An update of 'linux', 'linux-esx' packages of Photon OS has been released.

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249)

Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616)

Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata.
An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613)

Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+ subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16884)

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the PPP over L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-9517)

Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth implementation of the Linux kernel.
An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (host system memory to a guest VM).
(CVE-2019-7222)

Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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-2017-18249

A race condition was discovered in the disk space allocator of F2FS. A user with access to an F2FS volume could use this to cause a denial of service or other security impact.

CVE-2018-1128, CVE-2018-1129

The cephx authentication protocol used by Ceph was susceptible to replay attacks, and calculated signatures incorrectly. These vulnerabilities in the server required changes to authentication that are incompatible with existing clients. The kernel's client code has now been updated to be compatible with the fixed server.

CVE-2018-3639 (SSB)

Multiple researchers have discovered that Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), a feature implemented in many processors, could be used to read sensitive information from another context. In particular, code in a software sandbox may be able to read sensitive information from outside the sandbox. This issue is also known as Spectre variant 4.

This update adds a further mitigation for this issue in the eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) implementation.

CVE-2018-5391 (FragmentSmack)

Juha-Matti Tilli discovered a flaw in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithms by sending specially crafted packets, leading to remote denial of service.

This was previously mitigated by reducing the default limits on memory usage for incomplete fragmented packets. This update replaces that mitigation with a more complete fix.

CVE-2018-5848

The wil6210 wifi driver did not properly validate lengths in scan and connection requests, leading to a possible buffer overflow. On systems using this driver, a local user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability could use this for denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or potentially for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-12896, CVE-2018-13053

Team OWL337 reported possible integer overflows in the POSIX timer implementation. These might have some security impact.

CVE-2018-13096, CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted F2FS volumes could trigger a crash (BUG, Oops, or division by zero) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-13406

Dr Silvio Cesare of InfoSect reported a potential integer overflow in the uvesafb driver. A user with permission to access such a device might be able to use this for denial of service or privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported that crafted Btrfs volumes could trigger a crash (Oops) and/or out-of-bounds memory access. An attacker able to mount such a volume could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-15471 ((XSA-270)

Felix Wilhelm of Google Project Zero discovered a flaw in the hash handling of the xen-netback Linux kernel module. A malicious or buggy frontend may cause the (usually privileged) backend to make out of bounds memory accesses, potentially resulting in privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-270.html

CVE-2018-16862

Vasily Averin and Pavel Tikhomirov from Virtuozzo Kernel Team discovered that the cleancache memory management feature did not invalidate cached data for deleted files. On Xen guests using the tmem driver, local users could potentially read data from other users' deleted files if they were able to create new files on the same volume.

CVE-2018-17972

Jann Horn reported that the /proc/*/stack files in procfs leaked sensitive data from the kernel. These files are now only readable by users with the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability (usually only root)

CVE-2018-18281

Jann Horn reported a race condition in the virtual memory manager that can result in a process briefly having access to memory after it is freed and reallocated. A local user could possibly exploit this for denial of service (memory corruption) or for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-18690

Kanda Motohiro reported that XFS did not correctly handle some xattr (extended attribute) writes that require changing the disk format of the xattr. A user with access to an XFS volume could use this for denial of service.

CVE-2018-18710

It was discovered that the cdrom driver does not correctly validate the parameter to the CDROM_SELECT_DISC ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom device could use this to read sensitive information from the kernel or to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-19407

Wei Wu reported a potential crash (Oops) in the KVM implementation for x86 processors. A user with access to /dev/kvm could use this for denial of service.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1. This version also includes fixes for Debian bugs #890034, #896911, #907581, #915229, and #915231; and other fixes included in upstream stable updates.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

USN-3932-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-18249)

Wen Xu discovered that the f2fs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-13097, CVE-2018-13099, CVE-2018-13100, CVE-2018-14614, CVE-2018-14616)

Wen Xu and Po-Ning Tseng discovered that btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata.
An attacker could use this to construct a malicious btrfs image that, when mounted, could cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2018-14610, CVE-2018-14611, CVE-2018-14612, CVE-2018-14613)

Vasily Averin and Evgenii Shatokhin discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the NFS41+ subsystem when multiple network namespaces are in use. A local attacker in a container could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16884)

It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the PPP over L2TP implementation in the Linux kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-9517)

Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth implementation of the Linux kernel.
An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (host system memory to a guest VM).
(CVE-2019-7222)

Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

Muyu Yu discovered that the CAN implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly restrict the field size when processing outgoing frames. A local attacker with CAP_NET_ADMIN privileges could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-3701)

Vladis Dronov discovered that the debug interface for the Linux kernel's HID subsystem did not properly validate passed parameters in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). (CVE-2019-3819).

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 to fix security issues.

An update of 'linux-aws', 'linux', 'linux-esx', 'linux-secure' packages of Photon OS has been released.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to 4.4.176 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2019-2024: A use-after-free when disconnecting a source was fixed which could lead to crashes. bnc#1129179).

CVE-2019-9213: expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacked a check for the mmap minimum address, which made it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task (bnc#1128166).

CVE-2019-6974: kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c mishandled reference counting because of a race condition, leading to a use-after-free. (bnc#1124728)

CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460: The Bluetooth stack suffered from two remote information leak vulnerabilities in the code that handles incoming L2cap configuration packets (bsc#1120758).

CVE-2019-7221: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM hypervisor related to the emulation of a preemption timer, allowing an guest user/process to crash the host kernel. (bsc#1124732).

CVE-2019-7222: Fixed an information leakage in the KVM hypervisor related to handling page fault exceptions, which allowed a guest user/process to use this flaw to leak the host's stack memory contents to a guest (bsc#1124735).

CVE-2017-18249: The add_free_nid function in fs/f2fs/node.c did not properly track an allocated nid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (race condition) or possibly have unspecified other impact via concurrent threads (bnc#1087036).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.136 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-5848: In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length     validation code did not handle unsigned integer overflow     properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len'     argument could have caused a buffer overflow     (bnc#1097356).

  - CVE-2017-18249: The add_free_nid function did not     properly track an allocated nid, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via concurrent     threads (bnc#1087036).

  - CVE-2018-3665: Prevent disclosure of FPU registers     (including XMM and AVX registers) between processes.
    These registers might contain encryption keys when doing     SSE accelerated AES enc/decryption (bsc#1087086).

  - CVE-2017-18241: Prevent a NULL pointer dereference by     using a noflush_merge option that triggers a NULL value     for a flush_cmd_control data structure (bnc#1086400).

  - CVE-2017-17741: The KVM implementation in the Linux     kernel allowed attackers to obtain potentially sensitive     information from kernel memory, aka a write_mmio     stack-based out-of-bounds read (bnc#1073311).

  - CVE-2018-12233: In the ea_get function in     fs/jfs/xattr.c, a memory corruption bug in JFS can be     triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different     extended attribute names on the same file. This     vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged user     with the ability to create files and execute programs. A     kmalloc call is incorrect, leading to slab-out-of-bounds     in jfs_xattr (bnc#1097234).

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.

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

  - The add_free_nid function in fs/f2fs/node.c in the     Linux kernel, before 4.12, doe not properly track an     allocated nid. This allows local users to cause a     denial of service (race condition) or possibly have     unspecified other impacts via concurrent     threads.(CVE-2017-18249i1/4%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.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-5848: In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length     validation code did not handle unsigned integer overflow     properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len'     argument could have caused a buffer overflow     (bnc#1097356)

  - CVE-2018-1000204: Prevent infoleak caused by incorrect     handling of the SG_IO ioctl (bsc#1096728).

  - CVE-2017-18249: The add_free_nid function did not     properly track an allocated nid, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (race condition) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via concurrent     threads (bnc#1087036)

  - CVE-2018-3665: Prevent disclosure of FPU registers     (including XMM and AVX registers) between processes.
    These registers might contain encryption keys when doing     SSE accelerated AES enc/decryption (bsc#1087086)

  - CVE-2017-18241: Prevent a NULL pointer dereference by     using a noflush_merge option that triggers a NULL value     for a flush_cmd_control data structure (bnc#1086400)

  - CVE-2017-13305: Prevent information disclosure     vulnerability in encrypted-keys (bsc#1094353).

  - CVE-2018-1093: The ext4_valid_block_bitmap function     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4     image because balloc.c and ialloc.c did not validate     bitmap block numbers (bsc#1087095).

  - CVE-2018-1094: The ext4_fill_super function did not     always initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which     allowed attackers to cause a denial of service     (ext4_xattr_inode_hash NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087007).

  - CVE-2018-1092: The ext4_iget function mishandled the     case of a root directory with a zero i_links_count,     which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service     (ext4_process_freed_data NULL pointer dereference and     OOPS) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087012).

  - CVE-2018-1130: NULL pointer dereference in     dccp_write_xmit() function that allowed a local user to     cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted     system calls (bsc#1092904).

  - CVE-2018-1065: The netfilter subsystem mishandled the     case of a rule blob that contains a jump but lacks a     user-defined chain, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by     leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW or CAP_NET_ADMIN capability     (bsc#1083650).

  - CVE-2018-5803: Prevent error in the '_sctp_make_chunk()'     function when handling SCTP packets length that could     have been exploited to cause a kernel crash     (bnc#1083900).

  - CVE-2018-7492: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the     net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function that allowed     local attackers to cause a system panic and a     denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and     RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST (bsc#1082962).

  - CVE-2018-1000199: Prevent vulnerability in     modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that could have caused a     crash and possibly memory corruption (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.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-5848: In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code did not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument could have caused a buffer overflow (bnc#1097356)

CVE-2018-1000204: Prevent infoleak caused by incorrect handling of the SG_IO ioctl (bsc#1096728).

CVE-2017-18249: The add_free_nid function did not properly track an allocated nid, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (race condition) or possibly have unspecified other impact via concurrent threads (bnc#1087036)

CVE-2018-3665: Prevent disclosure of FPU registers (including XMM and AVX registers) between processes. These registers might contain encryption keys when doing SSE accelerated AES enc/decryption (bsc#1087086)

CVE-2017-18241: Prevent a NULL pointer dereference by using a noflush_merge option that triggers a NULL value for a flush_cmd_control data structure (bnc#1086400)

CVE-2017-13305: Prevent information disclosure vulnerability in encrypted-keys (bsc#1094353).

CVE-2018-1093: The ext4_valid_block_bitmap function allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image because balloc.c and ialloc.c did not validate bitmap block numbers (bsc#1087095).

CVE-2018-1094: The ext4_fill_super function did not always initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (ext4_xattr_inode_hash NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087007).

CVE-2018-1092: The ext4_iget function mishandled the case of a root directory with a zero i_links_count, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (ext4_process_freed_data NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087012).

CVE-2018-1130: NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls (bsc#1092904).

CVE-2018-1065: The netfilter subsystem mishandled the case of a rule blob that contains a jump but lacks a user-defined chain, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging the CAP_NET_RAW or CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bsc#1083650).

CVE-2018-5803: Prevent error in the '_sctp_make_chunk()' function when handling SCTP packets length that could have been exploited to cause a kernel crash (bnc#1083900).

CVE-2018-7492: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in the net/rds/rdma.c
__rds_rdma_map() function that allowed local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST (bsc#1082962).

CVE-2018-1000199: Prevent vulnerability in modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that could have caused a crash and possibly memory corruption (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
111945	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0165 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	2/7/2019	medium
123680	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3932-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/3/2019	1/27/2020	high
122879	Debian DLA-1715-1 : linux-4.9 security update (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/18/2019	1/11/2021	high
123681	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities (USN-3932-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/3/2019	1/27/2020	high
121966	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0072	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	2/7/2019	medium
121860	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0165	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	2/7/2019	3/8/2019	medium
121505	Slackware 14.2 : Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-030-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	1/31/2019	2/20/2020	high
111956	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0072 (deprecated)	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/17/2018	2/7/2019	medium
123927	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0901-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/9/2019	1/24/2020	high
110660	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1772-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/22/2018	9/10/2019	medium
124818	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1495)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	1/6/2021	medium
110838	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1855-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/2/2018	9/10/2019	high
110658	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-656) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/22/2018	1/19/2021	high
118272	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1855-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/22/2018	9/10/2019	high

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