The xfs_da3_fixhashpath function in fs/xfs/xfs_da_btree.c in the xfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.14.2 does not properly compare btree hash values, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (filesystem corruption, and OOPS or panic) via operations on directories that have hash collisions, as demonstrated by rmdir operations.

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

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mmap(2), madvise(2), and fallocate(2) system     calls interacted with each other while operating on     virtual memory file system files. A local user could     use this flaw to cause a denial of     service.(CVE-2014-4171)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled access of the user control's     state. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to     leak kernel memory to user space.(CVE-2014-4652)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4653)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4654)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4655)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4656)

  - 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)

  - 'It was found that the Linux kernel's ptrace subsystem     allowed a traced process' instruction pointer to be set     to a non-canonical memory address without forcing the     non-sysret code path when returning to user space. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges     on the system.

  - Note: The CVE-2014-4699 issue only affected systems     using an Intel CPU.(CVE-2014-4699)'

  - A flaw was found in the way the pppol2tp_setsockopt()     and pppol2tp_getsockopt() functions in the Linux     kernel's PPP over L2TP implementation handled requests     with a non-SOL_PPPOL2TP socket option level. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their     privileges on the system.(CVE-2014-4943)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled reference counting when performing     unmount operations on symbolic links. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all     available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger     a use-after-free error, resulting in a system crash or     privilege escalation.(CVE-2014-5045)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol     (SCTP) implementation handled simultaneous connections     between the same hosts. A remote attacker could use     this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2014-5077)

  - It was found that the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal()     function of the Linux kernel's ISOFS implementation did     not correctly check relocated directories when     processing Rock Ridge child link (CL) tags. An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted ISO image to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-5471)

  - It was found that the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal()     function of the Linux kernel's ISOFS implementation did     not correctly check relocated directories when     processing Rock Ridge child link (CL) tags. An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted ISO image to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-5472)

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

  - Buffer overflow in net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used     in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a long unencrypted auth     ticket.(CVE-2014-6416)

  - net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel     before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the     possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long     unencrypted auth ticket.(CVE-2014-6417)

  - net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel     before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a     Ceph Monitor.(CVE-2014-6418)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System (CIFS)     implementation handled mounting of file system shares.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a client     system that would mount a file system share from a     malicious server.(CVE-2014-7145)

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's XFS file system implementation ordered     directory hashes under certain conditions. A local     attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the file system     by creating directories with colliding hash values,     potentially resulting in a system crash.(CVE-2014-7283)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally,     an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace     syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2014-7825)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally,     an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace     syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2014-7826)

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 for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket     code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This     vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate     privileges.(CVE-2017-8824i1/4%0

  - The OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5     relies on an untrusted length field during packet     parsing, which allows remote attackers to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash)     via a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-4004i1/4%0

  - Integer signedness error in the MSM V4L2 video 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 gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (array overflow     and memory corruption) via a crafted application that     triggers an msm_isp_axi_create_stream     call.(CVE-2016-2061i1/4%0

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's XFS file system implementation ordered     directory hashes under certain conditions. A local     attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the file system     by creating directories with colliding hash values,     potentially resulting in a system     crash.(CVE-2014-7283i1/4%0

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's ping socket     implementation did not properly handle socket unhashing     during spurious disconnects, which could lead to a     use-after-free flaw. On x86-64 architecture systems, a     local user able to create ping sockets could use this     flaw to crash the system. On non-x86-64 architecture     systems, a local user able to create ping sockets could     use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2015-3636i1/4%0

  - Incorrect buffer length handling was found in the     ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in     the Linux kernel, which could be exploited by malicious     NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or possibly execute     an arbitrary code.(CVE-2018-8822i1/4%0

  - ** DISPUTED ** Kernel Samepage Merging (KSM) in the     Linux kernel 2.6.32 through 4.x does not prevent use of     a write-timing side channel, which allows guest OS     users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism on other     guest OS instances via a Cross-VM ASL INtrospection     (CAIN) attack. NOTE: the vendor states 'Basically if     you care about this attack vector, disable     deduplication.' Share-until-written approaches for     memory conservation among mutually untrusting tenants     are inherently detectable for information disclosure,     and can be classified as potentially misunderstood     behaviors rather than vulnerabilities.(CVE-2015-2877i1/4%0

  - The tty_set_termios_ldisc() function in     'drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c' in the Linux kernel before     4.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by reading a tty data     structure.(CVE-2015-8964i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     4.17.2. vbg_misc_device_ioctl() in     drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_linux.c reads the same     user data twice with copy_from_user. The header part of     the user data is double-fetched, and a malicious user     thread can tamper with the critical variables     (hdr.size_in and hdr.size_out) in the header between     the two fetches because of a race condition, leading to     severe kernel errors, such as buffer over-accesses.
    This bug can cause a local denial of service and     information leakage.(CVE-2018-12633i1/4%0

  - ** RESERVED ** This candidate has been reserved by an     organization or individual that will use it when     announcing a new security problem. When the candidate     has been publicized, the details for this candidate     will be provided.(CVE-2018-1092i1/4%0

  - fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c in the Linux kernel, before     4.13, mishandles extent trees. This allows local users     to cause a denial of service via an application with     multiple threads.(CVE-2017-18193i1/4%0

  - A design flaw was found in the file extended attribute     handling of the Linux kernel's handling of cached     attributes. Too many entries in the cache cause a soft     lockup while attempting to iterate the cache and access     relevant locks.(CVE-2015-8952i1/4%0

  - Off-by-one error in the pipe_advance function in     lib/iov_iter.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 allows     local users to obtain sensitive information from     uninitialized heap-memory locations in opportunistic     circumstances by reading from a pipe after an incorrect     buffer-release decision.(CVE-2017-5550i1/4%0

  - The HMAC implementation (crypto/hmac.c) in the Linux     kernel, before 4.14.8, does not validate that the     underlying cryptographic hash algorithm is unkeyed.
    This allows a local attacker, able to use the     AF_ALG-based hash interface     (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_HASH) and the SHA-3 hash     algorithm (CONFIG_CRYPTO_SHA3), to cause a kernel stack     buffer overflow by executing a crafted sequence of     system calls that encounter a missing SHA-3     initialization.(CVE-2017-17806i1/4%0

  - The mp_get_count function in     drivers/staging/sb105x/sb_pci_mp.c in the Linux kernel     before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data     structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel stack memory via a TIOCGICOUNT     ioctl call.(CVE-2013-4516i1/4%0

  - The perf_cpu_time_max_percent_handler function in     kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via a large value, as demonstrated by an     incorrect sample-rate calculation.(CVE-2017-18255i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the btrfs filesystem code in     the Linux kernel. An invalid pointer dereference in
    __del_reloc_root() in fs/btrfs/relocation.c when     mounting a crafted btrfs image could lead to a system     crash and a denial of service.(CVE-2018-14609i1/4%0

  - The oz_usb_handle_ep_data function in     drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozusbsvc1.c in the OZWPAN driver     in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero     error and system crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-4003i1/4%0

  - drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c in the Human Interface     Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through     3.11, when CONFIG_HID_LOGITECH_DJ is enabled, allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) or obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted     device.(CVE-2013-2895i1/4%0

  - drivers/usb/serial/cypress_m8.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 an     interrupt-in and an interrupt-out endpoint descriptor,     related to the cypress_generic_port_probe and     cypress_open functions.(CVE-2016-3137i1/4%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.

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix three security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate 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 denial of service flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's XFS file system implementation ordered     directory hashes under certain conditions. A local     attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the file system     by creating directories with colliding hash values,     potentially resulting in a system crash. (CVE-2014-7283,     Moderate)

  * An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the     syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's perf     subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-7825, Moderate)

  * An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the     syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's     ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace syscall     tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user could use     this flaw to crash the system, or escalate their     privileges. (CVE-2014-7826, Moderate)

The kernel-rt packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.10.58, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1158105)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  * Automatic NUMA balancing on a low priority thread could     cause memory contention with a high priority thread     running in the same process. This contention could     trigger poor real time performance on the system. In     order to avoid this potential memory contention, the MRG     Realtime kernel now disables     NUMA_BALANCING_DEFAULT_ENABLED. (BZ#1158940)

  * When tracing a bug, WARN*() functions could flood the     ring buffer making the trace useless or even overflowing     the ring buffer. To address this issue, a     traceoff_on_warning option was added to the kernel     command line and as a sysctl option. This option     disables the writing of the warning messages to the ring     buffer, which results in a cleaner trace for debugging.
    (BZ#1155200)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement :

  * Support for XHCI (USB 3) is now enabled in the MRG     Realtime kernel. (BZ#1134095)

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

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2226-1 advisory.

    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 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)

    Trk Edwin discovered a flaw with Xen netback driver when used with Linux configurations that do not     allow sleeping in softirq context. A guest administrator could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of     service (system crash) on the host. (CVE-2014-2580)

    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)

    Hannes Frederic Sowa reported a hash collision ordering problem in the xfs filesystem in the Linux kernel.
    A local user could exploit this flaw to cause filesystem corruption and a denial of service (oops or     panic). (CVE-2014-7283)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
124805	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1481)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124800	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1476)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
79684	RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2014:1943)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
74214	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-2226-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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