Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c.

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 :

  - A flaw was found in the USB-MIDI Linux kernel driver: a     double-free error could be triggered for the 'umidi'     object. An attacker with physical access to the system     could use this flaw to escalate their     privileges.(CVE-2016-2384i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel. There is an     information leak in file 'sound/core/timer.c' of the     latest mainline Linux kernel, the stack object     aEURoetreadaEUR has a total size of 32 bytes. It contains a     8-bytes padding, which is not initialized but sent to     user via copy_to_user(), resulting a kernel     leak.(CVE-2016-4569i1/4%0

  - The dgram_recvmsg function in net/ieee802154/dgram.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7281i1/4%0

  - The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in     net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.11     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab     out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via vectors involving TLS.(CVE-2018-5703i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the fd_locked_ioctl function     in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel. The     floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory     in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. An attacker can send     the FDGETPRM ioctl and use the obtained kernel pointer     to discover the location of kernel code and data and     bypass kernel security protections such as     KASLR.(CVE-2018-7755i1/4%0

  - The usbnet_generic_cdc_bind function in     drivers/net/usb/cdc_ether.c in the Linux kernel through     4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (divide-by-zero error and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB     device.(CVE-2017-16649i1/4%0

  - Heap-based buffer overflow in the wcnss_wlan_write     function in drivers/net/wireless/wcnss/wcnss_wlan.c in     the wcnss_wlan device driver for the Linux kernel 3.x,     as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android     contributions for MSM devices and other products,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service or     possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to     /dev/wcnss_wlan with an unexpected amount of     data.(CVE-2016-5342i1/4%0

  - drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dib0700_devices.c in the     Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     USB device.(CVE-2017-16646i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the TIPC networking subsystem which     could allow for memory corruption and possible     privilege escalation. The flaw involves a system with     an unusually low MTU (60) on networking devices     configured as bearers for the TIPC protocol. An     attacker could create a packet which will overwrite     memory outside of allocated space and allow for     privilege escalation.(CVE-2016-8632i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in     fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel. A     denial of service due to the NULL pointer dereference     can occur for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering     an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents     than fit in the inode fork.(CVE-2018-13095i1/4%0

  - Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support     (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization (nVMX) feature     enabled (nested=1), is vulnerable to a crash due to     disabled external interrupts. As L2 guest could access     (r/w) hardware CR8 register of the host(L0). In a     nested visualization setup, L2 guest user could use     this flaw to potentially crash the host(L0) resulting     in DoS.(CVE-2017-12154i1/4%0

  - The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c     in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly     handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS)     segment register, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call,     as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the     linux-clock-tests test suite.(CVE-2014-9090i1/4%0

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled     synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-2706i1/4%0

  - The snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events function in     sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.4.1 does not verify FIFO assignment before     proceeding with FIFO clearing, which allows local users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and OOPS) via a crafted ioctl call.(CVE-2016-2543i1/4%0

  - 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-2016-2187i1/4%0

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux     kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged     local user with access to SUID (or otherwise     privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate     their privileges on the system.(CVE-2018-14634i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Netlink     functionality of the Linux kernel networking subsystem.
    Due to the insufficient cleanup in the mq_notify     function, a local attacker could potentially use this     flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2017-11176i1/4%0

  - Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function     in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a large head value.(CVE-2014-0206i1/4%0

  - arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a     crafted (1) F_OFD_GETLK, (2) F_OFD_SETLK, or (3)     F_OFD_SETLKW command in an fcntl64 system     call.(CVE-2015-8966i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     4.17.2. The filter parsing in     kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c could be called with     no filter, which is an N=0 case when it expected at     least one line to have been read, thus making the N-1     index invalid. This allows attackers to cause a denial     of service (slab out-of-bounds write) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via crafted perf_event_open     and mmap system calls.(CVE-2018-12714i1/4%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.

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

  - The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage     tty driver access in the 'LECHO i1/4+ !OPOST' case, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash) or gain privileges by     triggering a race condition involving read and write     operations with long strings.(CVE-2014-0196)

  - Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function     in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a large head value.(CVE-2014-0206)

  - The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c     in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for     an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.(CVE-2014-1444)

  - The wanxl_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/wanxl.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly     initialize a certain data structure, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via an ioctl call.(CVE-2014-1445)

  - The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a     certain structure member, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by     leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an     SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.(CVE-2014-1446)

  - The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by     establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect     packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle     feature.(CVE-2014-1690)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy     driver handled user space provided data in certain     error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL     commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX     could use this flaw to free (using the kfree()     function) arbitrary kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737,     Important)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver     leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space     during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap     arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)

  - Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could     use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with     CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-1737)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy     driver handled user space provided data in certain     error code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL     commands. A local user with write access to /dev/fdX     could use this flaw to free (using the kfree()     function) arbitrary kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737,     Important)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver     leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space     during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap     arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)

  - Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could     use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with     CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-1738)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel handled media device enumerate entities IOCTL     requests. A local user able to access the /dev/media0     device file could use this flaw to leak kernel memory     bytes.(CVE-2014-1739)

  - The security_context_to_sid_core function in     security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN     capability to set a zero-length security     context.(CVE-2014-1874)

  - The nfs_can_extend_write function in fs/nfs/write.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.13.3 relies on a write     delegation to extend a write operation without a     certain up-to-date verification, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory in opportunistic circumstances by writing to a     file in an NFS filesystem and then reading the same     file.(CVE-2014-2038)

  - The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the     addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a     flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement     packets.(CVE-2014-2309)

  - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer     incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call     to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error     function.(CVE-2014-2523)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy     function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging     the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the     affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in     net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was     announced.(CVE-2014-2568)

  - It was found that a remote attacker could use a race     condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to     crash the system by creating large network traffic on     the system's Atheros 9k wireless network     adapter.(CVE-2014-2672)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel performed     forking inside of a transaction. A local, unprivileged     user on a PowerPC system that supports transactional     memory could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-2673)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled     synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-2706)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the     ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled     the group_info reference counter. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-2851)

  - It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function     in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did     not properly handle page locking in certain cases,     which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in     the mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-3122)

  - The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST     extension implementations in the sk_run_filter function     in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3     do not check whether a certain length value is     sufficiently large, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (integer underflow and system crash)     via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code     was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr and
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the     vulnerability was announced.(CVE-2014-3144)

  - The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementation in     the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.3 uses the reverse order in a     certain subtraction, which allows local users to cause     a denial of service (over-read and system crash) via     crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was     moved to the __skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the     vulnerability was announced.(CVE-2014-3145)

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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS received a roll up update to fix several security and non-security issues.

The following security issues have been fixed :

  - CVE-2014-0055: The get_rx_bufs function in     drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the     Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat     Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle     vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via     unspecified vectors. (bnc#870173)

  - CVE-2014-0077: drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled,     does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain     privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related     to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions. (bnc#870576)

  - CVE-2014-1739: The media_device_enum_entities function     in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data     structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0     read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.
    (bnc#882804)

  - CVE-2014-2706: Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem     in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     via network traffic that improperly interacts with the     WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to     sta_info.c and tx.c. (bnc#871797)

  - CVE-2014-2851: Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock     function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through     3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain     privileges via a crafted application that leverages an     improperly managed reference counter. (bnc#873374)

  - CVE-2014-3144: The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2)     BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementations in the     sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.14.3 do not check whether a certain     length value is sufficiently large, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer underflow     and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE:
    the affected code was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr and
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the vulnerability     was announced. (bnc#877257)

  - CVE-2014-3145: The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension     implementation in the sk_run_filter function in     net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3     uses the reverse order in a certain subtraction, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (over-read and system crash) via crafted BPF     instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the vulnerability     was announced. (bnc#877257)

  - CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with     certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain     potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel     memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large     value of a syscall number. (bnc#880484)

  - CVE-2014-4508: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux     kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when     syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag     is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service     (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number,     as demonstrated by number 1000. (bnc#883724)

  - CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler     functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by     leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control     implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does     not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
    (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check     authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands,     which allows local users to remove kernel controls and     cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system     crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an     ioctl call. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly     maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access     for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl     calls. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to     cause a denial of service by leveraging     /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values     in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the     snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in     net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2     does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet. (bnc#885422)

  - CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel before 3.15.4 on Intel     processors does not properly restrict use of a     non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the     case of a system call that does not use IRET, which     allows local users to leverage a race condition and gain     privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault),     via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork     system calls. (bnc#885725)

  - CVE-2014-5077: The sctp_assoc_update function in     net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8,     when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an     association between two endpoints immediately after an     exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an     earlier association between these endpoints in the     opposite direction. (bnc#889173)

  - CVE-2013-4299: 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. (bnc#846404)

The following bugs have been fixed :

  - pagecachelimit: reduce lru_lock contention for heavy     parallel reclaim (bnc#878509, bnc#864464).

  - pagecachelimit: reduce lru_lock contention for heavy     parallel reclaim kabi fixup (bnc#878509, bnc#864464).

  - ACPI / PAD: call schedule() when need_resched() is true     (bnc#866911).

  - kabi: Fix breakage due to addition of user_ctl_lock     (bnc#883795).

  - cpuset: Fix memory allocator deadlock (bnc#876590).

  - tcp: allow to disable cwnd moderation in TCP_CA_Loss     state (bnc#879921).

  - tcp: adapt selected parts of RFC 5682 and PRR logic     (bnc#879921).

  - vlan: more careful checksum features handling     (bnc#872634).

  - bonding: fix vlan_features computing (bnc#872634).

  - NFSv4: Minor cleanups for nfs4_handle_exception and     nfs4_async_handle_error (bnc#889324).

  - NFS: Do not lose sockets when nfsd shutdown races with     connection timeout (bnc#871854).

  - reiserfs: call truncate_setsize under tailpack mutex     (bnc#878115).

  - reiserfs: drop vmtruncate (bnc#878115).

  - megaraid_sas: mask off flags in ioctl path (bnc#886474).

  - block: fix race between request completion and timeout     handling (bnc#881051).

  - drivers/rtc/interface.c: fix infinite loop in     initializing the alarm (bnc#871676).

  - xfrm: check peer pointer for null before calling     inet_putpeer() (bnc#877775).

  - supported.conf: Add firewire/nosy as supported. This     driver is the replacement for the ieee1394/pcilynx     driver, which was supported.

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 remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-0290 advisory.

  - arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.17.2 on Intel processors does not     ensure that the value in the CR4 control register remains the same after a VM entry, which allows host OS     users to kill arbitrary processes or cause a denial of service (system disruption) by leveraging /dev/kvm     access, as demonstrated by PR_SET_TSC prctl calls within a modified copy of QEMU. (CVE-2014-3690)

  - The Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not properly consider the presence of hugetlb entries, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or system crash) by accessing certain memory     locations, as demonstrated by triggering a race condition via numa_maps read operations during hugepage     migration, related to fs/proc/task_mmu.c and mm/mempolicy.c. (CVE-2014-3940)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-     bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7825)

  - kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall     numbers during use of the ftrace subsystem, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-7826)

  - Race condition in the ext4_file_write_iter function in fs/ext4/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17     allows local users to cause a denial of service (file unavailability) via a combination of a write action     and an F_SETFL fcntl operation for the O_DIRECT flag. (CVE-2014-8086)

  - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack     entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols,     which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port     numbers. (CVE-2014-8160)

  - The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of     files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft     lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations. (CVE-2014-8172)

  - The pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad function in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel     before 3.13 on NUMA systems does not properly determine whether a Page Middle Directory (PMD) entry is a     transparent huge-table entry, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted MADV_WILLNEED     madvise system call that leverages the absence of a page-table lock. (CVE-2014-8173)

  - The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly     maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information     by reading packets. (CVE-2014-8709)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in     drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.
    (CVE-2014-8884)

  - The XFS implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15 improperly uses an old size value during remote     attribute replacement, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (transaction overrun and data     corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging XFS filesystem access. (CVE-2015-0274)

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

* A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled the group_info reference counter.
A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-2851, Important)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_ib_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2013-7339, Moderate)

* It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter. (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_iw_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2678, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* The Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) did not verify whether the CFS period timer is running while throttling tasks on the CFS run queue.
Therefore under certain circumstances, the CFS run queue became stuck because the CFS period timer was inactive and could not be restarted.
To fix this problem, the CFS now restarts the CFS period timer inside the throttling function if it is inactive. (BZ#1120666)

* A previous change to the SCSI code fixed a race condition that could occur when removing a SCSI device. However, that change caused performance degradation because it used a certain function from the block layer code that was returning different values compared with later versions of the kernel. This update alters the SCSI code to properly utilize the values returned by the block layer code.
(BZ#1117581)

* If a statically defined gateway became unreachable and its corresponding neighbor entry entered a FAILED state, the gateway stayed in the FAILED state even after it became reachable again. This prevented routing of the traffic through that gateway. This update allows probing such a gateway automatically and routing the traffic through the gateway again once it becomes reachable. (BZ#1115262)

* A miscalculation in the 'radix_tree' swap encoding corrupted swap area indexes bigger than 8 by truncating lower bits of swap entries.
Consequently, systems with more than 8 swap areas could trigger a bogus OOM scenario when swapping out to such a swap area. This update fixes this problem by reducing a return value of the SWP_TYPE_SHIFT() function and removing a broken function call from the read_swap_header() function. (BZ#1099727)

* The automatic route cache rebuilding feature could incorrectly compute the length of a route hash chain if the cache contained multiple entries with the same key but a different TOS, mark, or OIF bit. Consequently, the feature could reach the rebuild limit and disable the routing cache on the system. This problem is fixed by using a helper function that avoids counting such duplicate routes.
(BZ#1113823)

* When booting a guest in the Hyper-V environment and enough of Programmable Interval Timer (PIT) interrupts were lost or not injected into the guest on time, the kernel panicked and the guest failed to boot. This problem has been fixed by bypassing the relevant PIT check when the guest is running under the Hyper-V environment. (BZ#1112225)

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1023 advisory.

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

    * It was found that Linux kernel's ptrace subsystem did not properly     sanitize the address-space-control bits when the program-status word (PSW)     was being set. On IBM S/390 systems, a local, unprivileged user could use     this flaw to set address-space-control bits to the kernel space, and thus     gain read and write access to kernel memory. (CVE-2014-3534, Important)

    * It was found that the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel     when a netlink message was received were not sufficient. A local,     unprivileged user could potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged process and     altering the output of this process. (CVE-2014-0181, Moderate)

    * It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in     the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large     network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.
    (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel performed forking inside of     a transaction. A local, unprivileged user on a PowerPC system that supports     transactional memory could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2014-2673, Moderate)

    * A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211     subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up     code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

    * An integer underflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream     Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation processed certain     COOKIE_ECHO packets. By sending a specially crafted SCTP packet, a remote     attacker could use this flaw to prevent legitimate connections to a     particular SCTP server socket to be made. (CVE-2014-4667, Moderate)

    Red Hat would like to thank Martin Schwidefsky of IBM for reporting     CVE-2014-3534, Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2014-0181, and Gopal Reddy     Kodudula of Nokia Siemens Networks for reporting CVE-2014-4667.

    This update also fixes the following bugs:

    * Due to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the IPIP and SIT tunneling code,     a kernel panic could be triggered when using IPIP or SIT tunnels with     IPsec. This update restructures the related code to avoid a NULL pointer     dereference and the kernel no longer panics when using IPIP or SIT tunnels     with IPsec. (BZ#1114957)

    * Previously, an IBM POWER8 system could terminate unexpectedly when the     kernel received an IRQ while handling a transactional memory re-checkpoint     critical section. This update ensures that IRQs are disabled in this     situation and the problem no longer occurs. (BZ#1113150)

    * A missing read memory barrier, rmb(), in the bnx2x driver caused the     kernel to crash under various circumstances. This problem has been fixed     by adding an rmb() call to the relevant place in the bnx2x code.
    (BZ#1107721)

    * The hpwdt driver previously emitted a panic message that was misleading     on certain HP systems. This update ensures that upon a kernel panic, hpwdt     displays information valid on all HP systems. (BZ#1096961)

    * The qla2xxx driver has been upgraded to version 8.06.00.08.07.0-k3,     which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version in order to     correct various timeout problems with the mailbox commands. (BZ#1112389)

    * The SCSI mid-layer could retry an I/O operation indefinitely if a storage     array repeatedly returned a CHECK CONDITION status to that I/O operation     but the sense data was invalid. This update fixes the problem by limiting     a time for which is such an I/O operation retried. (BZ#1114468)

    All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be     rebooted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1023 advisory.

  - Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux     kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large     amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions. (CVE-2014-2672)

  - Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the     WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c. (CVE-2014-2706)

  - The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not provide a mechanism for authorizing     socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allows local users to bypass intended access     restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr     of a setuid program. (CVE-2014-0181)

  - The arch_dup_task_struct function in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation in     arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 on the powerpc platform does not properly     interact with the clone and fork system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (Program Check and system crash) via certain instructions that are executed with the processor in the     Transactional state. (CVE-2014-2673)

  - arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 on the s390 platform does not properly     restrict address-space control operations in PTRACE_POKEUSR_AREA requests, which allows local users to     obtain read and write access to kernel memory locations, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted     application that makes a ptrace system call. (CVE-2014-3534)

  - The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not     properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet. (CVE-2014-4667)

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

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

* It was found that Linux kernel's ptrace subsystem did not properly sanitize the address-space-control bits when the program-status word (PSW) was being set. On IBM S/390 systems, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to set address-space-control bits to the kernel space, and thus gain read and write access to kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-3534, Important)

* It was found that the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel when a netlink message was received were not sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged process and altering the output of this process. (CVE-2014-0181, Moderate)

* It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter. (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel performed forking inside of a transaction. A local, unprivileged user on a PowerPC system that supports transactional memory could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2673, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

* An integer underflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation processed certain COOKIE_ECHO packets. By sending a specially crafted SCTP packet, a remote attacker could use this flaw to prevent legitimate connections to a particular SCTP server socket to be made.
(CVE-2014-4667, Moderate)

Red Hat would like to thank Martin Schwidefsky of IBM for reporting CVE-2014-3534, Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2014-0181, and Gopal Reddy Kodudula of Nokia Siemens Networks for reporting CVE-2014-4667.

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Due to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the IPIP and SIT tunneling code, a kernel panic could be triggered when using IPIP or SIT tunnels with IPsec. This update restructures the related code to avoid a NULL pointer dereference and the kernel no longer panics when using IPIP or SIT tunnels with IPsec. (BZ#1114957)

* Previously, an IBM POWER8 system could terminate unexpectedly when the kernel received an IRQ while handling a transactional memory re-checkpoint critical section. This update ensures that IRQs are disabled in this situation and the problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1113150)

* A missing read memory barrier, rmb(), in the bnx2x driver caused the kernel to crash under various circumstances. This problem has been fixed by adding an rmb() call to the relevant place in the bnx2x code.
(BZ#1107721)

* The hpwdt driver previously emitted a panic message that was misleading on certain HP systems. This update ensures that upon a kernel panic, hpwdt displays information valid on all HP systems.
(BZ#1096961)

* The qla2xxx driver has been upgraded to version 8.06.00.08.07.0-k3, which provides a number of bug fixes over the previous version in order to correct various timeout problems with the mailbox commands.
(BZ#1112389)

* The SCSI mid-layer could retry an I/O operation indefinitely if a storage array repeatedly returned a CHECK CONDITION status to that I/O operation but the sense data was invalid. This update fixes the problem by limiting a time for which is such an I/O operation retried.
(BZ#1114468)

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

* A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled the group_info reference counter.
A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-2851, Important)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the futex_wait_requeue_pi() function of the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance (PI) futexes. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
(CVE-2012-6647, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_ib_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2013-7339, Moderate)

* It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter. (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_iw_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2678, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

* An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Netlink Attribute extension of the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) interpreter functionality in the Linux kernel's networking implementation. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or leak kernel memory to user space via a specially crafted socket filter. (CVE-2014-3144, CVE-2014-3145, Moderate)

This update also fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement.
Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the Technical Notes document linked to in the References section.

All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add this enhancement. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-3052 advisory.

    - filter: prevent nla extensions to peek beyond the end of the message (Mathias Krause)  [Orabug:
    19315781]  {CVE-2014-3144} {CVE-2014-3145}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:0981 advisory.

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

    * A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the ping_init_sock() function     of the Linux kernel handled the group_info reference counter. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially,     escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-2851, Important)

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the     futex_wait_requeue_pi() function of the Linux kernel's futex subsystem     handled the requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance (PI) futexes.
    A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2012-6647, Moderate)

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_ib_laddr_check()     function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets     (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2013-7339, Moderate)

    * It was found that a remote attacker could use a race condition flaw in     the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to crash the system by creating large     network traffic on the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.
    (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the rds_iw_laddr_check()     function in the Linux kernel's implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets     (RDS). A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2014-2678, Moderate)

    * A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's mac80211     subsystem implementation handled synchronization between TX and STA wake-up     code paths. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

    * An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Netlink Attribute     extension of the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) interpreter functionality in     the Linux kernel's networking implementation. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system or leak kernel memory to user space     via a specially crafted socket filter. (CVE-2014-3144, CVE-2014-3145,     Moderate)

    This update also fixes several bugs and adds one enhancement.
    Documentation for these changes will be available shortly from the     Technical Notes document linked to in the References section.

    All kernel users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain backported patches to correct these issues and add this     enhancement. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-0981 advisory.

    - [netdrv] pppol2tp: fail when socket option level is not SOL_PPPOL2TP [1119461 1119462] {CVE-2014-4943}
    - [kernel] utrace: force IRET path after utrace_finish_vfork() (Oleg Nesterov) [1115932 1115933]     {CVE-2014-4699}
    - [net] filter: prevent nla extensions to peek beyond the end of the message (Jiri Benc) [1096778 1096779]     {CVE-2014-3144 CVE-2014-3145}
    - [net] rds: prevent dereference of a NULL device in rds_iw_laddr_check (Radomir Vrbovsky) [1083276     1083277] {CVE-2014-2678}
    - [kernel] futex: Forbid uaddr == uaddr2 in futex_wait_requeue_pi() (Mateusz Guzik) [1097759 1097760]     {CVE-2012-6647}
    - [net] mac80211: crash dues to AP powersave TX vs. wakeup race (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1083531 1083532]     {CVE-2014-2706}
    - [netdrv] ath9k: tid->sched race in ath_tx_aggr_sleep() (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1083249 1083250]     {CVE-2014-2672}
    - [net] ipv4: current group_info should be put after using (Jiri Benc) [1087412 1087414] {CVE-2014-2851}
    - [net] rds: dereference of a NULL device (Jacob Tanenbaum) [1079218 1079219] {CVE-2013-7339}
    - [kernel] futex: Make lookup_pi_state more robust (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
    - [kernel] futex: Always cleanup owner tid in unlock_pi (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517]     {CVE-2014-3153}
    - [kernel] futex: Validate atomic acquisition in futex_lock_pi_atomic() (Jerome Marchand) [1104516     1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
    - [kernel] futex: prevent requeue pi on same futex (Jerome Marchand) [1104516 1104517] {CVE-2014-3153}
    - [block] floppy: don't write kernel-only members to FDRAWCMD ioctl output (Denys Vlasenko) [1094308     1094310] {CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1737}
    - [block] floppy: ignore kernel-only members in FDRAWCMD ioctl input (Denys Vlasenko) [1094308 1094310]     {CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1737}
    - [fs] vfs: fix autofs/afs/etc magic mountpoint breakage (Frantisek Hrbata) [1094370 1079347]     {CVE-2014-0203}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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

  * A race condition leading to a use-after-free flaw was     found in the way the Linux kernel's TCP/IP protocol     suite implementation handled the addition of fragments     to the LRU (Last-Recently Used) list under certain     conditions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     crash the system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges on the system by sending a large amount of     specially crafted fragmented packets to that system.
    (CVE-2014-0100, Important)

  * A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer     overflows, was found in the way the Linux kernel's N_TTY     line discipline (LDISC) implementation handled     concurrent processing of echo output and TTY write     operations originating from user space when the     underlying TTY driver was PTY. An unprivileged, local     user could use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2014-0196, Important)

  * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy     driver handled user space provided data in certain error     code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to free (using the kfree() function) arbitrary     kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737, Important)

  * It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver     leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space     during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap     arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)

Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the system.

  * A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the     ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled     the group_info reference counter. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2014-2851, Important)

  * It was found that a remote attacker could use a race     condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to     crash the system by creating large network traffic on     the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.
    (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

  * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     rds_iw_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's     implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system. (CVE-2014-2678, Moderate)

  * A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled     synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the     system. (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

  * It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in     the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not     properly handle page locking in certain cases, which     could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in the     mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3122,     Moderate)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which upgrade the kernel-rt kernel to version kernel-rt-3.10.33-rt32.34 and correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel :

kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number (CVE-2014-3917).

The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEX_REQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification (CVE-2014-3153).

Race condition in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/xmit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a large amount of network traffic that triggers certain list deletions (CVE-2014-2672).

The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementations in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 do not check whether a certain length value is sufficiently large, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the
__skb_get_nlattr and __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the vulnerability was announced (CVE-2014-3144).

The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementation in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 uses the reverse order in a certain subtraction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-read and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the vulnerability was announced (CVE-2014-3145).

Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter (CVE-2014-2851).

The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver access in the LECHO !OPOST case, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges by triggering a race condition involving read and write operations with long strings (CVE-2014-0196).

The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device (CVE-2014-1738).

The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device (CVE-2014-1737).

The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports (CVE-2014-2678).

drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions (CVE-2014-0077).

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets (CVE-2014-2309).

Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device (CVE-2013-2897).

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error function (CVE-2014-2523).

Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c (CVE-2014-2706).

The sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not validate certain auth_enable and auth_capable fields before making an sctp_sf_authenticate call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an SCTP handshake with a modified INIT chunk and a crafted AUTH chunk before a COOKIE_ECHO chunk (CVE-2014-0101).

The cifs_iovec_write function in fs/cifs/file.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle uncached write operations that copy fewer than the requested number of bytes, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash), or possibly gain privileges via a writev system call with a crafted pointer (CVE-2014-0069).

arch/s390/kernel/head64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 on the s390 platform does not properly handle attempted use of the linkage stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by executing a crafted instruction (CVE-2014-2039).

Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function (CVE-2012-2137).

The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context (CVE-2014-1874).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-1738)

Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)

A flaw was discovered in the vhost-net subsystem of the Linux kernel.
Guest OS users could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash). (CVE-2014-0055)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of network packets when mergeable buffers are disabled for virtual machines in the Linux kernel. Guest OS users may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privilege on the host OS.
(CVE-2014-0077)

Nikolay Aleksandrov discovered a race condition in Linux kernel's IPv4 fragment handling code. Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact. (CVE-2014-0100)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of the SCTP handshake. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-0101)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of routing information in Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 router advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol support. A remote attacked could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2523)

Max Sydorenko discovered a race condition in the Atheros 9k wireless driver in the Linux kernel. This race could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2672)

Adhemerval Zanella Neto discovered a flaw the in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation for powerpc based machine. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2673)

An error was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol stack in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2014-2678)

Yaara Rozenblum discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211). Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-2706)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's ping sockets. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-2851).

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.

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-1738)

Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)

A flaw was discovered in the vhost-net subsystem of the Linux kernel.
Guest OS users could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash). (CVE-2014-0055)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of network packets when mergeable buffers are disabled for virtual machines in the Linux kernel. Guest OS users may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privilege on the host OS.
(CVE-2014-0077)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of the SCTP handshake. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-0101)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of routing information in Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 router advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol support. A remote attacked could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2523)

Max Sydorenko discovered a race condition in the Atheros 9k wireless driver in the Linux kernel. This race could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2672)

An error was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol stack in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2014-2678)

Yaara Rozenblum discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211). Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-2706)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's ping sockets. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-2851)

Sasha Levin reported a bug in the Linux kernel's virtual memory management subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3122).

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.

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-1738)

Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOM system crash). (CVE-2013-4483)

A flaw was discovered in the vhost-net subsystem of the Linux kernel.
Guest OS users could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash). (CVE-2014-0055)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of network packets when mergeable buffers are disabled for virtual machines in the Linux kernel. Guest OS users may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privilege on the host OS.
(CVE-2014-0077)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of the SCTP handshake. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-0101)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of routing information in Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 router advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol support. A remote attacked could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2523)

Max Sydorenko discovered a race condition in the Atheros 9k wireless driver in the Linux kernel. This race could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2672)

An error was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol stack in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2014-2678)

Yaara Rozenblum discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211). Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-2706)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's ping sockets. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-2851)

Sasha Levin reported a bug in the Linux kernel's virtual memory management subsystem. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-3122).

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.

Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-1738)

Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's IPC reference counting. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (OOM system crash). (CVE-2013-4483)

Al Viro discovered an error in how CIFS in the Linux kernel handles uncached write operations. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash), obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, or possibly gain privileges.
(CVE-2014-0069)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of network packets when mergeable buffers are disabled for virtual machines in the Linux kernel. Guest OS users may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privilege on the host OS.
(CVE-2014-0077)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of the SCTP handshake. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-0101)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of routing information in Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 router advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol support. A remote attacked could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2523)

Max Sydorenko discovered a race condition in the Atheros 9k wireless driver in the Linux kernel. This race could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2672)

An error was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol stack in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2014-2678)

Yaara Rozenblum discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211). Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-2706)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's ping sockets. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-2851).

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
125101	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1513)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
124803	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1479)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
83633	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:1105-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
81800	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2015-0290)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
79043	RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1101)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
78651	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Number 9750)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
78650	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 9746 / 9749 / 9751)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
77046	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1023)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
77045	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1023)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
77034	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2014:1023)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
76948	CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2014:0981)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
76926	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3052)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
76908	RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:0981)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
76888	Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-0981)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
76677	RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2014:0557)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
74513	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:124)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical
74215	Ubuntu 13.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2228-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
74213	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2225-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
74212	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-raring vulnerabilities (USN-2224-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
74211	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerabilities (USN-2223-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
74184	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2221-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-2706

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

medium

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

high

critical

critical

critical

critical

critical

critical