The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.

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 :

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the     Linux kernel's system call auditing implementation. On     a system with existing audit rules defined, a local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak kernel     memory to user space or, potentially, crash the     system.(CVE-2014-3917i1/4%0

  - The net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c function in the     Linux kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for new, get, and del     operations. This allows local users to bypass intended     access restrictions because the nfnl_cthelper_list data     structure is shared across all net     namespaces.(CVE-2017-17448i1/4%0

  - A race condition flaw was found between the chown and     execve system calls. When changing the owner of a     setuid user binary to root, the race condition could     momentarily make the binary setuid root. A local,     unprivileged user could potentially use this flaw to     escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2015-3339i1/4%0

  - Keberos 5 tickets being decoded when using the RXRPC     keys incorrectly assumes the size of a field. This     could lead to the size-remaining variable wrapping and     the data pointer going over the end of the buffer. This     could possibly lead to memory corruption and possible     privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-7482i1/4%0

  - 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-2014-2038i1/4%0

  - KVM in the Linux kernel before 4.8.12, when I/O APIC is     enabled, does not properly restrict the VCPU index,     which allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges     or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array     access and host OS crash) via a crafted interrupt     request, related to arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c and     arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h.(CVE-2016-9777i1/4%0

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain     RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and host OS crash) via a crafted     application.(CVE-2014-8480i1/4%0

  - 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.(CVE-2014-4508i1/4%0

  - The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel     through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount     namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges     by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE     filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid     program.(CVE-2016-1576i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free vulnerability was found when issuing     an ioctl to a sound device. This could allow a user to     exploit a race condition and create memory corruption     or possibly privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-15265i1/4%0

  - The drivers/uwb/uwbd.c in the Linux kernel, before     4.13.6, allows local users to cause a denial of service     (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB     device.(CVE-2017-16526i1/4%0

  - The Linux kernel was found vulnerable to a NULL pointer     dereference in the     drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c:unimac_mdio_probe()     function caused by an unchecked return value from the     platform_get_resource() function. A successful flaw     exploitation can cause a system panic and a denial of     service. This flaw is believed not to be an attacker     triggerable as bad return value can be caused by     hardware misconfiguration.(CVE-2018-8043i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel SCSI subsystem,     which allowed a local user to gain privileges or cause     a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by issuing an SG_IO ioctl call while a device     was being detached.(CVE-2015-8962i1/4%0

  - The xc2028_set_config function in     drivers/media/tuners/tuner-xc2028.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.6 allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via vectors     involving omission of the firmware name from a certain     data structure. Due to the nature of the flaw,     privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2016-7913i1/4%0

  - drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozusbsvc1.c in the OZWPAN driver     in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 does not ensure that     certain length values are sufficiently large, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (system crash or large loop) or possibly execute     arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to the (1)     oz_usb_rx and (2) oz_usb_handle_ep_data     functions.(CVE-2015-4002i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the environ_read() function in     'fs/proc/base.c' in the Linux kernel before 4.5.4     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory by reading a '/proc/*/environ' file     during a process-setup time interval in which     environment-variable copying is     incomplete.(CVE-2016-7916i1/4%0

  - Integer signedness error in the oz_hcd_get_desc_cnf     function in drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozhcd.c in the     OZWPAN driver in the Linux kernel through 4.0.5 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-4001i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel when     peeling off an association to the socket in another     network namespace. All transports in this association     are not to be rehashed and keep using the old key in     hashtable, thus removing transports from hashtable when     closing the socket, all transports are being freed.
    Later on a use-after-free issue could be caused when     looking up an association and dereferencing the     transports.(CVE-2017-15115i1/4%0

  - The evm_verify_hmac function in     security/integrity/evm/evm_main.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5 does not properly copy data, which makes it     easier for local users to forge MAC values via a timing     side-channel attack.(CVE-2016-2085i1/4%0

  - A flaw was discovered in processing setsockopt for 32     bit processes on 64 bit systems. This flaw will allow     attackers to alter arbitrary kernel memory when     unloading a kernel module. This action is usually     restricted to root-privileged users but can also be     leveraged if the kernel is compiled with CONFIG_USER_NS     and CONFIG_NET_NS and the user is granted elevated     privileges.(CVE-2016-4997i1/4%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 :

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP     implementation validated INIT chunks when performing     Address Configuration Change (ASCONF). A remote     attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by     sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to trigger a     NULL pointer dereference on the system.(CVE-2014-7841)

  - It was found that reporting emulation failures to user     space could lead to either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a     L2-i1/4zL1 (CVE-2010-5313) denial of service. In the case     of a local denial of service, an attacker must have     access to the MMIO area or be able to access an I/O     port. Please note that on certain systems, HPET is     mapped to userspace as part of vdso (vvar) and thus an     unprivileged user may generate MMIO transactions (and     enter the emulator) this way.(CVE-2014-7842)

  - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact     with certain locations of a chroot directory, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments     to the pivot_root system call.(CVE-2014-7970)

  - The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.17 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN     capability for do_remount_sb calls that change the root     filesystem to read-only, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by     making certain unshare system calls, clearing the /     MNT_LOCKED flag, and making an MNT_FORCE umount system     call.(CVE-2014-7975)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local,     unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously     writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using     fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file.(CVE-2014-8086)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking.
    As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission     Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this     flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when     the associated connection tracking module was not     loaded on the system.(CVE-2014-8160)

  - It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking,     a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel     when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-8172)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality     handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2014-8173)

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function still handled IOMMU mapping failures     incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an     assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the     host.(CVE-2014-8369)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain     RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and host OS crash) via a crafted     application.(CVE-2014-8480)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     does not properly handle invalid instructions, which     allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a     crafted application that triggers (1) an improperly     fetched instruction or (2) an instruction that occupies     too many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because     of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.(CVE-2014-8481)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled file system locks. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a     deadlock in the kernel, causing a denial of service on     the system.(CVE-2014-8559)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the Linux     kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking     implementation. When software encryption was used, a     remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8     bytes of plaintext.(CVE-2014-8709)

  - A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the     TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB device driver. A local     user with write access to the corresponding device     could use this flaw to crash the kernel or,     potentially, elevate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-8884)

  - 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-2014-9090)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS     segment register base switching when recovering from a     #SS (stack segment) fault on an erroneous return to     user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-9322)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel changed certain segment registers and     thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary     process.(CVE-2014-9419)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's ISO file system     implementation did not correctly limit the traversal of     Rock Ridge extension Continuation Entries (CE). An     attacker with physical access to the system could use     this flaw to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel,     resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2014-9420)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel keys management subsystem performed key garbage     collection. A local attacker could attempt accessing a     key while it was being garbage collected, which would     cause the system to crash.(CVE-2014-9529)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's ISO9660 file system implementation accessed     data on an ISO9660 image with RockRidge Extension     Reference (ER) records. An attacker with physical     access to the system could use this flaw to disclose up     to 255 bytes of kernel memory.(CVE-2014-9584)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO)     implementation performed address randomization. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     kernel memory addresses to user-space.(CVE-2014-9585)

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.

Linux v3.17.2. A wide variety of fixes across the tree. Even more KVM CVE fixes CVE fixes for KVM and SCTP.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
127146	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0004)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
124981	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1528)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
124807	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1483)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
78814	Fedora 21 : kernel-3.17.2-300.fc21 (2014-14126)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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