The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2021-3347: A use-after-free was discovered in the PI futexes during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel (bnc#1181349).

CVE-2021-3348: Fixed a use-after-free in nbd_add_socket that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a certain point during device setup (bnc#1181504).

CVE-2021-20177: Fixed a kernel panic related to iptables string matching rules. A privileged user could insert a rule which could lead to denial of service (bnc#1180765).

CVE-2021-0342: In tun_get_user of tun.c, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges required.
(bnc#1180812)

CVE-2020-27835: A use-after-free in the infiniband hfi1 driver was found, specifically in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system (bnc#1179878).

CVE-2020-25639: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference via nouveau ioctl (bnc#1176846).

CVE-2020-29569: Fixed a potential privilege escalation and information leaks related to the PV block backend, as used by Xen (bnc#1179509).

CVE-2020-29568: Fixed a denial of service issue, related to processing watch events (bnc#1179508).

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 CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4140 advisory.

  - kernel: Intel graphics card information leak. (CVE-2019-14615)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem. (CVE-2020-0427)

  - kernel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24502)

  - kernel: Insufficient access control in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24503)

  - kernel: Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24504)

  - kernel: Fragmentation cache not cleared on reconnection (CVE-2020-24586)

  - kernel: Reassembling fragments encrypted under different keys (CVE-2020-24587)

  - kernel: wifi frame payload being parsed incorrectly as an L2 frame (CVE-2020-24588)

  - kernel: Forwarding EAPOL from unauthenticated wifi client (CVE-2020-26139)

  - kernel: accepting plaintext data frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26140)

  - kernel: not verifying TKIP MIC of fragmented frames (CVE-2020-26141)

  - kernel: accepting fragmented plaintext frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26143)

  - kernel: accepting unencrypted A-MSDU frames that start with RFC1042 header (CVE-2020-26144)

  - kernel: accepting plaintext broadcast fragments as full frames (CVE-2020-26145)

  - kernel: reassembling encrypted fragments with non-consecutive packet numbers (CVE-2020-26146)

  - kernel: reassembling mixed encrypted/plaintext fragments (CVE-2020-26147)

  - kernel: the copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in     a THP mapcount check (CVE-2020-29368)

  - kernel: locking inconsistency in drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to a read-     after-free (CVE-2020-29660)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function in     drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c via a long SSID value (CVE-2020-36158)

  - kernel: memory leak upon a kmalloc failure in kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c     (CVE-2020-36312)

  - kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() in net/bluetooth/hci_event.c     (CVE-2020-36386)

  - kernel: Improper access control in BlueZ may allow information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2021-0129)

  - kernel: heap overflow in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() (CVE-2021-20194)

  - kernel: setsockopt System Call Untrusted Pointer Dereference Information Disclosure (CVE-2021-20239)

  - kernel: Race condition in sctp_destroy_sock list_del (CVE-2021-23133)

  - kernel: fuse: stall on CPU can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode     (CVE-2021-28950)

  - kernel: System crash in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c (CVE-2021-28971)

  - kernel: protection for sequences of pointer arithmetic operations against speculatively out-of-bounds     loads can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-29155)

  - kernel: improper input validation in tipc_nl_retrieve_key function in net/tipc/node.c (CVE-2021-29646)

  - kernel: lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value in net/netfilter/x_tables.c     and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-29650)

  - kernel: local escalation of privileges in handling of eBPF programs (CVE-2021-31440)

  - kernel: protection of stack pointer against speculative pointer arithmetic can be bypassed to leak content     of kernel memory (CVE-2021-31829)

  - kernel: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-31916)

  - kernel: use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c (CVE-2021-33033)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds reads and writes due to enforcing incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations     by BPF verifier (CVE-2021-33200)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in ndb_queue_rq() in drivers/block/nbd.c (CVE-2021-3348)

  - kernel: Linux kernel eBPF RINGBUF map oversized allocation (CVE-2021-3489)

  - kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails (CVE-2021-3564)

  - kernel: use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() (CVE-2021-3573)

  - kernel: eBPF 32-bit source register truncation on div/mod (CVE-2021-3600)

  - kernel: flowtable list del corruption with kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:50 (CVE-2021-3635)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() in net/mac802154/llsec.c (CVE-2021-3659)

  - kernel: DoS in rb_per_cpu_empty() (CVE-2021-3679)

  - kernel: overlayfs: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files     (CVE-2021-3732)

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

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4356 advisory.

  - kernel: Intel graphics card information leak. (CVE-2019-14615)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem. (CVE-2020-0427)

  - kernel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24502)

  - kernel: Insufficient access control in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24503)

  - kernel: Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24504)

  - kernel: Fragmentation cache not cleared on reconnection (CVE-2020-24586)

  - kernel: Reassembling fragments encrypted under different keys (CVE-2020-24587)

  - kernel: wifi frame payload being parsed incorrectly as an L2 frame (CVE-2020-24588)

  - kernel: Forwarding EAPOL from unauthenticated wifi client (CVE-2020-26139)

  - kernel: accepting plaintext data frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26140)

  - kernel: not verifying TKIP MIC of fragmented frames (CVE-2020-26141)

  - kernel: accepting fragmented plaintext frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26143)

  - kernel: accepting unencrypted A-MSDU frames that start with RFC1042 header (CVE-2020-26144)

  - kernel: accepting plaintext broadcast fragments as full frames (CVE-2020-26145)

  - kernel: reassembling encrypted fragments with non-consecutive packet numbers (CVE-2020-26146)

  - kernel: reassembling mixed encrypted/plaintext fragments (CVE-2020-26147)

  - kernel: powerpc: RTAS calls can be used to compromise kernel integrity (CVE-2020-27777)

  - kernel: the copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition in     a THP mapcount check (CVE-2020-29368)

  - kernel: locking inconsistency in drivers/tty/tty_io.c and drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c can lead to a read-     after-free (CVE-2020-29660)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function in     drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/join.c via a long SSID value (CVE-2020-36158)

  - kernel: memory leak upon a kmalloc failure in kvm_io_bus_unregister_dev function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c     (CVE-2020-36312)

  - kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() in net/bluetooth/hci_event.c     (CVE-2020-36386)

  - kernel: Improper access control in BlueZ may allow information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2021-0129)

  - kernel: heap overflow in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() (CVE-2021-20194)

  - kernel: setsockopt System Call Untrusted Pointer Dereference Information Disclosure (CVE-2021-20239)

  - kernel: Race condition in sctp_destroy_sock list_del (CVE-2021-23133)

  - kernel: fuse: stall on CPU can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode     (CVE-2021-28950)

  - kernel: System crash in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm in arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c (CVE-2021-28971)

  - kernel: protection for sequences of pointer arithmetic operations against speculatively out-of-bounds     loads can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-29155)

  - kernel: improper input validation in tipc_nl_retrieve_key function in net/tipc/node.c (CVE-2021-29646)

  - kernel: lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value in net/netfilter/x_tables.c     and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-29650)

  - kernel: local escalation of privileges in handling of eBPF programs (CVE-2021-31440)

  - kernel: protection of stack pointer against speculative pointer arithmetic can be bypassed to leak content     of kernel memory (CVE-2021-31829)

  - kernel: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-31916)

  - kernel: use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c (CVE-2021-33033)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds reads and writes due to enforcing incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic operations     by BPF verifier (CVE-2021-33200)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in ndb_queue_rq() in drivers/block/nbd.c (CVE-2021-3348)

  - kernel: Linux kernel eBPF RINGBUF map oversized allocation (CVE-2021-3489)

  - kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails (CVE-2021-3564)

  - kernel: use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() (CVE-2021-3573)

  - kernel: eBPF 32-bit source register truncation on div/mod (CVE-2021-3600)

  - kernel: flowtable list del corruption with kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:50 (CVE-2021-3635)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() in net/mac802154/llsec.c (CVE-2021-3659)

  - kernel: DoS in rb_per_cpu_empty() (CVE-2021-3679)

  - kernel: overlayfs: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files     (CVE-2021-3732)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:4140 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):
    * kernel: out-of-bounds reads in pinctrl subsystem. (CVE-2020-0427)
    * kernel: Improper input validation in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24502)
    * kernel: Insufficient access control in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers (CVE-2020-24503)
    * kernel: Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Ethernet E810 Adapter drivers     (CVE-2020-24504)
    * kernel: Fragmentation cache not cleared on reconnection (CVE-2020-24586)
    * kernel: Reassembling fragments encrypted under different keys (CVE-2020-24587)
    * kernel: wifi frame payload being parsed incorrectly as an L2 frame (CVE-2020-24588)
    * kernel: Forwarding EAPOL from unauthenticated wifi client (CVE-2020-26139)
    * kernel: accepting plaintext data frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26140)
    * kernel: not verifying TKIP MIC of fragmented frames (CVE-2020-26141)
    * kernel: accepting fragmented plaintext frames in protected networks (CVE-2020-26143)
    * kernel: accepting unencrypted A-MSDU frames that start with RFC1042 header (CVE-2020-26144)
    * kernel: accepting plaintext broadcast fragments as full frames (CVE-2020-26145)
    * kernel: locking inconsistency in tty_io.c and tty_jobctrl.c can lead to a read-after-free     (CVE-2020-29660)
    * kernel: buffer overflow in mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function via a long SSID value     (CVE-2020-36158)
    * kernel: slab out-of-bounds read in hci_extended_inquiry_result_evt() (CVE-2020-36386)
    * kernel: Improper access control in BlueZ may allow information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2021-0129)
    * kernel: Use-after-free in ndb_queue_rq() (CVE-2021-3348)
    * kernel: Linux kernel eBPF RINGBUF map oversized allocation (CVE-2021-3489)
    * kernel: double free in bluetooth subsystem when the HCI device initialization fails (CVE-2021-3564)
    * kernel: use-after-free in function hci_sock_bound_ioctl() (CVE-2021-3573)
    * kernel: eBPF 32-bit source register truncation on div/mod (CVE-2021-3600)
    * kernel: DoS in rb_per_cpu_empty() (CVE-2021-3679)
    * kernel: overlayfs: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files     (CVE-2021-3732)
    * kernel: heap overflow in __cgroup_bpf_run_filter_getsockopt() (CVE-2021-20194)
    * kernel: Race condition in sctp_destroy_sock list_del (CVE-2021-23133)
    * kernel: fuse: stall on CPU can occur because a retry loop continually finds the same bad inode     (CVE-2021-28950)
    * kernel: System crash in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm (CVE-2021-28971)
    * kernel: protection for sequences of pointer arithmetic operations against speculatively out-of-bounds     loads can be bypassed to leak content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-29155)
    * kernel: improper input validation in tipc_nl_retrieve_key function (CVE-2021-29646)
    * kernel: lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value in x_tables.h may lead to     DoS (CVE-2021-29650)
    * kernel: local escalation of privileges in handling of eBPF programs (CVE-2021-31440)
    * kernel: protection of stack pointer against speculative pointer arithmetic can be bypassed to leak     content of kernel memory (CVE-2021-31829)
    * kernel: out-of-bounds reads and writes due to enforcing incorrect limits for pointer arithmetic     operations by BPF verifier (CVE-2021-33200)
    * kernel: reassembling encrypted fragments with non-consecutive packet numbers (CVE-2020-26146)
    * kernel: reassembling mixed encrypted/plaintext fragments (CVE-2020-26147)
    * kernel: the copy-on-write implementation can grant unintended write access because of a race condition     in a THP mapcount check (CVE-2020-29368)
    * kernel: flowtable list del corruption with kernel BUG (CVE-2021-3635)
    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc()  (CVE-2021-3659)
    * kernel: setsockopt System Call Untrusted Pointer Dereference Information Disclosure (CVE-2021-20239)
    * kernel: out of bounds array access in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (CVE-2021-31916)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has kernel packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - In the Linux kernel 5.0.21, mounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image, performing some operations, and     unmounting can lead to a use-after-free in ext4_put_super in fs/ext4/super.c, related to dump_orphan_list     in fs/ext4/super.c. (CVE-2019-19447)

  - A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found     in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2020-14356)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's futex implementation. This flaw allows a local attacker to corrupt     system memory or escalate their privileges when creating a futex on a filesystem that is about to be     unmounted. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system     availability. (CVE-2020-14381)

  - The Linux kernel through 5.7.11 allows remote attackers to make observations that help to obtain sensitive     information about the internal state of the network RNG, aka CID-f227e3ec3b5c. This is related to     drivers/char/random.c and kernel/time/timer.c. (CVE-2020-16166)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.8.7, local attackers able to inject conntrack netlink configuration could     overflow a local buffer, causing crashes or triggering use of incorrect protocol numbers in     ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c, aka CID-1cc5ef91d2ff.
    (CVE-2020-25211)

  - A locking issue was discovered in the tty subsystem of the Linux kernel through 5.9.13.
    drivers/tty/tty_jobctrl.c allows a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP, aka CID-54ffccbf053b.
    (CVE-2020-29661)

  - In __hidinput_change_resolution_multipliers of hid-input.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to     a heap buffer overflow. 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-173843328References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-0512)

  - An issue was discovered in Linux: KVM through Improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass     RO checks and can lead to pages being freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users     with the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory and can result in local     privilege escalation. (CVE-2021-22543)

  - A heap out-of-bounds write affecting Linux since v2.6.19-rc1 was discovered in net/netfilter/x_tables.c.
    This allows an attacker to gain privileges or cause a DoS (via heap memory corruption) through user name     space (CVE-2021-22555)

  - A race condition in Linux kernel SCTP sockets (net/sctp/socket.c) before 5.12-rc8 can lead to kernel     privilege escalation from the context of a network service or an unprivileged process. If     sctp_destroy_sock is called without sock_net(sk)->sctp.addr_wq_lock then an element is removed from the     auto_asconf_splist list without any proper locking. This can be exploited by an attacker with network     service privileges to escalate to root or from the context of an unprivileged user directly if a     BPF_CGROUP_INET_SOCK_CREATE is attached which denies creation of some SCTP socket. (CVE-2021-23133)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.11.14 has a use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c because     the CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions is mishandled, aka CID-ad5d07f4a9cd. This leads     to writing an arbitrary value. (CVE-2021-33033)

  - nbd_add_socket in drivers/block/nbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.12 has an ndb_queue_rq use-after-     free that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request at a     certain point during device setup, aka CID-b98e762e3d71. (CVE-2021-3348)

  - .A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse     a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race     condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.
    (CVE-2021-3609)

  - A flaw was found in the Routing decision classifier in the Linux kernel's Traffic Control networking     subsystem in the way it handled changing of classification filters, leading to a use-after-free condition.
    This flaw allows unprivileged local users to escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat     from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3715)

  - arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest     OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e. (CVE-2021-37576)

  - net/sunrpc/xdr.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (xdr_set_page_base slab-out-of-bounds access) by performing many NFS 4.2 READ_PLUS operations.
    (CVE-2021-38201)

  - A read-after-free memory flaw was found in the Linux kernel's garbage collection for Unix domain socket     file handlers in the way users call close() and fget() simultaneously and can potentially trigger a race     condition. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or escalate their privileges on the system.
    This flaw affects Linux kernel versions prior to 5.16-rc4. (CVE-2021-4083)

  - A data leak flaw was found in the way XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP IOCTL in the XFS filesystem allowed for size     increase of files with unaligned size. A local attacker could use this flaw to leak data on the XFS     filesystem otherwise not accessible to them. (CVE-2021-4155)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's cgroup_release_agent_write in the     kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups     v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.
    (CVE-2022-0492)

  - A flaw was found in the way the flags member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper     initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe and push_pipe functions in the Linux kernel and could thus     contain stale values. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to write to pages in the page cache     backed by read only files and as such escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-0847)

  - A heap buffer overflow flaw was found in IPsec ESP transformation code in net/ipv4/esp4.c and     net/ipv6/esp6.c. This flaw allows a local attacker with a normal user privilege to overwrite kernel heap     objects and may cause a local privilege escalation threat. (CVE-2022-27666)

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
146685	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0532-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/22/2021	1/19/2024	high
155070	CentOS 8 : kernel-rt (CESA-2021:4140)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/11/2021	1/16/2024	high
155145	CentOS 8 : kernel (CESA-2021:4356)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/11/2021	1/16/2024	high
155172	RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2021:4140)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/11/2021	11/7/2024	high
167480	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2022-0089)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	11/15/2022	10/7/2025	high

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