The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1179141).

CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140).

CVE-2020-25668: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in con_font_op (bsc#1178123).

CVE-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit() (bsc#1178182).

CVE-2020-25704: Fixed a leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter() (bsc#1178393).

CVE-2020-27777: Restrict RTAS requests from userspace (bsc#1179107)

CVE-2020-28915: Fixed a buffer over-read in the fbcon code which could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bsc#1178886).

CVE-2020-28974: Fixed a slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon which could have been used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel (bsc#1178589).

CVE-2020-29371: Fixed uninitialized memory leaks to userspace (bsc#1179429).

CVE-2020-25705: Fixed an issue which could have allowed to quickly scan open UDP ports. This flaw allowed an off-path remote user to effectively bypassing source port UDP randomization (bsc#1175721).

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bug fixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-25705: A flaw in the way reply ICMP packets are limited in was found that allowed to quickly scan open UDP ports. This flaw allowed an off-path remote user to effectively bypassing source port UDP randomization. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and possibly integrity, because software and services that rely on UDP source port randomization (like DNS) are indirectly affected as well. Kernel versions may be vulnerable to this issue (bsc#1175721, bsc#1178782).

CVE-2020-25704: Fixed a memory leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter() (bsc#1178393).

CVE-2020-25668: Fixed a use-after-free in con_font_op() (bnc#1178123).

CVE-2020-25656: Fixed a concurrency use-after-free in vt_do_kdgkb_ioctl (bnc#1177766).

CVE-2020-25285: Fixed a race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c (bnc#1176485).

CVE-2020-0430: Fixed an OOB read in skb_headlen of /include/linux/skbuff.h (bnc#1176723).

CVE-2020-14351: Fixed a race in the perf_mmap_close() function (bsc#1177086).

CVE-2020-16120: Fixed permission check to open real file when using overlayfs. It was possible to have a file not readable by an unprivileged user be copied to a mountpoint controlled by that user and then be able to access the file (bsc#1177470).

CVE-2020-8694: Restricted energy meter to root access (bsc#1170415).

CVE-2020-12351: Fixed a type confusion while processing AMP packets aka 'BleedingTooth' aka 'BadKarma' (bsc#1177724).

CVE-2020-12352: Fixed an information leak when processing certain AMP packets aka 'BleedingTooth' (bsc#1177725).

CVE-2020-25212: Fixed getxattr kernel panic and memory overflow (bsc#1176381).

CVE-2020-25645: Fixed an an issue in IPsec that caused traffic between two Geneve endpoints to be unencrypted (bnc#1177511).

CVE-2020-2521: Fixed getxattr kernel panic and memory overflow (bsc#1176381).

CVE-2020-14381: Fixed a use-after-free in the fast user mutex (futex) wait operation, which could have lead to memory corruption and possibly privilege escalation (bsc#1176011).

CVE-2020-25643: Fixed a memory corruption and a read overflow which could have caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function (bsc#1177206).

CVE-2020-25641: Fixed a zero-length biovec request issued by the block subsystem could have caused the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a denial of service (bsc#1177121).

CVE-2020-26088: Fixed an improper CAP_NET_RAW check in NFC socket creation could have been used by local attackers to create raw sockets, bypassing security mechanisms (bsc#1176990).

CVE-2020-14390: Fixed an out-of-bounds memory write leading to memory corruption or a denial of service when changing screen size (bnc#1176235).

CVE-2020-0432: Fixed an out of bounds write due to an integer overflow (bsc#1176721).

CVE-2020-0427: Fixed an out of bounds read due to a use after free (bsc#1176725).

CVE-2020-0431: Fixed an out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check (bsc#1176722).

CVE-2020-0404: Fixed a linked list corruption due to an unusual root cause (bsc#1176423).

CVE-2020-25284: Fixed an incomplete permission checking for access to rbd devices, which could have been leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap rbd block devices (bsc#1176482).

CVE-2020-27673: Fixed an issue where rogue guests could have caused denial of service of Dom0 via high frequency events (XSA-332 bsc#1177411)

CVE-2020-27675: Fixed a race condition in event handler which may crash dom0 (XSA-331 bsc#1177410).

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 Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5995 advisory.

    - vt: Disable KD_FONT_OP_COPY (Daniel Vetter)  [Orabug: 32187748]  {CVE-2020-28974}
    - xen/events: block rogue events for some time (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: defer eoi in case of excessive number of events (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]     {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: use a common cpu hotplug hook for event channels (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]     {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: switch user event channels to lateeoi model (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]     {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/pciback: use lateeoi irq binding (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/pvcallsback: use lateeoi irq binding (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/scsiback: use lateeoi irq binding (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/netback: use lateeoi irq binding (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/blkback: use lateeoi irq binding (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: add a new 'late EOI' evtchn framework (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: fix race in evtchn_fifo_unmask() (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]  {CVE-2020-27673}
    - xen/events: add a proper barrier to 2-level uevent unmasking (Juergen Gross)  [Orabug: 32177538]     {CVE-2020-27673}
    - tty: make FONTX ioctl use the tty pointer they were actually passed (Linus Torvalds)  [Orabug: 32122729]     {CVE-2020-25668}
    - vt: keyboard, extend func_buf_lock to readers (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 32122952]  {CVE-2020-25656}     {CVE-2020-25656}
    - vt: keyboard, simplify vt_kdgkbsent (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 32122952]  {CVE-2020-25656}
    - perf/core: Fix a memory leak in perf_event_parse_addr_filter() (kiyin)  [Orabug: 32131175]     {CVE-2020-25704}
    - perf/core: Fix bad use of igrab() (Song Liu)  [Orabug: 32131175]  {CVE-2020-25704}
    - powercap: restrict energy meter to root access (Kanth Ghatraju)  [Orabug: 32138487]  {CVE-2020-8694}     {CVE-2020-8695}
    - btrfs: inode: Verify inode mode to avoid NULL pointer dereference (Qu Wenruo)  [Orabug: 31864726]     {CVE-2019-19816}
    - Bluetooth: A2MP: Fix not initializing all members (Luiz Augusto von Dentz)  [Orabug: 32021288]     {CVE-2020-12352}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4681-1 advisory.

    Ryan Hall discovered that the Intel 700 Series Ethernet Controllers driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly deallocate memory in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2019-0148)

    It was discovered that the console keyboard driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-25656)

    Minh Yuan discovered that the tty driver in the Linux kernel contained race conditions when handling     fonts. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2020-25668)

    Jinoh Kang discovered that the Xen event channel infrastructure in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition. An attacker in guest could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (dom0 crash).
    (CVE-2020-27675)

    Minh Yuan discovered that the framebuffer console driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle fonts     in some conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2020-28974)

    It was discovered that Power 9 processors could be coerced to expose information from the L1 cache in     certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2020-4788)

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
143860	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3717-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/9/2020	2/5/2024	high
143875	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:3532-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/9/2020	12/5/2022	high
144207	Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5995)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	12/14/2020	2/9/2026	high
144752	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4681-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	1/6/2021	8/27/2024	high

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