This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_122 fixes several issues.
The following security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.90 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-1000252: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel     allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (assertion failure, and hypervisor hang or crash) via an     out-of bounds guest_irq value, related to     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c and virt/kvm/eventfd.c (bnc#1058038).

  - CVE-2017-10810: Memory leak in the     virtio_gpu_object_create function in     drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c in the Linux     kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization     failures (bnc#1047277).

  - CVE-2017-11472: The acpi_ns_terminate() function in     drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c in the Linux kernel did     not flush the operand cache and causes a kernel stack     dump, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR     protection mechanism (in the kernel through 4.9) via a     crafted ACPI table (bnc#1049580).

  - CVE-2017-11473: Buffer overflow in the     mp_override_legacy_irq() function in     arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table     (bnc#1049603).

  - CVE-2017-12134: The xen_biovec_phys_mergeable function     in drivers/xen/biomerge.c in Xen might allow local OS     guest users to corrupt block device data streams and     consequently obtain sensitive memory information, cause     a denial of service, or gain host OS privileges by     leveraging incorrect block IO merge-ability calculation     (bnc#1051790 bnc#1053919).

  - CVE-2017-12153: A security flaw was discovered in the     nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in     net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel This function     did not check whether the required attributes are     present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued     by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may     result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash     (bnc#1058410).

  - CVE-2017-12154: The prepare_vmcs02 function in     arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure     that the 'CR8-load exiting' and 'CR8-store exiting' L0     vmcs02 controls exist in cases where L1 omits the 'use     TPR shadow' vmcs12 control, which allowed KVM L2 guest     OS users to obtain read and write access to the hardware     CR8 register (bnc#1058507).

  - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)     allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK)     during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker     within radio range to replay frames from access points     to clients (bnc#1063667).

  - CVE-2017-14051: An integer overflow in the     qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in     drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access     (bnc#1056588).

  - CVE-2017-14106: The tcp_disconnect function in     net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users     to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window     divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a     disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path     (bnc#1056982).

  - CVE-2017-14489: The iscsi_if_rx function in     drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic)     by leveraging incorrect length validation (bnc#1059051).

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bnc#1064388).

  - CVE-2017-7518: The Linux kernel was vulnerable to an     incorrect debug exception(#DB) error. It could occur     while emulating a syscall instruction and potentially     lead to guest privilege escalation. (bsc#1045922).

  - CVE-2017-7541: The brcmf_cfg80211_mgmt_tx function in     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (buffer overflow and system crash) or     possibly gain privileges via a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME     Netlink packet (bnc#1049645).

  - CVE-2017-7542: The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in     net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw     socket (bnc#1049882).

  - CVE-2017-8831: The saa7164_bus_get function in     drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have     unspecified other impact by changing a certain     sequence-number value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability (bnc#1037994).

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.

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.69-60_64_29 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)

  - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)     allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK)     during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker     within radio range to replay frames from access points     to clients (bsc#1063671, bsc#1066472, bsc#1066471)

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.

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.67-60_64_24 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)

  - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)     allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK)     during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker     within radio range to replay frames from access points     to clients (bsc#1063671, bsc#1066472, bsc#1066471)

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.

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_66 fixes several issues.
The following security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via     crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of     packet_fanout data structures, because of a race     condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that     leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability     than CVE-2017-6346 (bsc#1064392)

  - CVE-2017-13080: Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA and WPA2)     allowed reinstallation of the Group Temporal Key (GTK)     during the group key handshake, allowing an attacker     within radio range to replay frames from access points     to clients (bsc#1063671, bsc#1066472, bsc#1066471)

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded     application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls. (CVE-2017-6346)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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

  - CVE-2016-9588     Jim Mattson discovered that the KVM implementation for     Intel x86 processors does not properly handle #BP and     #OF exceptions in an L2 (nested) virtual machine. A     local attacker in an L2 guest VM can take advantage of     this flaw to cause a denial of service for the L1 guest     VM.

  - CVE-2017-2636     Alexander Popov discovered a race condition flaw in the     n_hdlc line discipline that can lead to a double free. A     local unprivileged user can take advantage of this flaw     for privilege escalation. On systems that do not already     have the n_hdlc module loaded, this can be mitigated by     disabling it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-n_hdlc.conf     install n_hdlc false

  - CVE-2017-5669     Gareth Evans reported that privileged users can map     memory at address 0 through the shmat() system call.
    This could make it easier to exploit other kernel     security vulnerabilities via a set-UID program.

  - CVE-2017-5986     Alexander Popov reported a race condition in the SCTP     implementation that can be used by local users to cause     a denial-of-service (crash). The initial fix for this     was incorrect and introduced further security issues (     CVE-2017-6353 ). This update includes a later fix that     avoids those. On systems that do not already have the     sctp module loaded, this can be mitigated by disabling     it:echo >> /etc/modprobe.d/disable-sctp.conf install     sctp false

  - CVE-2017-6214     Dmitry Vyukov reported a bug in the TCP implementation's     handling of urgent data in the splice() system call.
    This can be used by a remote attacker for     denial-of-service (hang) against applications that read     from TCP sockets with splice().

  - CVE-2017-6345     Andrey Konovalov reported that the LLC type 2     implementation incorrectly assigns socket buffer     ownership. This can be used by a local user to cause a     denial-of-service (crash). On systems that do not     already have the llc2 module loaded, this can be     mitigated by disabling it:echo >>     /etc/modprobe.d/disable-llc2.conf install llc2 false

  - CVE-2017-6346     Dmitry Vyukov reported a race condition in the raw     packet (af_packet) fanout feature. Local users with the     CAP_NET_RAW capability (in any user namespace) can use     this for denial-of-service and possibly for privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2017-6348     Dmitry Vyukov reported that the general queue     implementation in the IrDA subsystem does not properly     manage multiple locks, possibly allowing local users to     cause a denial-of-service (deadlock) via crafted     operations on IrDA devices.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3361-1 advisory.

    USN-3358-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.04. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 for Ubuntu 16.04     LTS. Please note that this update changes the Linux HWE kernel to the 4.10 based kernel from Ubuntu 17.04,     superseding the 4.8 based HWE kernel from Ubuntu 16.10.

    Ben Harris discovered that the Linux kernel would strip extended privilege attributes of files when     performing a failed unprivileged system call. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2015-1350)

    Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the ext4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta     block groups. An attacker with physical access could use this to specially craft an ext4 image that causes     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2016-10208)

    Peter Pi discovered that the colormap handling for frame buffer devices in the Linux kernel contained an     integer overflow. A local attacker could use this to disclose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2016-8405)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow existed in the InfiniBand RDMA over ethernet (RXE) transport     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-2016-8636)

    Vlad Tsyrklevich discovered an integer overflow vulnerability in the VFIO PCI driver for the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker with access to a vfio PCI device file could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9083, CVE-2016-9084)

    CAI Qian discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations. An unprivileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     hang). (CVE-2016-9191)

    It was discovered that the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not prevent     special internal keyrings from being joined by userspace keyrings. A privileged local attacker could use     this to bypass module verification. (CVE-2016-9604)

    Dmitry Vyukov, Andrey Konovalov, Florian Westphal, and Eric Dumazet discovered that the netfiler subsystem     in the Linux kernel mishandled IPv6 packet reassembly. A local user could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9755)

    Andy Lutomirski and Willy Tarreau discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly emulate instructions on the SS segment register. A local attacker in a guest virtual machine     could use this to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or possibly gain administrative privileges in     the guest OS. (CVE-2017-2583)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated certain     instructions. A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2017-2584)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that KVM implementation in the Linux kernel improperly emulated the VMXON     instruction. A local attacker in a guest OS could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) in the host OS. (CVE-2017-2596)

    It was discovered that SELinux in the Linux kernel did not properly handle empty writes to /proc/pid/attr.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-2618)

    Daniel Jiang discovered that a race condition existed in the ipv4 ping socket implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-2671)

    It was discovered that the freelist-randomization in the SLAB memory allocator allowed duplicate freelist     entries. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-5546)

    It was discovered that the KLSI KL5KUSB105 serial-to-USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize memory related to logging. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5549)

    It was discovered that a fencepost error existed in the pipe_advance() function in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-5550)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not clear the setgid bit during a setxattr call on a tmpfs     filesystem. A local attacker could use this to gain elevated group privileges. (CVE-2017-5551)

    Murray McAllister discovered that an integer overflow existed in the VideoCore DRM driver of the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5576)

    Gareth Evans discovered that the shm IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict mapping     page zero. A local privileged attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5669)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered an out-of-bounds access in the IPv6 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)     tunneling implementation in the Linux kernel. An attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2017-5897)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     invalid IP options in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-5970)

    Di Shen discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain administrative privileges.
    (CVE-2017-6001)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly handle TCP packets with the URG flag. A     remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6214)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the LLC subsytem in the Linux kernel did not properly set up a destructor     in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2017-6345)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the AF_PACKET handling code in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2017-6346)

    Andrey Konovalov discovered that the IP layer in the Linux kernel made improper assumptions about internal     data layout when performing checksums. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-6347)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered race conditions in the Infrared (IrDA) subsystem in the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2017-6348)

    Dmitry Vyukov discovered that the generic SCSI (sg) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based     buffer overflow. A local attacker with access to an sg device could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7187)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference existed in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver for     VMWare devices in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-7261)

    It was discovered that the USB Cypress HID drivers for the Linux kernel did not properly validate reported     information from the device. An attacker with physical access could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2017-7273)

    Eric Biggers discovered a memory leak in the keyring implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). (CVE-2017-7472)

    It was discovered that an information leak existed in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2017-7616)

    Sabrina Dubroca discovered that the asynchronous cryptographic hash (ahash) implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle a full request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (infinite recursion). (CVE-2017-7618)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle certain long RPC replies. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-7645)

    Tommi Rantala and Brad Spengler discovered that the memory manager in the Linux kernel did not properly     enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism. A local attacker with access to /dev/mem could use     this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7889)

    Tuomas Haanp and Ari Kauppi discovered that the NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux     kernel did not properly check for the end of buffer. A remote attacker could use this to craft requests     that cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-7895)

    It was discovered that an integer underflow existed in the Edgeport USB Serial Converter device driver of     the Linux kernel. An attacker with physical access could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2017-8924)

    It was discovered that the USB ZyXEL omni.net LCD PLUS driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     reference counting. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion).
    (CVE-2017-8925)

    Jann Horn discovered that bpf in Linux kernel does not restrict the output of the print_bpf_insn function.
    A local attacker could use this to obtain sensitive address information. (CVE-2017-9150)

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
108511	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:0664-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/21/2018	12/19/2024	high
104253	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2869-1) (KRACK)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/30/2017	11/17/2025	high
104879	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3131-1) (KRACK)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/30/2017	11/13/2025	high
104954	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3147-1) (KRACK)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	11/12/2025	high
104961	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:3154-1) (KRACK)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	11/12/2025	high
203055	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2017-0008	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/23/2024	high
248738	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-6346	Nessus	Misc.	8/12/2025	7/17/2026	high
97615	Debian DSA-3804-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/9/2017	12/30/2025	high
101929	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3361-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	7/24/2017	8/27/2024	critical

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