified security impact. This     module has therefore been disabled.

  - CVE-2019-11599     Jann Horn of Google reported a race condition in the     core dump implementation which could lead to a     use-after-free. A local user could use this to read     sensitive information, to cause a denial of service     (memory corruption), or for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2019-11815     It was discovered that a use-after-free in the Reliable     Datagram Sockets protocol could result in denial of     service and potentially privilege escalation. This     protocol module (rds) is not auto loaded on Debian     systems, so this issue only affects systems where it is     explicitly loaded.

  - CVE-2019-11833     It was discovered that the ext4 filesystem     implementation writes uninitialised data from kernel     memory to new extent blocks. A local user able to write     to an ext4 filesystem and then read the filesystem     image, for example using a removable drive, might be     able to use this to obtain sensitive information.

  - CVE-2019-11884     It was discovered that the Bluetooth HIDP implementation     did not ensure that new connection names were     null-terminated. A local user with CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability might be able to use this to obtain sensitive     information from the kernel stack.

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-4118-1 advisory.

  - The alarm_timer_nsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3 has an     integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe is not used. (CVE-2018-13053)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. There is a NULL pointer     dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted     xfs image. This occurs because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during     allocation. (CVE-2018-13093)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14. A denial of service (out-of-     bounds memory access and BUG) can occur upon encountering an abnormal bitmap size when mounting a crafted     f2fs image. (CVE-2018-13096)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. There is an out-of-bounds     read or a divide-by-zero error for an incorrect user_block_count in a corrupted f2fs image, leading to a     denial of service (BUG). (CVE-2018-13097)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3. A denial of service (slab     out-of-bounds read and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which FI_EXTRA_ATTR is set     in an inode. (CVE-2018-13098)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/inline.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4. A denial of service (out-of-     bounds memory access and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which an inline inode     contains an invalid reserved blkaddr. (CVE-2018-13099)

  - An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3, which does not properly     validate secs_per_zone in a corrupted f2fs image, as demonstrated by a divide-by-zero error.
    (CVE-2018-13100)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in
    __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when mounting a crafted btrfs image, related to removing reloc     rb_trees when reloc control has not been initialized. (CVE-2018-14609)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is out-of-bounds access in     write_extent_buffer() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of verification     that each block group has a corresponding chunk at mount time, within btrfs_read_block_groups in     fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c. (CVE-2018-14610)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a use-after-free in     try_merge_free_space() when mounting a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of chunk type flag checks in     btrfs_check_chunk_valid in fs/btrfs/volumes.c. (CVE-2018-14611)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in     btrfs_root_node() when mounting a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of chunk block group mapping     validation in btrfs_read_block_groups in fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c, and a lack of empty-tree checks in     check_leaf in fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c. (CVE-2018-14612)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an invalid pointer dereference in     io_ctl_map_page() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of block group item     validation in check_leaf_item in fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c. (CVE-2018-14613)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is an out-of-bounds access in
    __remove_dirty_segment() in fs/f2fs/segment.c when mounting an f2fs image. (CVE-2018-14614)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a buffer overflow in     truncate_inline_inode() in fs/f2fs/inline.c when umounting an f2fs image, because a length value may be     negative. (CVE-2018-14615)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference in     fscrypt_do_page_crypto() in fs/crypto/crypto.c when operating on a file in a corrupted f2fs image.
    (CVE-2018-14616)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic     in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+     filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory.
    (CVE-2018-14617)

  - A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel in a way that the cleancache subsystem clears an inode after     the final file truncation (removal). The new file created with the same inode may contain leftover pages     from cleancache and the old file data instead of the new one. (CVE-2018-16862)

  - The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.8 reads if_num     from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds     (OOB) read that potentially allows arbitrary read in the kernel address space. (CVE-2018-19985)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during     the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c.
    (CVE-2018-20169)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in     drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by     leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl call.
    (CVE-2018-20511)

  - In the Linux kernel before 4.20.2, kernel/sched/fair.c mishandles leaf cfs_rq's, which allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop in update_blocked_averages) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by inducing a high load. (CVE-2018-20784)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an
    __blk_drain_queue() use-after-free because a certain error case is mishandled. (CVE-2018-20856)

  - Bluetooth firmware or operating system software drivers in macOS versions before 10.13, High Sierra and     iOS versions before 11.4, and Android versions before the 2018-06-05 patch may not sufficiently validate     elliptic curve parameters used to generate public keys during a Diffie-Hellman key exchange, which may     allow a remote attacker to obtain the encryption key used by the device. (CVE-2018-5383)

  - Insufficient access control in the Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software driver before version 21.10 may     allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-0136)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A heap based buffer overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function     in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c might lead to memory corruption and possibly other     consequences. (CVE-2019-10126)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation of UART, all versions kernel 3.x.x before     4.18.0 and kernel 5.x.x. An attacker with local access and write permissions to the Bluetooth hardware     could use this flaw to issue a specially crafted ioctl function call and cause the system to crash.
    (CVE-2019-10207)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.1.7, a device can be tracked by an attacker using the IP ID values the kernel     produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple     destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash collisions (of indices to the counter array) and     thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). An attack may be conducted by hosting a crafted web page     that uses WebRTC or gQUIC to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP addresses. (CVE-2019-10638)

  - The Linux kernel 4.x (starting from 4.1) and 5.x before 5.0.8 allows Information Exposure (partial kernel     address disclosure), leading to a KASLR bypass. Specifically, it is possible to extract the KASLR kernel     image offset using the IP ID values the kernel produces for connection-less protocols (e.g., UDP and     ICMP). When such traffic is sent to multiple destination IP addresses, it is possible to obtain hash     collisions (of indices to the counter array) and thereby obtain the hashing key (via enumeration). This     key contains enough bits from a kernel address (of a static variable) so when the key is extracted (via     enumeration), the offset of the kernel image is exposed. This attack can be carried out remotely, by the     attacker forcing the target device to send UDP or ICMP (or certain other) traffic to attacker-controlled     IP addresses. Forcing a server to send UDP traffic is trivial if the server is a DNS server. ICMP traffic     is trivial if the server answers ICMP Echo requests (ping). For client targets, if the target visits the     attacker's web page, then WebRTC or gQUIC can be used to force UDP traffic to attacker-controlled IP     addresses. NOTE: this attack against KASLR became viable in 4.1 because IP ID generation was changed to     have a dependency on an address associated with a network namespace. (CVE-2019-10639)

  - Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode Driver in Intel(R) i915 Graphics for Linux before version 5.0     may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
    (CVE-2019-11085)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.1-rc5 allows page->_refcount reference count overflow, with resultant use-after-     free issues, if about 140 GiB of RAM exists. This is related to fs/fuse/dev.c, fs/pipe.c, fs/splice.c,     include/linux/mm.h, include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h, kernel/trace/trace.c, mm/gup.c, and mm/hugetlb.c. It can     occur with FUSE requests. (CVE-2019-11487)

  - The coredump implementation in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10 does not use locking or other mechanisms to     prevent vma layout or vma flags changes while it runs, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information, cause a denial of service, or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a race     condition with mmget_not_zero or get_task_mm calls. This is related to fs/userfaultfd.c, mm/mmap.c,     fs/proc/task_mmu.c, and drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c. (CVE-2019-11599)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.7. A NULL pointer dereference can occur when     megasas_create_frame_pool() fails in megasas_alloc_cmds() in drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c.
    This causes a Denial of Service, related to a use-after-free. (CVE-2019-11810)

  - An issue was discovered in rds_tcp_kill_sock in net/rds/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.8. There is a     race condition leading to a use-after-free, related to net namespace cleanup. (CVE-2019-11815)

  - fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel through 5.1.2 does not zero out the unused memory region in the     extent tree block, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading uninitialized     data in the filesystem. (CVE-2019-11833)

  - The do_hidp_sock_ioctl function in net/bluetooth/hidp/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 5.0.15 allows a     local user to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a HIDPCONNADD command,     because a name field may not end with a '\0' character. (CVE-2019-11884)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20.15. The nfc_llcp_build_tlv function in     net/nfc/llcp_commands.c may return NULL. If the caller does not check for this, it will trigger a NULL     pointer dereference. This will cause denial of service. This affects nfc_llcp_build_gb in     net/nfc/llcp_core.c. (CVE-2019-12818)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0. The function __mdiobus_register() in     drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c calls put_device(), which will trigger a fixed_mdio_bus_init use-after-free.
    This will cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12819)

  - A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function nfc_genl_deactivate_target() in net/nfc/netlink.c     in the Linux kernel before 5.1.13 can be triggered by a malicious user-mode program that omits certain NFC     attributes, leading to denial of service. (CVE-2019-12984)

  - In arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.9, there is a use-after-free for access to an     LDT entry because of a race condition between modify_ldt() and a #BR exception for an MPX bounds     violation. (CVE-2019-13233)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.1.17, ptrace_link in kernel/ptrace.c mishandles the recording of the     credentials of a process that wants to create a ptrace relationship, which allows 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). One contributing factor is an     object lifetime issue (which can also cause a panic). Another contributing factor is incorrect marking of     a ptrace relationship as privileged, which is exploitable through (for example) Polkit's pkexec helper     with PTRACE_TRACEME. NOTE: SELinux deny_ptrace might be a usable workaround in some environments.
    (CVE-2019-13272)

  - In parse_hid_report_descriptor in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.1, a     malicious USB device can send an HID report that triggers an out-of-bounds write during generation of     debugging messages. (CVE-2019-13631)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, set_geometry in drivers/block/floppy.c does not validate the sect and     head fields, as demonstrated by an integer overflow and out-of-bounds read. It can be triggered by an     unprivileged local user when a floppy disk has been inserted. NOTE: QEMU creates the floppy device by     default. (CVE-2019-14283)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.2.3, drivers/block/floppy.c allows a denial of service by setup_format_params     division-by-zero. Two consecutive ioctls can trigger the bug: the first one should set the drive geometry     with .sect and .rate values that make F_SECT_PER_TRACK be zero. Next, the floppy format operation should     be called. It can be triggered by an unprivileged local user even when a floppy disk has not been     inserted. NOTE: QEMU creates the floppy device by default. (CVE-2019-14284)

  - In the Linux kernel before 4.16.4, a double-locking error in drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c may potentially     cause a deadlock with f_hid. (CVE-2019-14763)

  - An issue was discovered in drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_dbg.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.12. In the     qedi_dbg_* family of functions, there is an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2019-15090)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.6. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious     USB device in the drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c driver because drivers/media/radio/radio-raremono.c     does not properly allocate memory. (CVE-2019-15211)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a double-free caused by a malicious USB     device in the drivers/usb/misc/rio500.c driver. (CVE-2019-15212)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.10. There is a use-after-free in the sound     subsystem because card disconnection causes certain data structures to be deleted too early. This is     related to sound/core/init.c and sound/core/info.c. (CVE-2019-15214)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.6. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious     USB device in the drivers/media/usb/cpia2/cpia2_usb.c driver. (CVE-2019-15215)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.14. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a     malicious USB device in the drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c driver. (CVE-2019-15216)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.8. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a     malicious USB device in the drivers/media/usb/siano/smsusb.c driver. (CVE-2019-15218)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.2.1. There is a use-after-free caused by a malicious     USB device in the drivers/net/wireless/intersil/p54/p54usb.c driver. (CVE-2019-15220)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.1.17. There is a NULL pointer dereference caused by a     malicious USB device in the sound/usb/line6/pcm.c driver. (CVE-2019-15221)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.9. There is a use-after-free in atalk_proc_exit,     related to net/appletalk/atalk_proc.c, net/appletalk/ddp.c, and net/appletalk/sysctl_net_atalk.c.
    (CVE-2019-15292)

  - In em28xx_unregister_dvb of em28xx-dvb.c, there is a possible use after free issue. This could lead to     local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not     needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-111761954References:
    Upstream kernel (CVE-2019-2024)

  - In uvc_parse_standard_control of uvc_driver.c, there is a possible out-of-bound read due to improper input     validation. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges     needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel.
    Android ID: A-111760968. (CVE-2019-2101)

  - An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The CAN     frame modification rules allow bitwise logical operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc field.
    The privileged user root with CAP_NET_ADMIN can create a CAN frame modification rule that makes the data     length code a higher value than the available CAN frame data size. In combination with a configured     checksum calculation where the result is stored relatively to the end of the data (e.g. cgw_csum_xor_rel)     the tail of the skb (e.g. frag_list pointer in skb_shared_info) can be rewritten which finally can cause a     system crash. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may write arbitrary content beyond the data     registers in the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw manipulated outgoing frames.
    (CVE-2019-3701)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c     file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged     user (root) can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are     vulnerable. (CVE-2019-3819)

  - A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the     mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network. (CVE-2019-3846)

  - An infinite loop issue was found in the vhost_net kernel module in Linux Kernel up to and including     v5.1-rc6, while handling incoming packets in handle_rx(). It could occur if one end sends packets faster     than the other end can process them. A guest user, maybe remote one, could use this flaw to stall the     vhost_net kernel thread, resulting in a DoS scenario. (CVE-2019-3900)

  - The Bluetooth BR/EDR specification up to and including version 5.1 permits sufficiently low encryption key     length and does not prevent an attacker from influencing the key length negotiation. This allows practical     brute-force attacks (aka KNOB) that can decrypt traffic and inject arbitrary ciphertext without the     victim noticing. (CVE-2019-9506)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - kernel: out of bounds read in drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c (CVE-2019-15505)

  - kernel: buffer-overflow hardening in WiFi beacon validation code. (CVE-2019-16746)

  - block/scsi_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly consider the SCSI device class during     authorization of SCSI commands, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via an     SG_IO ioctl call that leverages overlapping opcodes. (CVE-2012-4542)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
125959	Debian DSA-4465-1 : linux - security update (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/18/2019	5/15/2024	critical
126033	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-1570) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/19/2019	5/15/2024	high
128478	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-4118-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/3/2019	1/9/2024	critical
199280	RHEL 7 : kernel (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	6/17/2024	critical

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