An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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

Security Fix(es) :

* 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-2016-3841, Important)

* Several Moderate and Low impact security issues were found in the Linux kernel. Space precludes documenting each of these issues in this advisory. Refer to the CVE links in the References section for a description of each of these vulnerabilities. (CVE-2013-4312, CVE-2015-8374, CVE-2015-8543, CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2015-8844, CVE-2015-8845, CVE-2016-2053, CVE-2016-2069, CVE-2016-2847, CVE-2016-3156, CVE-2016-4581, CVE-2016-4794, CVE-2016-5829, CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-6198, CVE-2016-6327, CVE-2016-6480, CVE-2015-8746, CVE-2015-8956, CVE-2016-2117, CVE-2016-2384, CVE-2016-3070, CVE-2016-3699, CVE-2016-4569, CVE-2016-4578)

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson (Samsung) for reporting CVE-2016-2053; Tetsuo Handa for reporting CVE-2016-2847; the Virtuozzo kernel team and Solar Designer (Openwall) for reporting CVE-2016-3156;
Justin Yackoski (Cryptonite) for reporting CVE-2016-2117; and Linn Crosetto (HP) for reporting CVE-2016-3699. The CVE-2015-8812 issue was discovered by Venkatesh Pottem (Red Hat Engineering); the CVE-2015-8844 and CVE-2015-8845 issues were discovered by Miroslav Vadkerti (Red Hat Engineering); the CVE-2016-4581 issue was discovered by Eric W. Biederman (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-6198 issue was discovered by CAI Qian (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-3070 issue was discovered by Jan Stancek (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es) :

* 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-2016-3841, Important)

* Several Moderate and Low impact security issues were found in the Linux kernel. Space precludes documenting each of these issues in this advisory. Refer to the CVE links in the References section for a description of each of these vulnerabilities. (CVE-2013-4312, CVE-2015-8374, CVE-2015-8543, CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2015-8844, CVE-2015-8845, CVE-2016-2053, CVE-2016-2069, CVE-2016-2847, CVE-2016-3156, CVE-2016-4581, CVE-2016-4794, CVE-2016-5412, CVE-2016-5828, CVE-2016-5829, CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-6198, CVE-2016-6327, CVE-2016-6480, CVE-2015-8746, CVE-2015-8956, CVE-2016-2117, CVE-2016-2384, CVE-2016-3070, CVE-2016-3699, CVE-2016-4569, CVE-2016-4578)

Red Hat would like to thank Philip Pettersson (Samsung) for reporting CVE-2016-2053; Tetsuo Handa for reporting CVE-2016-2847; the Virtuozzo kernel team and Solar Designer (Openwall) for reporting CVE-2016-3156;
Justin Yackoski (Cryptonite) for reporting CVE-2016-2117; and Linn Crosetto (HP) for reporting CVE-2016-3699. The CVE-2015-8812 issue was discovered by Venkatesh Pottem (Red Hat Engineering); the CVE-2015-8844 and CVE-2015-8845 issues were discovered by Miroslav Vadkerti (Red Hat Engineering); the CVE-2016-4581 issue was discovered by Eric W. Biederman (Red Hat); the CVE-2016-6198 issue was discovered by CAI Qian (Red Hat); and the CVE-2016-3070 issue was discovered by Jan Stancek (Red Hat).

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 :

  - In the ea_get function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.17.1, 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.(CVE-2018-12233i1/4%0

  - The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in     arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before     4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch,     which makes it easier for attackers to conduct     userspace-userspace spectreRSB     attacks.(CVE-2018-15572i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the queue_delete function in     sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before     4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl     call at a certain time.(CVE-2016-2544i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of BPF in which systems can application can overflow a     32 bit refcount in both program and map refcount. This     refcount can wrap and end up a user after     free.(CVE-2016-4558i1/4%0

  - Interpretation conflict in     drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to     obtain sensitive information or modify data via a     crafted mapping to a snapshot block     device.(CVE-2013-4299i1/4%0

  - The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device.(CVE-2017-16537i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability in the handling of Transactional Memory     on powerpc systems was found. An unprivileged local     user can crash the kernel by starting a transaction,     suspending it, and then calling any of the exec() class     system calls.(CVE-2016-5828i1/4%0

  - A cross-boundary flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel software raid driver. The driver accessed a     disabled bitmap where only the first byte of the buffer     was initialized to zero. This meant that the rest of     the request (up to 4095 bytes) was left and copied into     user space. An attacker could use this flaw to read     private information from user space that would not     otherwise have been accessible.(CVE-2015-5697i1/4%0

  - The parse_hid_report_descriptor function in     drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel before     4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted USB     device.(CVE-2017-16643i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in     drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before     4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by changing a certain length value,     aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability.(CVE-2016-6130i1/4%0

  - drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     USB device.(CVE-2017-16647i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which could cause     a kernel panic when restoring machine specific     registers on the PowerPC platform. Incorrect     transactional memory state registers could     inadvertently change the call path on return from     userspace and cause the kernel to enter an unknown     state and crash.(CVE-2015-8845i1/4%0

  - fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does     not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID,     and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a     remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to     gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on     systems that had atime enabled, or cause a denial of     service (excessive filesystem updating) on systems that     had atime disabled via a 'mount -o remount' command     within a user namespace.(CVE-2014-5207i1/4%0

  - The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to the     NFS server. These encoded arguments are stored in an     array of memory pages, and accessed using pointer     variables. Arbitrarily long arguments could make these     pointers point outside the array and cause an     out-of-bounds memory access. A remote user or program     could use this flaw to crash the kernel, resulting in     denial of service.(CVE-2017-7645i1/4%0

  - The time subsystem in the Linux kernel, when     CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to     discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID     values inside a PID namespace) by reading the     /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer     function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the
    __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in     kernel/time/timer.c.(CVE-2017-5967i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where the     keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() function leaks the thread     keyring. This allows an unprivileged local user to     exhaust kernel memory and thus cause a     DoS.(CVE-2017-7472i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found that can be triggered in     keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type-i1/4zmatch     is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges.(CVE-2017-2647i1/4%0

  - The make_response function in     drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.11.8 allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel     memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized     padding fields in Xen block-interface response     structures, aka XSA-216.(CVE-2017-10911i1/4%0

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the SET_WPS_IE IOCTL     implementation in wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the WLAN (aka     Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used     in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android     contributions for MSM devices and other products,     allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted     application that uses a long WPS IE     element.(CVE-2015-0570i1/4%0

  - The net_ctl_permissions function in net/sysctl_net.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.5 does not properly     determine uid and gid values, which allows local users     to bypass intended /proc/sys/net restrictions via a     crafted application.(CVE-2013-4270i1/4%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 remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2574 advisory.

  - The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to     net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c. (CVE-2013-4312)

  - The networking implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3, as used in Android and other products,     does not validate protocol identifiers for certain protocol families, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly gain privileges by     leveraging CLONE_NEWUSER support to execute a crafted SOCK_RAW application. (CVE-2015-8543)

  - The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2     incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory by reading packet data. (CVE-2016-2117)

  - The filesystem layer in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 proceeds with post-rename operations after an     OverlayFS file is renamed to a self-hardlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash) via a rename system call, related to fs/namei.c and fs/open.c. (CVE-2016-6198)

  - Race condition in arch/x86/mm/tlb.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to gain privileges     by triggering access to a paging structure by a different CPU. (CVE-2016-2069)

  - The IPv4 implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.5.2 mishandles destruction of device objects, which     allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large     number of IP addresses. (CVE-2016-3156)

  - fs/pnode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4 does not properly traverse a mount propagation tree in a     certain case involving a slave mount, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a crafted series of mount system calls. (CVE-2016-4581)

  - fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default     sizes. (CVE-2016-2847)

  - fs/btrfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles compressed inline extents, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive pre-truncation information from a file via a clone action. (CVE-2015-8374)

  - Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a crafted (1) HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call. (CVE-2016-5829)

  - The signal implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR     with both the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing     exception and panic) via a crafted application. (CVE-2015-8844)

  - The tm_reclaim_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4.1 on     powerpc platforms does not ensure that TM suspend mode exists before proceeding with a tm_reclaim call,     which allows local users to cause a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic) via a crafted     application. (CVE-2015-8845)

  - The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2 allows local     users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket. (CVE-2015-8956)

  - The asn1_ber_decoder function in lib/asn1_decoder.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 allows 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. (CVE-2016-2053)

  - Double free vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via vectors involving an invalid USB descriptor. (CVE-2016-2384)

  - The snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface. (CVE-2016-4569)

  - sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1 data structures, which     allows 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.
    (CVE-2016-4578)

  - arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S in the Linux kernel through 4.7 on PowerPC platforms, when     CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite     loop) by making a H_CEDE hypercall during the existence of a suspended transaction. (CVE-2016-5412)

  - drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a     device write operation. (CVE-2016-6327)

  - Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by     changing a certain size value, aka a double fetch vulnerability. (CVE-2016-6480)

  - fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the NFS client in the Linux kernel before 4.2.2 does not properly initialize memory     for migration recovery operations, which allows remote NFS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and panic) via crafted network traffic. (CVE-2015-8746)

  - drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_cm.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 does not properly identify error     conditions, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-     after-free) via crafted packets. (CVE-2015-8812)

  - The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel     before 4.4 improperly interacts with mm/migrate.c, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a     certain page move. (CVE-2016-3070)

  - The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted     with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute     untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd. (CVE-2016-3699)

  - The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 mishandles options data, which allows local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system     call. (CVE-2016-3841)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in mm/percpu.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted use of the mmap and bpf     system calls. (CVE-2016-4794)

  - The start_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel through 4.6.3 on powerpc     platforms mishandles transactional state, which allows 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 before an exec system call. (CVE-2016-5828)

  - Race condition in the audit_log_single_execve_arg function in kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through     4.7 allows local users to bypass intended character-set restrictions or disrupt system-call auditing by     changing a certain string, aka a double fetch vulnerability. (CVE-2016-6136)

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

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

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):** DISPUTED ** Multiple     integer overflows in the lzo1x_decompress_safe function     in lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO     decompressor in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow     context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of     service (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run.
    NOTE: the author of the LZO algorithms says 'the Linux     kernel is *not* affected media hype.'(CVE-2014-4608)A     certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation     for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly     maintain a count value, which allow local users to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast     Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the     chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using     certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including     longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical     Kernel Team) builds.(CVE-2015-3332)An elevation of     privilege vulnerability in the kernel scsi driver.
    Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID     A-65023233.(CVE-2017-13168)An issue was discovered in     drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before     4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the     function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated.(CVE-2017-18551)An     issue was discovered in net/ipv6/ip6mr.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.11. By setting a specific socket     option, an attacker can control a pointer in kernel     land and cause an inet_csk_listen_stop general     protection fault, or potentially execute arbitrary code     under certain circumstances. The issue can be triggered     as root (e.g., inside a default LXC container or with     the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) or after namespace     unsharing. This occurs because sk_type and protocol are     not checked in the appropriate part of the ip6_mroute_*     functions. NOTE: this affects Linux distributions that     use 4.9.x longterm kernels before     4.9.187.(CVE-2017-18509)An issue was discovered in the     Linux kernel before 4.14.11. A double free may be     caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the     file kernel/trace/trace.c.(CVE-2017-18595)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.10. There     is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in     hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a     file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+     filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is     mounted read-only without a metadata     directory.(CVE-2018-14617)An issue was discovered in     write_tpt_entry in drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/mem.c in     the Linux kernel through 5.3.2. The cxgb4 driver is     directly calling dma_map_single (a DMA function) from a     stack variable. This could allow an attacker to trigger     a Denial of Service, exploitable if this driver is used     on an architecture for which this stack/DMA interaction     has security relevance.(CVE-2019-17075)Double free     vulnerability in the snd_usbmidi_create function in     sound/usb/midi.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5 allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (panic) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via vectors involving an invalid USB     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2384)fsamespace.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.16.1 does not properly restrict     clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID, and MNT_NOEXEC and     changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a remount of a bind     mount, which allows local users to gain privileges,     interfere with backups and auditing on systems that had     atime enabled, or cause a denial of service (excessive     filesystem updating) on systems that had atime disabled     via a 'mount -o remount' command within a user     namespace.(CVE-2014-5207)fs/overlayfs/dir.c in the     OverlayFS filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel     before 4.6 does not properly verify the upper dentry     before proceeding with unlink and rename system-call     processing, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (system crash) via a rename system call that     specifies a self-hardlink.(CVE-2016-6197)In the Linux     kernel before 4.1.4, a buffer overflow occurs when     checking userspace params in     drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24116.c. The maximum size     for a DiSEqC command is 6, according to the userspace     API. However, the code allows larger values such as     23.(CVE-2015-9289)In the Linux kernel through 5.3.2,     cfg80211_mgd_wext_giwessid in net/wireless/wext-sme.c     does not reject a long SSID IE, leading to a Buffer     Overflow.(CVE-2019-17133)Insufficient access control in     the Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software driver     before version 21.10 may allow an unauthenticated user     to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent     access.(CVE-2019-0136)Linux distributions that have not     patched their long-term kernels with     https://git.kernel.org/linus/a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb3     71a9fa3c5c3c86 (committed on April 14, 2015). This     kernel vulnerability was fixed in April 2015 by commit     a87938b2e246b81b4fb713edb371a9fa3c5c3c86 (backported to     Linux 3.10.77 in May 2015), but it was not recognized     as a security threat. With     CONFIG_ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE enabled, and a     normal top-down address allocation strategy,     load_elf_binary() will attempt to map a PIE binary into     an address range immediately below mm->mmap_base.
    Unfortunately, load_elf_ binary() does not take account     of the need to allocate sufficient space for the entire     binary which means that, while the first PT_LOAD     segment is mapped below mm->mmap_base, the subsequent     PT_LOAD segment(s) end up being mapped above     mm->mmap_base into the are that is supposed to be the     'gap' between the stack and the     binary.(CVE-2017-1000253)Race condition in the     sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in     drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before     4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by changing a certain length value,     aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability.(CVE-2016-6130)rtl_p2p_noa_ie in drivers     et/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/ps.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.3.6 lacks a certain upper-bound check,     leading to a buffer     overflow.(CVE-2019-17666)sound/core/timer.c in the     Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize certain r1     data structures, which allows 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.(CVE-2016-4578)Systems with microprocessors     utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction     may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an     attacker with local user access via a side-channel     analysis.(CVE-2017-5753)The acm_probe function in     drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel before     4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) via a USB device without both a control and a     data endpoint descriptor.(CVE-2016-3138)The     arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.8.2 does not restrict a certain length field,     which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a     denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control     code.(CVE-2016-7425)The ati_remote2_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-2185)The     create_fixed_stream_quirk function in     sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference or double free, and system crash) via a     crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2184)The digi_port_init function     in drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and system crash) via a crafted endpoints     value in a USB device descriptor.(CVE-2016-3140)The     do_remount function in fsamespace.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.16.1 does not maintain the MNT_LOCK_READONLY     bit across a remount of a bind mount, which allows     local users to bypass an intended read-only restriction     and defeat certain sandbox protection mechanisms via a     'mount -o remount' command within a user     namespace.(CVE-2014-5206)The gtco_probe function in     drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel through     4.5.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2187)The hub_activate function in     drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5     does not properly maintain a hub-interface data     structure, which allows physically proximate attackers     to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     by unplugging a USB hub device.(CVE-2015-8816)The     ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in     drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel before     4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a     denial of service (system crash) via a USB device     without both a master and a slave     interface.(CVE-2016-3689)The Linux Kernel running on     AMD64 systems will sometimes map the contents of PIE     executable, the heap or ld.so to where the stack is     mapped allowing attackers to more easily manipulate the     stack. Linux Kernel version 4.11.5 is     affected.(CVE-2017-1000379)The powermate_probe function     in drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-2186)The signal     implementation in the Linux kernel before 4.3.5 on     powerpc platforms does not check for an MSR with both     the S and T bits set, which allows local users to cause     a denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic)     via a crafted application.(CVE-2015-8844)The     snd_timer_user_params function in sound/core/timer.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.6 does not initialize a     certain data structure, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory     via crafted use of the ALSA timer     interface.(CVE-2016-4569)The tm_reclaim_thread function     in arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.4.1 on powerpc platforms does not ensure that     TM suspend mode exists before proceeding with a     tm_reclaim call, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (TM Bad Thing exception and panic)     via a crafted application.(CVE-2015-8845)The VFS     subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x provides an     incomplete set of requirements for setattr operations     that underspecifies removing extended privilege     attributes, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (capability stripping) via a failed     invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using     chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark     dumpcap program.(CVE-2015-1350)The wacom_probe function     in drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.17 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-3139)

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 kernel was updated to 3.12.60 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2014-9717: fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel     processes MNT_DETACH umount2 system called without     verifying that the MNT_LOCKED flag is unset, which     allowed local users to bypass intended access     restrictions and navigate to filesystem locations     beneath a mount by calling umount2 within a user     namespace (bnc#928547).

  - CVE-2015-8816: The hub_activate function in     drivers/usb/core/hub.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly maintain a hub-interface data structure, which     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (invalid memory access and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by unplugging a     USB hub device (bnc#968010).

  - 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: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object     parsing (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-2016-2143: The fork implementation in the Linux     kernel on s390 platforms mishandled the case of four     page-table levels, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted application,     related to arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h and     arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h. (bnc#970504)

  - CVE-2016-2184: The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in     sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the     Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference or     double free, and system crash) via a crafted endpoints     value in a USB device descriptor (bnc#971125).

  - CVE-2016-2185: The ati_remote2_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#971124).

  - CVE-2016-2186: The powermate_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#970958).

  - CVE-2016-2188: The iowarrior_probe function in     drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via     a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#970956).

  - CVE-2016-2782: The treo_attach function in     drivers/usb/serial/visor.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact by inserting a     USB device that lacks a (1) bulk-in or (2) interrupt-in     endpoint (bnc#968670).

  - CVE-2016-2847: fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel did not     limit the amount of unread data in pipes, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) by creating many pipes with non-default     sizes (bnc#970948).

  - 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-2016-3136: The mct_u232_msr_to_state function in     drivers/usb/serial/mct_u232.c in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted USB device without two interrupt-in     endpoint descriptors (bnc#970955).

  - CVE-2016-3137: drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.c in the     Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a USB device without both an     interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor,     related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and     cypress_open functions (bnc#970970).

  - CVE-2016-3138: The acm_probe function in     drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via     a USB device without both a control and a data endpoint     descriptor (bnc#970911).

  - CVE-2016-3139: The wacom_probe function in     drivers/input/tablet/wacom_sys.c in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#970909).

  - CVE-2016-3140: The digi_port_init function in     drivers/usb/serial/digi_acceleport.c in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#970892).

  - CVE-2016-3156: The IPv4 implementation in the Linux     kernel mishandled destruction of device objects, which     allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (host OS networking outage) by arranging for a large     number of IP addresses (bnc#971360).

  - 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-2016-3689: The ims_pcu_parse_cdc_data function in     drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) via a USB device without both a     master and a slave interface (bnc#971628).

  - CVE-2016-3951: Double free vulnerability in     drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact by inserting a USB device with an invalid     USB descriptor (bnc#974418).

  - 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     (bnc#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     (bnc#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-2016-5244: Fixed an infoleak in rds_inc_info_copy     (bsc#983213).

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 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.

Security Fix(es) :

  - 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-2016-3841, Important)

(CVE-2013-4312, CVE-2015-8374, CVE-2015-8543, CVE-2015-8812, CVE-2015-8844, CVE-2015-8845, CVE-2016-2053, CVE-2016-2069, CVE-2016-2847, CVE-2016-3156, CVE-2016-4581, CVE-2016-4794, CVE-2016-5412, CVE-2016-5828, CVE-2016-5829, CVE-2016-6136, CVE-2016-6198, CVE-2016-6327, CVE-2016-6480, CVE-2015-8746, CVE-2015-8956, CVE-2016-2117, CVE-2016-2384, CVE-2016-3070, CVE-2016-3699, CVE-2016-4569, CVE-2016-4578)

Additional Changes :

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
94547	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:2584)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/4/2016	10/24/2019	critical
94537	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2574)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/4/2016	10/24/2019	critical
124802	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1478)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	1/6/2021	high
95321	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2016:2574)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	11/28/2016	1/4/2021	critical
94697	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-2574)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/11/2016	9/8/2021	critical
132134	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2599)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/18/2019	5/18/2022	critical
93165	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:1690-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/29/2016	1/6/2021	high
93216	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1029)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/30/2016	1/19/2021	high
93299	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2105-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/2/2016	1/6/2021	high
95841	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	12/15/2016	1/14/2021	critical

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