The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3392-2 advisory.

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

Buffer overflow in mp_override_legacy_irq() :

Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.
(CVE-2017-11473)

A race between inotify_handle_event() and sys_rename() :

A race condition was found in the Linux kernel, present since v3.14-rc1 through v4.12. The race happens between threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename() while running the rename operation against the same file. As a result of the race the next slab data or the slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with attacker-controlled data, which may lead to the privilege escalation.
(CVE-2017-7533)

Integer overflow in ip6_find_1stfragopt() causes infinite loop :

An integer overflow vulnerability in ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found. A local attacker that has privileges (of CAP_NET_RAW) to open raw socket can cause an infinite loop inside the ip6_find_1stfragopt() function.(CVE-2017-7542)

Double fetch vulnerability in saa7164_bus_get function The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.14 allows 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. Please note, the saa7164 driver is not enabled in the Amazon Linux AMI kernel (CVE-2017-8831)

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The snd_msndmidi_input_read function in     sound/isa/msnd/msnd_midi.c in the Linux kernel through     4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified     other impact by changing the value of a message queue     head pointer between two kernel reads of that value,     aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability.(CVE-2017-9985i1/4%0

  - An assertion failure issue was found in the Linux     kernel's KVM hypervisor module built to support     visualization on ARM64 architecture platforms. The     failure could occur while accessing Performance     Monitors Cycle Count Register (PMCCNTR) from a guest. A     privileged guest user could use this flaw to crash the     host kernel resulting in denial of     service.(CVE-2017-12168i1/4%0

  - The iscsi_if_rx() function in     'drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c' in the Linux     kernel from v2.6.24-rc1 through 4.13.2 allows local     users to cause a denial of service (a system panic) by     making a number of certain syscalls by leveraging     incorrect length validation in the kernel     code.(CVE-2017-14489i1/4%0

  - The hdpvr_probe function in     drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (improper error handling and system     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     crafted USB device.(CVE-2017-16644i1/4%0

  - The dvb frontend management subsystem in the Linux     kernel contains a use-after-free which can allow a     malicious user to write to memory that may be assigned     to another kernel structure. This could create memory     corruption, panic, or possibly other side     affects.(CVE-2017-16648i1/4%0

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's IPv6     implementation mishandled socket options. A local     attacker could abuse concurrent access to the socket     options to escalate their privileges, or cause a denial     of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a     crafted sendmsg system call.(CVE-2016-3841i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem.
    A local user can cause a use-after-free in     ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service     or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a     file in a crafted ext4 filesystem     image.(CVE-2018-10879i1/4%0

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel, present     since v3.14-rc1 through v4.12. The race happens between     threads of inotify_handle_event() and vfs_rename()     while running the rename operation against the same     file. As a result of the race the next slab data or the     slab's free list pointer can be corrupted with     attacker-controlled data, which may lead to the     privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-7533i1/4%0

  - A privilege-escalation vulnerability was discovered in     the Linux kernel built with User Namespace     (CONFIG_USER_NS) support. The flaw occurred when the     ptrace() system call was used on a root-owned process     to enter a user namespace. A privileged namespace user     could exploit this flaw to potentially escalate their     privileges on the system, outside the original     namespace.(CVE-2015-8709i1/4%0

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in     drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.2 allows 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.(CVE-2016-4805i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     kvm_iommu_map_pages() function handled IOMMU mapping     failures. A privileged user in a guest with an assigned     host device could use this flaw to crash the     host.(CVE-2014-3601i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of associative arrays introduced in 3.13. This     functionality was backported to the 3.10 kernels in Red     Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The flaw involved a null     pointer dereference in assoc_array_apply_edit() due to     incorrect node-splitting in assoc_array implementation.
    This affects the keyring key type and thus key addition     and link creation operations may cause the kernel to     panic.(CVE-2017-12193i1/4%0

  - Multiple race conditions in drivers/char/adsprpc.c and     drivers/char/adsprpc_compat.c in the ADSPRPC driver for     the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation     Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and     other products, allow attackers to cause a denial of     service (zero-value write) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a COMPAT_FASTRPC_IOCTL_INVOKE_FD ioctl     call.(CVE-2015-0572i1/4%0

  - The sanity_check_ckpt function in fs/f2fs/super.c in     the Linux kernel before version 4.12.4 does not     validate the blkoff and segno arrays. This allows an     unprivileged, local user to cause a system panic and     DoS. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-10663i1/4%0

  - A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was     found in the way the Linux kernel's Universal Disk     Format (UDF) file system implementation processed     indirect Information Control Blocks (ICBs). An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted UDF image to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-6410i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the ion_ioctl function in     drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by calling     ION_IOC_FREE on two CPUs at the same     time.(CVE-2016-9120i1/4%0

  - drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the Human Interface     Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through     3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PICOLCD is enabled, allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a     crafted device.(CVE-2013-2899i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of overlayfs. An attacker can leak file resources in     the system by opening a large file with write     permissions on a overlay filesystem that is     insufficient to deal with the size of the write.When     unmounting the underlying device, the system is unable     to free an inode and this will consume resources.
    Repeating this for all available inodes and memory will     create a denial of service situation.(CVE-2015-8953i1/4%0

  - Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq()     function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.12.2 allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted ACPI table.(CVE-2017-11473i1/4%0

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the     kvm_ioctl_create_device function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c     in the Linux kernel before 4.8.13 allows host OS users     to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or     possibly gain privileges via crafted ioctl calls on the     /dev/kvm device.(CVE-2016-10150i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS 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 3.12.62-60_62 fixes several issues.
The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users     to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751).

  - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd     subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long     RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c (bsc#1046191).

  - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting     the HDLC line discipline (bsc#1027575).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system calls     (bsc#1042892).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038564).

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_18 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users     to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751).

  - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd     subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long     RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c (bsc#1046191).

  - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting     the HDLC line discipline (bsc#1027575).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system calls     (bsc#1042892).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038564).

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 3.12.74-60_64_48 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users     to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system calls     (bsc#1042892).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038564).

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_32 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-7533: A bug in inotify code allowed local users     to escalate privilege (bsc#1050751).

  - CVE-2017-7645: The NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd     subsystem in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a long     RPC reply, related to net/sunrpc/svc.c,     fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c, and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c (bsc#1046191).

  - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges     or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting     the HDLC line discipline (bsc#1027575).

  - CVE-2017-9242: The __ip6_append_data function in     net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel is too late in     checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure     may occur, which allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via crafted system calls     (bsc#1042892).

  - CVE-2017-8890: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call (bsc#1038564).

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.

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

  - CVE-2014-9940     A use-after-free flaw in the voltage and current     regulator driver could allow a local user to cause a     denial of service or potentially escalate privileges.

  - CVE-2017-7346     Li Qiang discovered that the DRM driver for VMware     virtual GPUs does not properly check user-controlled     values in the vmw_surface_define_ioctl() functions for     upper limits. A local user can take advantage of this     flaw to cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-7482     Shi Lei discovered that RxRPC Kerberos 5 ticket handling     code does not properly verify metadata, leading to     information disclosure, denial of service or potentially     execution of arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-7533     Fan Wu and Shixiong Zhao discovered a race condition     between inotify events and VFS rename operations     allowing an unprivileged local attacker to cause a     denial of service or escalate privileges.

  - CVE-2017-7541     A buffer overflow flaw in the Broadcom IEEE802.11n PCIe     SoftMAC WLAN driver could allow a local user to cause     kernel memory corruption, leading to a denial of service     or potentially privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2017-7542     An integer overflow vulnerability in the     ip6_find_1stfragopt() function was found allowing a     local attacker with privileges to open raw sockets to     cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-7889     Tommi Rantala and Brad Spengler reported that the mm     subsystem does not properly enforce the     CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, allowing a     local attacker with access to /dev/mem to obtain     sensitive information or potentially execute arbitrary     code.

  - CVE-2017-9605     Murray McAllister discovered that the DRM driver for     VMware virtual GPUs does not properly initialize memory,     potentially allowing a local attacker to obtain     sensitive information from uninitialized kernel memory     via a crafted ioctl call.

  - CVE-2017-10911     / XSA-216

  Anthony Perard of Citrix discovered an information leak flaw in Xen   blkif response handling, allowing a malicious unprivileged guest to   obtain sensitive information from the host or other guests.

  - CVE-2017-11176     It was discovered that the mq_notify() function does not     set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry into the retry     logic. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw     during a userspace close of a Netlink socket to cause a     denial of service or potentially cause other impact.

  - CVE-2017-1000363     Roee Hay reported that the lp driver does not properly     bounds-check passed arguments, allowing a local attacker     with write access to the kernel command line arguments     to execute arbitrary code.

  - CVE-2017-1000365     It was discovered that argument and environment pointers     are not taken properly into account to the imposed size     restrictions on arguments and environmental strings     passed through RLIMIT_STACK/RLIMIT_INFINITY. A local     attacker can take advantage of this flaw in conjunction     with other flaws to execute arbitrary code.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-3659 advisory.

  - A missing authorization check in the fscrypt_process_policy function in fs/crypto/policy.c in the ext4 and     f2fs filesystem encryption support in the Linux kernel before 4.7.4 allows a user to assign an encryption     policy to a directory owned by a different user, potentially creating a denial of service.
    (CVE-2016-10318)

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

The 4.12.8 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.

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The 4.12.5 kernel rebase contains new features and many bug fixes across the tree.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
102525	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) regression (USN-3392-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	8/16/2017	1/9/2024	high
102544	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-870)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	8/18/2017	4/10/2019	high
124976	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1523)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/14/2019	1/6/2021	critical
102251	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2060-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/8/2017	1/6/2021	high
102252	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2061-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/8/2017	1/6/2021	high
102308	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2089-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/9/2017	1/6/2021	high
102311	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:2092-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/9/2017	1/6/2021	high
102550	Debian DSA-3945-1 : linux - security update (Stack Clash)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/18/2017	1/4/2021	high
105247	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2017-3659)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	12/14/2017	9/8/2021	high
102718	Fedora 25 : kernel (2017-73f71456d7)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	8/24/2017	1/6/2021	high

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