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

  - CVE-2015-7515, CVE-2016-2184, CVE-2016-2185,     CVE-2016-2186, CVE-2016-2187, CVE-2016-3136,     CVE-2016-3137, CVE-2016-3138, CVE-2016-3140     Ralf Spenneberg of OpenSource Security reported that     various USB drivers do not sufficiently validate USB     descriptors. This allowed a physically present user with     a specially designed USB device to cause a denial of     service (crash).

  - CVE-2016-0821     Solar Designer noted that the list 'poisoning' feature,     intended to mitigate the effects of bugs in list     manipulation in the kernel, used poison values within     the range of virtual addresses that can be allocated by     user processes.

  - CVE-2016-1237     David Sinquin discovered that nfsd does not check     permissions when setting ACLs, allowing users to grant     themselves permissions to a file by setting the ACL.

  - CVE-2016-1583     Jann Horn of Google Project Zero reported that the     eCryptfs filesystem could be used together with the proc     filesystem to cause a kernel stack overflow. If the     ecryptfs-utils package is installed, local users could     exploit this, via the mount.ecryptfs_private program,     for denial of service (crash) or possibly for privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2016-2117     Justin Yackoski of Cryptonite discovered that the     Atheros L2 ethernet driver incorrectly enables     scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could take     advantage of this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive     information from kernel memory.

  - CVE-2016-2143     Marcin Koscielnicki discovered that the fork     implementation in the Linux kernel on s390 platforms     mishandles the case of four page-table levels, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash).

  - CVE-2016-3070     Jan Stancek of Red Hat discovered a local denial of     service vulnerability in AIO handling.

  - CVE-2016-3134     The Google Project Zero team found that the netfilter     subsystem does not sufficiently validate filter table     entries. A user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could     use this for denial of service (crash) or possibly for     privilege escalation. Debian disables unprivileged user     namespaces by default, if locally enabled with the     kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone sysctl, this allows     privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2016-3156     Solar Designer discovered that the IPv4 implementation     in the Linux kernel did not perform the destruction of     inet device objects properly. An attacker in a guest OS     could use this to cause a denial of service (networking     outage) in the host OS.

  - CVE-2016-3157 / XSA-171     Andy Lutomirski discovered that the x86_64 (amd64) task     switching implementation did not correctly update the     I/O permission level when running as a Xen paravirtual     (PV) guest. In some configurations this would allow     local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or to     escalate their privileges within the guest.

  - CVE-2016-3672     Hector Marco and Ismael Ripoll noted that it was     possible to disable Address Space Layout Randomisation     (ASLR) for x86_32 (i386) programs by removing the stack     resource limit. This made it easier for local users to     exploit security flaws in programs that have the setuid     or setgid flag set.

  - CVE-2016-3951     It was discovered that the cdc_ncm driver would free     memory prematurely if certain errors occurred during its     initialisation. This allowed a physically present user     with a specially designed USB device to cause a denial     of service (crash) or possibly to escalate their     privileges.

  - CVE-2016-3955     Ignat Korchagin reported that the usbip subsystem did     not check the length of data received for a USB buffer.
    This allowed denial of service (crash) or privilege     escalation on a system configured as a usbip client, by     the usbip server or by an attacker able to impersonate     it over the network. A system configured as a usbip     server might be similarly vulnerable to physically     present users.

  - CVE-2016-3961 / XSA-174     Vitaly Kuznetsov of Red Hat discovered that Linux     allowed the use of hugetlbfs on x86 (i386 and amd64)     systems even when running as a Xen paravirtualised (PV)     guest, although Xen does not support huge pages. This     allowed users with access to /dev/hugepages to cause a     denial of service (crash) in the guest.

  - CVE-2016-4470     David Howells of Red Hat discovered that a local user     can trigger a flaw in the Linux kernel's handling of key     lookups in the keychain subsystem, leading to a denial     of service (crash) or possibly to privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2016-4482, CVE-2016-4485, CVE-2016-4486,     CVE-2016-4569, CVE-2016-4578, CVE-2016-4580,     CVE-2016-5243, CVE-2016-5244

    Kangjie Lu reported that the USB devio, llc, rtnetlink,     ALSA timer, x25, tipc, and rds facilities leaked     information from the kernel stack.

  - CVE-2016-4565     Jann Horn of Google Project Zero reported that various     components in the InfiniBand stack implemented unusual     semantics for the write() operation. On a system with     InfiniBand drivers loaded, local users could use this     for denial of service or privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2016-4581     Tycho Andersen discovered that in some situations the     Linux kernel did not handle propagated mounts correctly.
    A local user can take advantage of this flaw to cause a     denial of service (system crash).

  - CVE-2016-4805     Baozeng Ding discovered a use-after-free in the generic     PPP layer in the Linux kernel. A local user can take     advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service     (system crash), or potentially escalate their     privileges.

  - CVE-2016-4913     Al Viro found that the ISO9660 filesystem implementation     did not correctly count the length of certain invalid     name entries. Reading a directory containing such name     entries would leak information from kernel memory. Users     permitted to mount disks or disk images could use this     to obtain sensitive information.

  - CVE-2016-4997 / CVE-2016-4998     Jesse Hertz and Tim Newsham discovered that missing     input sanitising in Netfilter socket handling may result     in denial of service. Debian disables unprivileged user     namespaces by default, if locally enabled with the     kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone sysctl, this also     allows privilege escalation.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.62 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2014-9904: The snd_compress_check_input function in     sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in     the Linux kernel did not properly check for an integer     overflow, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (insufficient memory allocation) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted     SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl call (bnc#986811).

  - CVE-2015-7833: The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value     in a USB device descriptor (bnc#950998).

  - CVE-2015-8551: The PCI backend driver in Xen, when     running on an x86 system and using Linux as the driver     domain, allowed local guest administrators to hit BUG     conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system     with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable     physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of     XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka 'Linux pciback missing     sanity checks (bnc#957990).

  - CVE-2015-8552: The PCI backend driver in Xen, when     running on an x86 system and using Linux as the driver     domain, allowed local guest administrators to generate a     continuous stream of WARN messages and cause a denial of     service (disk consumption) by leveraging a system with     access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical     PCI device and XEN_PCI_OP_enable_msi operations, aka     'Linux pciback missing sanity checks (bnc#957990).

  - CVE-2015-8845: The tm_reclaim_thread function in     arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel on     powerpc platforms did not ensure that TM suspend mode     exists before proceeding with a tm_reclaim call, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad     Thing exception and panic) via a crafted application     (bnc#975533).

  - CVE-2016-0758: Integer overflow in lib/asn1_decoder.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     via crafted ASN.1 data (bnc#979867).

  - CVE-2016-1583: The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in     fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted     mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive     pagefault handling (bsc#983143).

  - CVE-2016-2053: The asn1_ber_decoder function in     lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers     to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ASN.1 BER     file that lacks a public key, leading to mishandling by     the public_key_verify_signature function in     crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c (bnc#963762).

  - CVE-2016-3672: The arch_pick_mmap_layout function in     arch/x86/mm/mmap.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     randomize the legacy base address, which made it easier     for local users to defeat the intended restrictions on     the ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE flag, and bypass the ASLR     protection mechanism for a setuid or setgid program, by     disabling stack-consumption resource limits     (bnc#974308).

  - CVE-2016-4470: The key_reject_and_link function in     security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure     that a certain data structure is initialized, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2     command (bnc#984755).

  - CVE-2016-4482: The proc_connectinfo function in     drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel did not     initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call     (bsc#978401).

  - CVE-2016-4486: The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in     net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel did not     initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#978822).

  - CVE-2016-4565: The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the     Linux kernel incorrectly relied on the write system     call, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface     (bnc#979548).

  - CVE-2016-4569: The snd_timer_user_params function in     sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel did not     initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface     (bsc#979213).

  - CVE-2016-4578: sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel     did not initialize certain r1 data structures, which     allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer     interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback     and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions     (bnc#979879).

  - CVE-2016-4805: Use-after-free vulnerability in     drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by removing a network     namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and     ppp_unregister_channel functions (bnc#980371).

  - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt     implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a     denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging     in-container root access to provide a crafted offset     value that triggers an unintended decrement     (bsc#986362).

  - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt     implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive     information from kernel heap memory by leveraging     in-container root access to provide a crafted offset     value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary     (bsc#986365).

  - CVE-2016-5244: The rds_inc_info_copy function in     net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a     certain structure member, which allowed remote attackers     to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory     by reading an RDS message (bnc#983213).

  - CVE-2016-5828: The start_thread function in     arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel on     powerpc platforms mishandled transactional state, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (invalid process state or TM Bad Thing exception, and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     by starting and suspending a transaction an exec system     call (bsc#986569).

  - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in     the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in     drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to cause a denial of service or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1)     HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call     (bnc#986572).

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 openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.26 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-1583: Prevent the usage of mmap when the lower     file system does not allow it. This could have lead to     local privilege escalation when ecryptfs-utils was     installed and /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private was setuid     (bsc#983143).

  - CVE-2016-4565: The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the     Linux kernel incorrectly relies on the write system     call, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface.
    (bsc#979548)

  - CVE-2016-4805: Use-after-free vulnerability in     drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by removing a network     namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and     ppp_unregister_channel functions. (bsc#980371).

  - CVE-2016-4951: The tipc_nl_publ_dump function in     net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not verify     socket existence, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     dumpit operation. (bsc#981058).

  - CVE-2016-5244: An information leak vulnerability in     function rds_inc_info_copy of file net/rds/recv.c was     fixed that might have leaked kernel stack data.
    (bsc#983213).

  - CVE-2016-4580: The x25_negotiate_facilities function in     net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize a certain data structure, which     allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call Request.
    (bsc#981267).

  - CVE-2016-0758: Tags with indefinite length could have     corrupted pointers in asn1_find_indefinite_length     (bsc#979867).

  - CVE-2016-2053: The asn1_ber_decoder function in     lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers     to cause a denial of service (panic) via an ASN.1 BER     file that lacks a public key, leading to mishandling by     the public_key_verify_signature function in     crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c (bnc#963762).

  - CVE-2013-7446: Use-after-free vulnerability in     net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or     cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl     calls (bnc#955654).

  - CVE-2016-3134: The netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel did not validate certain offset fields, which     allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (heap memory corruption) via an     IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call (bnc#971126).

  - CVE-2016-3672: The arch_pick_mmap_layout function in     arch/x86/mm/mmap.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     randomize the legacy base address, which made it easier     for local users to defeat the intended restrictions on     the ADDR_NO_RANDOMIZE flag, and bypass the ASLR     protection mechanism for a setuid or setgid program, by     disabling stack-consumption resource limits     (bnc#974308).

  - CVE-2016-4482: A kernel information leak in the usbfs     devio connectinfo was fixed, which could expose kernel     stack memory to userspace. (bnc#978401).

  - CVE-2016-4485: A kernel information leak in llc was     fixed (bsc#978821).

  - CVE-2016-4486: A kernel information leak in rtnetlink     was fixed, where 4 uninitialized bytes could leak to     userspace (bsc#978822).

  - CVE-2016-4557: A use-after-free via double-fdput in     replace_map_fd_with_map_ptr() was fixed, which could     allow privilege escalation (bsc#979018).

  - CVE-2016-4565: When the 'rdma_ucm' infiniband module is     loaded, local attackers could escalate their privileges     (bsc#979548).

  - CVE-2016-4569: A kernel information leak in the ALSA     timer via events via snd_timer_user_tinterrupt that     could leak information to userspace was fixed     (bsc#979213).

  - CVE-2016-4578: A kernel information leak in the ALSA     timer via events that could leak information to     userspace was fixed (bsc#979879).

  - CVE-2016-4581: If the first propogated mount copy was     being a slave it could oops the kernel (bsc#979913)

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - ALSA: hda - Add dock support for ThinkPad X260     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Apply fix for white noise on Asus N550JV,     too (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Asus N750JV external subwoofer fixup     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix broken reconfig (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix headphone mic input on a few Dell ALC293     machines (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix subwoofer pin on ASUS N751 and N551     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix white noise on Asus N750JV headphone     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda - Fix white noise on Asus UX501VW headset     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - Add ALC3234 headset mode for     Optiplex 9020m (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - New codecs support for     ALC234/ALC274/ALC294 (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - New codec support of ALC225     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: hda/realtek - Support headset mode for ALC225     (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: pcxhr: Fix missing mutex unlock (boo#979278).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Quirk for yet another Phoenix Audio     devices (v2) (boo#979278).

  - bluetooth: fix power_on vs close race (bsc#966849).

  - bluetooth: vhci: fix open_timeout vs. hdev race     (bsc#971799,bsc#966849).

  - bluetooth: vhci: Fix race at creating hci device     (bsc#971799,bsc#966849).

  - bluetooth: vhci: purge unhandled skbs     (bsc#971799,bsc#966849).

  - btrfs: do not use src fd for printk (bsc#980348).

  - btrfs: fix crash/invalid memory access on fsync when     using overlayfs (bsc#977198)

  - drm: qxl: Workaround for buggy user-space (bsc#981344).

  - enic: set netdev->vlan_features (bsc#966245).

  - fs: add file_dentry() (bsc#977198).

  - IB/IPoIB: Do not set skb truesize since using one     linearskb (bsc#980657).

  - input: i8042 - lower log level for 'no controller'     message (bsc#945345).

  - kabi: Add kabi/severities entries to ignore sound/hda/*,     x509_*, efivar_validate, file_open_root and dax_fault

  - kabi: Add some fixups (module, pci_dev, drm, fuse and     thermal)

  - kabi: file_dentry changes (bsc#977198).

  - kABI fixes for 4.1.22

  - mm/page_alloc.c: calculate 'available' memory in a     separate function (bsc#982239).

  - net: disable fragment reassembly if high_thresh is zero     (bsc#970506).

  - of: iommu: Silence misleading warning.

  - pstore_register() error handling was wrong -- it tried     to release lock before it's acquired, causing spinlock /     preemption imbalance. - usb: quirk to stop runtime PM     for Intel 7260 (bnc#984460).

  - Revert 'usb: hub: do not clear BOS field during reset     device' (boo#979728).

  - usb: core: hub: hub_port_init lock controller instead of     bus (bnc#978073).

  - usb: preserve kABI in address0 locking (bnc#978073).

  - usb: usbip: fix potential out-of-bounds write     (bnc#975945).

  - USB: xhci: Add broken streams quirk for Frescologic     device id 1009 (bnc#982712).

  - virtio_balloon: do not change memory amount visible via     /proc/meminfo (bsc#982238).

  - virtio_balloon: export 'available' memory to balloon     statistics (bsc#982239).

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has kernel-rt packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function     in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local users     to cause a denial of service or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE:
    this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701     regression. (CVE-2015-8830)

  - A weakness was found in the Linux ASLR implementation.
    Any user able to running 32-bit applications in a x86     machine can disable ASLR by setting the RLIMIT_STACK     resource to unlimited. (CVE-2016-3672)

  - The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors     involving omission of the firmware name from a certain     data structure. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely. (CVE-2016-7913)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info()     function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel     allows attackers to induce a kernel memory corruption     and possibly crash or lock up a system. Due to the     nature of the flaw, a privilege escalation cannot be     fully ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.
    (CVE-2017-0861)

  - A reachable assertion failure flaw was found in the     Linux kernel built with KVM virtualisation(CONFIG_KVM)     support with Virtual Function I/O feature (CONFIG_VFIO)     enabled. This failure could occur if a malicious guest     device sent a virtual interrupt (guest IRQ) with a     larger (>1024) index value. (CVE-2017-1000252)

  - Linux kernel Virtualization Module (CONFIG_KVM) for the     Intel processor family (CONFIG_KVM_INTEL) is vulnerable     to a DoS issue. It could occur if a guest was to flood     the I/O port 0x80 with write requests. A guest user     could use this flaw to crash the host kernel resulting     in DoS. (CVE-2017-1000407)

  - A flaw was found in the processing of incoming L2CAP     bluetooth commands. Uninitialized stack variables can be     sent to an attacker leaking data in kernel address     space. (CVE-2017-1000410)

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel before     version 4.11-rc1 in 'fs/timerfd.c' file which allows a     local user to cause a kernel list corruption or use-     after-free via simultaneous operations with a file     descriptor which leverage improper 'might_cancel'     queuing. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw     to cause a denial of service of the system. Due to the     nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully     ruled out, although we believe it is unlikely.
    (CVE-2017-10661)

  - Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support     (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization (nVMX) feature     enabled (nested=1), is vulnerable to a crash due to     disabled external interrupts. As L2 guest could access     (r/w) hardware CR8 register of the host(L0). In a nested     visualization setup, L2 guest user could use this flaw     to potentially crash the host(L0) resulting in DoS.
    (CVE-2017-12154)

  - It was found that in the Linux kernel through v4.14-rc5,     bio_map_user_iov() and bio_unmap_user() in 'block/bio.c'     do unbalanced pages refcounting if IO vector has small     consecutive buffers belonging to the same page.
    bio_add_pc_page() merges them into one, but the page     reference is never dropped, causing a memory leak and     possible system lockup due to out-of-memory condition.
    (CVE-2017-12190)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of     valid_master_desc() in which a memory buffer would be     compared to a userspace value with an incorrect size of     comparison. By bruteforcing the comparison, an attacker     could determine what was in memory after the description     and possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory. (CVE-2017-13305)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in a network     namespaces code affecting the Linux kernel since     v4.0-rc1 through v4.15-rc5. The function     get_net_ns_by_id() does not check for the net::count     value after it has found a peer network in netns_ids idr     which could lead to double free and memory corruption.
    This vulnerability could allow an unprivileged local     user to induce kernel memory corruption on the system,     leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although     it is thought to be unlikely. (CVE-2017-15129)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found when issuing an     ioctl to a sound device. This could allow a user to     exploit a race condition and create memory corruption or     possibly privilege escalation. (CVE-2017-15265)

  - A flaw was found in the implementation of associative     arrays where the add_key systemcall and KEYCTL_UPDATE     operations allowed for a NULL payload with a nonzero     length. When accessing the payload within this length     parameters value, an unprivileged user could trivially     cause a NULL pointer dereference (kernel oops).
    (CVE-2017-15274)

  - The net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c function in the     Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for new, get, and del     operations. This allows local users to bypass intended     access restrictions because the nfnl_cthelper_list data     structure is shared across all net namespaces.
    (CVE-2017-17448)

  - The __netlink_deliver_tap_skb function in     net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel, through     4.14.4, does not restrict observations of Netlink     messages to a single net namespace, when CONFIG_NLMON is     enabled. This allows local users to obtain sensitive     information by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     to sniff an nlmon interface for all Netlink activity on     the system. (CVE-2017-17449)

  - The usb_destroy_configuration() function, in     'drivers/usb/core/config.c' in the USB core subsystem,     in the Linux kernel through 4.14.5 does not consider the     maximum number of configurations and interfaces before     attempting to release resources. This allows local users     to cause a denial of service, due to out-of-bounds write     access, or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted USB device. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although     we believe it is unlikely. (CVE-2017-17558)

  - The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel,     before 4.14.8, does not correctly handle zero-length     inputs. This allows a local attacker the ability to use     the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface to cause a denial of     service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or     have an unspecified other impact by executing a crafted     sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk     API. Both the generic implementation     (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation     (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 are     vulnerable. (CVE-2017-17805)

  - The tcpmss_mangle_packet function in     net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c in the Linux kernel before     4.11, and 4.9.x before 4.9.36, allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and memory     corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging the presence of xt_TCPMSS in an iptables     action. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely. (CVE-2017-18017)

  - The Linux kernel, before version 4.14.3, is vulnerable     to a denial of service in     drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() which can be     caused by local users leveraging a race condition with
    __dm_destroy() during creation and removal of DM     devices. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN     capability) can directly perform the ioctl operations     for dm device creation and removal and this would     typically be outside the direct control of the     unprivileged attacker. (CVE-2017-18203)

  - The madvise_willneed function in the Linux kernel allows     local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)     by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.
    (CVE-2017-18208)

  - A flaw was found where the kernel truncated the value     used to indicate the size of a buffer which it would     later become zero using an untruncated value. This can     corrupt memory outside of the original allocation.
    (CVE-2017-9725)

  - In the Linux kernel versions 4.12, 3.10, 2.6, and     possibly earlier, a race condition vulnerability exists     in the sound system allowing for a potential deadlock     and memory corruption due to use-after-free condition     and thus denial of service. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely. (CVE-2018-1000004)

  - Improper validation in the bnx2x network card driver of     the Linux kernel version 4.15 can allow for denial of     service (DoS) attacks via a packet with a gso_size     larger than ~9700 bytes. Untrusted guest VMs can exploit     this vulnerability in the host machine, causing a crash     in the network card. (CVE-2018-1000026)

  - By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a process's memory     containing command line arguments (or environment     strings), an attacker can cause utilities from psutils     or procps (such as ps, w) or any other program which     makes a read() call to the /proc//cmdline (or     /proc//environ) files to block indefinitely (denial     of service) or for some controlled time (as a     synchronization primitive for other attacks).
    (CVE-2018-1120)

  - A null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function     in net/dccp/output.c in the Linux kernel allows a local     user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain     crafted system calls. (CVE-2018-1130)

  - An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function     in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel. An attacker with     a local account can trick the stack unwinder code to     leak stack contents to userspace. The fix allows only     root to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task.
    (CVE-2018-17972)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel with files on tmpfs     and hugetlbfs. An attacker is able to bypass file     permissions on filesystems mounted with tmpfs/hugetlbs     to modify a file and possibly disrupt normal system     behavior. At this time there is an understanding there     is no crash or privilege escalation but the impact of     modifications on these filesystems of files in     production systems may have adverse affects.
    (CVE-2018-18397)

  - In the Linux kernel before 4.17, a local attacker able     to set attributes on an xfs filesystem could make this     filesystem non-operational until the next mount by     triggering an unchecked error condition during an xfs     attribute change, because xfs_attr_shortform_addname in     fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c mishandles ATTR_REPLACE     operations with conversion of an attr from short to long     form. (CVE-2018-18690)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's handling of     loopback devices. An attacker, who has permissions to     setup loopback disks, may create a denial of service or     other unspecified actions. (CVE-2018-5344)

  - The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c     in the Linux kernel, through 4.14.15, allows local users     to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg     data from an SBS HC printk call. (CVE-2018-5750)

  - An error in the _sctp_make_chunk() function     (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP, packet     length can be exploited by a malicious local user to     cause a kernel crash and a DoS. (CVE-2018-5803)

  - In the function wmi_set_ie() in the Linux kernel the     length validation code does not handle unsigned integer     overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the     ie_len argument can cause a buffer overflow and thus a     memory corruption leading to a system crash or other or     unspecified impact. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although     we believe it is unlikely. (CVE-2018-5848)

  - ALSA sequencer core initializes the event pool on demand     by invoking snd_seq_pool_init() when the first write     happens and the pool is empty. A user can reset the pool     size manually via ioctl concurrently, and this may lead     to UAF or out-of-bound access. (CVE-2018-7566)

  - A possible memory corruption due to a type confusion was     found in the Linux kernel in the sk_clone_lock()     function in the net/core/sock.c. The possibility of     local escalation of privileges cannot be fully ruled out     for a local unprivileged attacker. (CVE-2018-9568)

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

Security Fix(es) :

  - hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults     handling (CVE-2017-5754, Important, KVM for Power)

  - kernel: Buffer overflow in firewire driver via crafted     incoming packets (CVE-2016-8633, Important)

  - kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket     (CVE-2017-8824, Important)

  - Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0)     CR8 register (CVE-2017-12154, Important)

  - kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection     mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166,     Important)

  - kernel: media: use-after-free in [tuner-xc2028] media     driver (CVE-2016-7913, Moderate)

  - kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in     vmw_surface_define_ioctl() (CVE-2017-7294, Moderate)

  - kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma     allocation (CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)

  - kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO     vectors (CVE-2017-12190, Moderate)

  - kernel: vfs: BUG in truncate_inode_pages_range() and     fuse client (CVE-2017-15121, Moderate)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in     userfaultfd_event_wait_completion function in     userfaultfd.c (CVE-2017-15126, Moderate)

  - kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in     get_net_ns_by_id() (CVE-2017-15129, Moderate)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()     (CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)

  - kernel: Missing capabilities check in     net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c allows for     unprivileged access to systemwide nfnl_cthelper_list     structure (CVE-2017-17448, Moderate)

  - kernel: Missing namespace check in     net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to     observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)

  - kernel: Unallocated memory access by malicious USB     device via bNumInterfaces overflow (CVE-2017-17558,     Moderate)

  - kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in     tcpmss_mangle_packet function in     net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)

  - kernel: Race condition in     drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() allows local users     to cause a denial of service (CVE-2017-18203, Moderate)

  - kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ     (CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)

  - Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80     (CVE-2017-1000407, Moderate)

  - kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element     (CVE-2017-1000410, Moderate)

  - kernel: Kernel address information leak in     drivers/acpi/sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function     potentially allowing KASLR bypass (CVE-2018-5750,     Moderate)

  - kernel: Race condition in sound system can lead to     denial of service (CVE-2018-1000004, Moderate)

  - kernel: multiple Low security impact security issues     (CVE-2016-3672, CVE-2017-14140, CVE-2017-15116,     CVE-2017-15127, CVE-2018-6927, Low)

Additional Changes :

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1062 advisory.

    - [acpi] sbshc: remove raw pointer from printk() message (Baoquan He) [1547009] {CVE-2018-5750}
    - [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c: refactor compat ioctl32 logic fixup (Jarod Wilson) [1548430]     {CVE-2017-13166}
    - [kernel] futex: Prevent overflow by strengthen input validation (Joe Lawrence) [1547585] {CVE-2018-6927}
    - [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c: refactor compat ioctl32 logic (Jarod Wilson) [1548430] {CVE-2017-13166}
    - [sound] alsa: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a port (CVE-2017-15265) (Jaroslav Kysela) [1503381]     {CVE-2017-15265}
    - [x86] kvm: fix singlestepping over syscall (Paolo Bonzini) [1464481] {CVE-2017-7518}
    - [net] netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: add more sanity tests on tcph->doff (Florian Westphal) [1543088]     {CVE-2017-18017}
    - [sound] alsa: seq: Make ioctls race-free (CVE-2018-1000004) (Jaroslav Kysela) [1537203]     {CVE-2018-1000004}
    - [x86] mm: Fix use-after-free of ldt_struct (Oleg Nesterov) [1543352] {CVE-2017-17053}
    - [net] netlink: Add netns check on taps (William Townsend) [1538738] {CVE-2017-17449}
    - [net] netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks (Florian Westphal) [1539230] {CVE-2017-17448}
    - [net] netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: Add missing permission checks (Florian Westphal) [1539230]     {CVE-2017-17448}
    - [powerpc] kvm: book3s: Provide information about hardware/firmware CVE workarounds (Serhii Popovych)     [1532077] {CVE-2017-5754}
    - [net] Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() (Aristeu Rozanski) [1531551]     {CVE-2017-15129}
    - [media] xc2028: avoid use after free (Torez Smith) [1402893] {CVE-2016-7913}

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
91886	Debian DSA-3607-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/29/2016	1/11/2021	critical
93299	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/2/2016	1/27/2026	high
91736	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-753)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/22/2016	1/19/2021	critical
127281	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : kernel-rt Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0074)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	1/14/2021	critical
109449	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410) (Meltdown)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	5/1/2018	1/13/2026	critical
109113	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-1062)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	2/9/2026	critical

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