The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.68-34.125. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-016 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel 5.0.21 and 5.3.11, mounting a crafted btrfs filesystem image, performing some     operations, and then making a syncfs system call can lead to a use-after-free in try_merge_free_space in     fs/btrfs/free-space-cache.c because the pointer to a left data structure can be the same as the pointer to     a right data structure. (CVE-2019-19448)

  - ** DISPUTED ** In the Linux kernel 4.19.83, there is a use-after-free (read) in the debugfs_remove     function in fs/debugfs/inode.c (which is used to remove a file or directory in debugfs that was previously     created with a call to another debugfs function such as debugfs_create_file). NOTE: Linux kernel     developers dispute this issue as not being an issue with debugfs, instead this is an issue with misuse of     debugfs within blktrace. (CVE-2019-19770)

  - The VFIO PCI driver in the Linux kernel through 5.6.13 mishandles attempts to access disabled memory     space. (CVE-2020-12888)

  - A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc2 with the ext3/ext4 file     system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash     the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
    (CVE-2020-14314)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. A failure of the file system metadata validator in     XFS can cause an inode with a valid, user-creatable extended attribute to be flagged as corrupt. This can     lead to the filesystem being shutdown, or otherwise rendered inaccessible until it is remounted, leading     to a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
    (CVE-2020-14385)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-     bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of     the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out. (CVE-2020-14390)

  - A TOCTOU mismatch in the NFS client code in the Linux kernel before 5.8.3 could be used by local attackers     to corrupt memory or possibly have unspecified other impact because a size check is in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c     instead of fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c, aka CID-b4487b935452. (CVE-2020-25212)

  - The rbd block device driver in drivers/block/rbd.c in the Linux kernel through 5.8.9 used incomplete     permission checking for access to rbd devices, which could be leveraged by local attackers to map or unmap     rbd block devices, aka CID-f44d04e696fe. (CVE-2020-25284)

  - A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be     used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified     other impact, aka CID-17743798d812. (CVE-2020-25285)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of biovecs in versions before 5.9-rc7. A zero-length     biovec request issued by the block subsystem could cause the kernel to enter an infinite loop, causing a     denial of service. This flaw allows a local attacker with basic privileges to issue requests to a block     device, resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability. (CVE-2020-25641)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3019 advisory.

  - kernel: denial of service in arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c and arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c via     sigreturn() system call (CVE-2019-13648)

  - Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario (CVE-2020-12888)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2854 advisory.

  - kernel: nfs: use-after-free in svc_process_common() (CVE-2018-16884)

  - kernel: use-after-free in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c, ipmi_si_mem_io.c, ipmi_si_port_io.c     (CVE-2019-11811)

  - kernel: use-after-free in drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c (CVE-2019-15917)

  - kernel: memory leak in ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c (CVE-2019-18808)

  - kernel: memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c allows for DoS     (CVE-2019-19062)

  - kernel: use-after-free in __ext4_expand_extra_isize and ext4_xattr_set_entry related to fs/ext4/inode.c     and fs/ext4/super.c (CVE-2019-19767)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds write via crafted keycode table (CVE-2019-20636)

  - kernel: use after free due to race condition in the video driver leads to local privilege escalation     (CVE-2019-9458)

  - kernel: use-after-free read in napi_gro_frags() in the Linux kernel (CVE-2020-10720)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds write in mpol_parse_str function in mm/mempolicy.c (CVE-2020-11565)

  - Kernel: vfio: access to disabled MMIO space of some devices may lead to DoS scenario (CVE-2020-12888)

  - Kernel: ppc: kvm: conflicting use of HSTATE_HOST_R1 to store r1 state leads to host stack corruption     (CVE-2020-8834)

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

This update syncs the RT kernel from the SUSE Linux Enterprise 15-SP2 codestream. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.

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

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-10135: Legacy pairing and secure-connections pairing authentication in Bluetooth BR/EDR Core Specification v5.2 and earlier may have allowed an unauthenticated user to complete authentication without pairing credentials via adjacent access. An unauthenticated, adjacent attacker could impersonate a Bluetooth BR/EDR master or slave to pair with a previously paired remote device to successfully complete the authentication procedure without knowing the link key (bnc#1171988).

CVE-2020-0305: In cdev_get of char_dev.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1174462).

CVE-2019-20908: An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c where incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032 (bnc#1173567).

CVE-2020-10781: zram sysfs resource consumption was fixed (bnc#1173074).

CVE-2020-15780: An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c where injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30 (bnc#1173573).

CVE-2020-15393: usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c had a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770 (bnc#1173514).

CVE-2020-12771: btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c had a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732).

CVE-2020-12888: The VFIO PCI driver mishandled attempts to access disabled memory space (bnc#1171868).

CVE-2020-10769: A buffer over-read flaw was found in crypto_authenc_extractkeys in crypto/authenc.c in the IPsec Cryptographic algorithm's module, authenc. When a payload longer than 4 bytes, and is not following 4-byte alignment boundary guidelines, it causes a buffer over-read threat, leading to a system crash. This flaw allowed a local attacker with user privileges to cause a denial of service (bnc#1173265).

CVE-2020-10773: A kernel stack information leak on s390/s390x was fixed (bnc#1172999).

CVE-2020-14416: A race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c (bnc#1162002).

CVE-2020-10766: Fixed an issue which allowed an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection (bnc#1172781).

CVE-2020-10767: Fixed an issue where Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier was disabled in certain circumstances, leaving the system open to a spectre v2 style attack (bnc#1172782).

CVE-2020-10768: Fixed an issue with the prctl() function, where indirect branch speculation could be enabled even though it was diabled before (bnc#1172783).

CVE-2020-13974: Fixed a integer overflow in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c, if k_ascii is called several times in a row (bnc#1172775).

CVE-2020-0543: Fixed a side channel attack against special registers which could have resulted in leaking of read values to cores other than the one which called it. This attack is known as Special Register Buffer Data Sampling (SRBDS) or 'CrossTalk' (bsc#1154824).

CVE-2020-13143: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in gadget_dev_desc_UDC_store in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c (bsc#1171982).

CVE-2020-12769: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to cause a panic via concurrent calls to dw_spi_irq and dw_spi_transfer_one (bsc#1171983).

CVE-2020-12659: Fixed an out-of-bounds write (by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) due to improper headroom validation (bsc#1171214).

CVE-2020-12657: An a use-after-free in block/bfq-iosched.c (bsc#1171205).

CVE-2020-12656: Fixed an improper handling of certain domain_release calls leadingch could have led to a memory leak (bsc#1171219).

CVE-2020-12655: Fixed an issue which could have allowed attackers to trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata (bsc#1171217).

CVE-2020-12654: Fixed an issue in he wifi driver which could have allowed a remote AP to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1171202).

CVE-2020-12653: Fixed an issue in the wifi driver which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1171195).

CVE-2020-12652: Fixed an issue which could have allowed local users to hold an incorrect lock during the ioctl operation and trigger a race condition (bsc#1171218).

CVE-2020-12464: Fixed a use-after-free due to a transfer without a reference (bsc#1170901).

CVE-2020-12114: Fixed a pivot_root race condition which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by corrupting a mountpoint reference counter (bsc#1171098).

CVE-2020-11669: Fixed an issue where arch/powerpc/kernel/idle_book3s.S did not have save/restore functionality for PNV_POWERSAVE_AMR, PNV_POWERSAVE_UAMOR, and PNV_POWERSAVE_AMOR (bnc#1169390).

CVE-2020-10757: Fixed an issue where remaping hugepage DAX to anon mmap could have caused user PTE access (bsc#1172317).

CVE-2020-10751: Fixed an improper implementation in SELinux LSM hook where it was assumed that an skb would only contain a single netlink message (bsc#1171189).

CVE-2020-10732: Fixed kernel data leak in userspace coredumps due to uninitialized data (bsc#1171220).

CVE-2020-10720: Fixed a use-after-free read in napi_gro_frags() (bsc#1170778).

CVE-2020-10711: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in SELinux subsystem which could have allowed a remote network user to crash the kernel resulting in a denial of service (bsc#1171191).

CVE-2020-10690: Fixed the race between the release of ptp_clock and cdev (bsc#1170056).

CVE-2019-9455: Fixed a pointer leak due to a WARN_ON statement in a video driver. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed (bsc#1170345).

CVE-2019-20812: Fixed an issue in prb_calc_retire_blk_tmo() which could have resulted in a denial of service (bsc#1172453).

CVE-2019-20806: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which may had lead to denial of service (bsc#1172199).

CVE-2019-19462: Fixed an issue which could have allowed local user to cause denial of service (bsc#1158265).

CVE-2019-20810: go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c did not call snd_card_free for a failure path, which caused a memory leak, aka CID-9453264ef586 (bnc#1172458).

CVE-2018-1000199: Fixed a potential local code execution via ptrace (bsc#1089895).

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
160437	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2022-016)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	5/2/2022	9/5/2023	high
138802	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2020:3019)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/21/2020	4/28/2024	medium
143086	RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2020:2854)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/19/2020	2/8/2024	high
146282	openSUSE Security Update : RT kernel (openSUSE-2021-242)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/8/2021	2/9/2023	critical
140378	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2487-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/8/2020	5/12/2022	high

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