The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - kernel: Buffer overflow due to unbounded strcpy in ISDN I4L driver (CVE-2017-12762)

  - kernel: buffer-overflow hardening in WiFi beacon validation code. (CVE-2019-16746)

  - include/linux/init_task.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.35 does not prevent signals with a process group     ID of zero from reaching the swapper process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service     (system crash) by leveraging access to this process group. (CVE-2010-5328)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.192-147.314. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1480 advisory.

    2024-06-19: CVE-2020-14356 was added to this advisory.

    The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a mutex within libsas. This     allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code.
    (CVE-2017-18232)

    The xfs_bmap_extents_to_btree function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_bmap.c in the Linux kernel can cause a NULL     pointer dereference in xfs_bmapi_write function. An attacker could trick a legitimate user or a privileged     attacker could exploit this by mounting a crafted xfs filesystem image to cause a kernel panic and thus a     denial of service. (CVE-2018-10323)

    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-2018-8043)

    A flaw was found in the AMD Cryptographic Co-processor driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker, able to     send invalid SHA type commands, could cause the system to crash. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2019-18808)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The CX23888 Integrated Consumer Infrared Controller probe code     handles resource cleanup low memory conditions. A local attacker able to induce low memory conditions     could use this flaw to crash the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability. (CVE-2019-19054)

    A memory leak flaw was found in the adis_update_scan_mode_burst() function in     drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows attackers to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2019-19061)

    Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering wait_for_completion_timeout()     failures. This affects the htc_config_pipe_credits() function, the htc_setup_complete() function, and the     htc_connect_service() function, aka CID-853acf7caf10. (CVE-2019-19073)

    A memory leak in the ath9k_wmi_cmd() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c in the Linux kernel     through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-728c1e2a05e4.
    (CVE-2019-19074)

    A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled deferred TLB flush requests from guest.
    A race condition may occur between the guest issuing a deferred TLB flush request to KVM, and then KVM     handling and acknowledging it. This may result in invalid address translations from TLB being used to     access guest memory, leading to a potential information leakage issue. An attacker may use this flaw to     access guest memory locations that it should not have access to. (CVE-2019-3016)

    In the Android kernel in F2FS driver there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check.
    This could lead to local information disclosure with system execution privileges needed. User interaction     is not needed for exploitation. (CVE-2019-9445)

    A flaw was found in the ZRAM kernel module, where a user with a local account and the ability to read the     /sys/class/zram-control/hot_add file can create ZRAM device nodes in the /dev/ directory. This read     allocates kernel memory and is not accounted for a user that triggers the creation of that ZRAM device.
    With this vulnerability, continually reading the device may consume a large amount of system memory and     cause the Out-of-Memory (OOM) killer to activate and terminate random userspace processes, possibly making     the system inoperable. (CVE-2020-10781)

    A flaw was discovered in the XFS source in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows an attacker with the ability     to mount an XFS filesystem, to trigger a denial of service while attempting to sync a file located on an     XFS v5 image with crafted metadata. (CVE-2020-12655)

    A flaw null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel cgroupv2 subsystem in versions before 5.7.10 was found     in the way when reboot the system. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2020-14356)

    In the Linux kernel 4.4 through 5.7.6, usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c has a memory leak,     aka CID-28ebeb8db770. (CVE-2020-15393)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4163-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/arc/emac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5. A use-     after-free is caused by a race condition between the functions arc_emac_tx and arc_emac_tx_clean.
    (CVE-2016-10906)

  - The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within     libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-     handling code. (CVE-2017-18232)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.16.7. A use-after-free can be caused by the function     rsi_mac80211_detach in the file drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c. (CVE-2018-21008)

  - There is heap-based buffer overflow in Linux kernel, all versions up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell     wifi chip driver in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a denial of service(system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14814)

  - There is heap-based buffer overflow in kernel, all versions up to, excluding 5.3, in the marvell wifi chip     driver in Linux kernel, that allows local users to cause a denial of service(system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14816)

  - An out-of-bounds access issue was found in the Linux kernel, all versions through 5.3, in the way Linux     kernel's KVM hypervisor implements the Coalesced MMIO write operation. It operates on an MMIO ring buffer     'struct kvm_coalesced_mmio' object, wherein write indices 'ring->first' and 'ring->last' value could be     supplied by a host user-space process. An unprivileged host user or process with access to '/dev/kvm'     device could use this flaw to crash the host kernel, resulting in a denial of service or potentially     escalating privileges on the system. (CVE-2019-14821)

  - parse_audio_mixer_unit in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles a short     descriptor, leading to out-of-bounds memory access. (CVE-2019-15117)

  - check_input_term in sound/usb/mixer.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 mishandles recursion, leading to     kernel stack exhaustion. (CVE-2019-15118)

  - drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/technisat-usb2.c in the Linux kernel through 5.2.9 has an out-of-bounds read via     crafted USB device traffic (which may be remote via usbip or usbredir). (CVE-2019-15505)

  - A backporting error was discovered in the Linux stable/longterm kernel 4.4.x through 4.4.190, 4.9.x     through 4.9.190, 4.14.x through 4.14.141, 4.19.x through 4.19.69, and 5.2.x through 5.2.11. Misuse of the     upstream x86/ptrace: Fix possible spectre-v1 in ptrace_get_debugreg() commit reintroduced the Spectre     vulnerability that it aimed to eliminate. This occurred because the backport process depends on cherry     picking specific commits, and because two (correctly ordered) code lines were swapped. (CVE-2019-15902)

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

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 :

  - The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz),     the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel     handles the basic functions of the operating system:
    memory allocation, process allocation, device input and     output, etc.Security Fix(es):A flaw named FragmentSmack     was found in the way the Linux kernel handled     reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A     remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and     calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by     sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a     CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the     system.(CVE-2018-5391)Multiple out-of-bounds write     flaws were found in the way the Cherry Cymotion     keyboard driver, KYE/Genius device drivers, Logitech     device drivers, Monterey Genius KB29E keyboard driver,     Petalynx Maxter remote control driver, and Sunplus     wireless desktop driver handled HID reports with an     invalid report descriptor size. An attacker with     physical access to the system could use either of these     flaws to write data past an allocated memory     buffer.(CVE-2014-3184)The __get_data_block function in     fs/f2fs/data.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and loop) via crafted use of the open and     fallocate system calls with an FS_IOC_FIEMAP     ioctl.(CVE-2017-18257)netetfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.14.4 does not require the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for add_callback and     remove_callback operations. This allows local users to     bypass intended access restrictions because the     xt_osf_fingers data structure is shared across all     network namespaces.(CVE-2017-17450)A denial of service     flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel, where a race     condition caused a NULL pointer dereference in the RDS     socket-creation code. A local attacker could use this     flaw to create a situation in which a NULL pointer     crashed the kernel.(CVE-2015-7990)An issue was     discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB     subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of     an extra descriptor, related to
    __usb_get_extra_descriptor in     drivers/usb/core/usb.c.(CVE-2018-20169)mm/memory.c in     the Linux kernel before 4.1.4 mishandles anonymous     pages, which allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (page tainting) via a crafted     application that triggers writing to page     zero.(CVE-2015-3288)The ovl_setattr function in     fs/overlayfs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.3.3     attempts to merge distinct setattr operations, which     allows local users to bypass intended access     restrictions and modify the attributes of arbitrary     overlay files via a crafted     application.(CVE-2015-8660)A flaw was found in the     Linux kernel where a local user with a shell account     can abuse the userfaultfd syscall when using hugetlbfs.
    A missing size check in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte could     create an invalid inode variable, leading to a kernel     panic.(CVE-2017-15128)An integer overflow flaw was     found in the way the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function     of the Linux kernel's LZO implementation processed     Literal Runs. A local attacker could, in extremely rare     cases, use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-4608)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)A use-after-free flaw was found     in the Linux kernel's file system encryption     implementation. A local user could revoke keyring keys     being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing     a denial of service on the system.(CVE-2017-7374)The     usbip_recv_xbuff function in     drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_common.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted length value in     a USB/IP packet.(CVE-2016-3955)A flaw was found in the     patches used to fix the 'dirtycow' vulnerability     (CVE-2016-5195). An attacker, able to run local code,     can exploit a race condition in transparent huge pages     to modify usually read-only huge     pages.(CVE-2017-1000405)The aio_mount function in     fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel does not properly restrict     execute access, which makes it easier for local users     to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy     restrictions.(CVE-2016-10044)The Serial Attached SCSI     (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a     mutex within libsas. This allows local users to cause a     denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain     error-handling code.(CVE-2017-18232)A use-after-free     vulnerability was found in tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue     and other tcp_* functions. This condition could allow     an attacker to send an incorrect selective     acknowledgment to existing connections, possibly     resetting a connection.(CVE-2016-6828)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)The     snd_compress_check_input function in     sound/core/compress_offload.c in the ALSA subsystem in     the Linux kernel before 3.17 does not properly check     for an integer overflow, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (insufficient memory     allocation) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted SNDRV_COMPRESS_SET_PARAMS ioctl     call.(CVE-2014-9904)The resv_map_release function in     mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel, through 4.15.7,     allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG)     via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls     and has a large pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages     system call.(CVE-2018-7740)

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

Security Fix(es) :

  - A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the     Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and     IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     trigger time and calculation expensive fragment     reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted     packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a     denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function     in kernel/time /posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

  - kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow     attackers to execute code in kernel space     (CVE-2018-8781)

  - kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a     double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

  - kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not     clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members     (CVE-2018-13405)

  - kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some     protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA     subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation     (CVE-2017-0861)

  - kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not     properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

  - kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly     handle zero- length inputs allowing local attackers to     cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

  - kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in     madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of     service (CVE-2017-18208)

  - kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline     arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

  - kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit()     leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

  - kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release     serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344)

  - kernel: Missing length check of payload in
    _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service     (CVE-2018-5803)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may     lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

  - kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap     function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

  - kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver     can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted     packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

  - kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries     containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

  - kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local     Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in     ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1092)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in     ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1094)

  - kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in     vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

  - kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function     in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

  - kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events     function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     (CVE-2018-7757)

  - kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in     xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs     image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

  - kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry     with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

  - kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info()     when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-10881)

  - kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in     jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

  - kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in     drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

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

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

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

Security Fix(es) :

* A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391)

* kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

* kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781)

* kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

* kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405)

* kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

* kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861)

* kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

* kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805)

* kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208)

* kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

* kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130)

* kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344)

* kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803)

* kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

* kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

* kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

* kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

* kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092)

* kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094)

* kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

* kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

* kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757)

* kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

* kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

* kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881)

* kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

* kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120;
Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-3083 advisory.

  - The get_rock_ridge_filename function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 mishandles NM     (aka alternate name) entries containing \0 characters, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted isofs filesystem.
    (CVE-2016-4913)

  - Race condition in fs/timerfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.15 allows local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (list corruption or use-after-free) via simultaneous file-descriptor operations     that leverage improper might_cancel queueing. (CVE-2017-10661)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel allows     attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2017-0861)

  - Integer overflow in the aio_setup_single_vector function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel 4.0 allows local     users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec. NOTE:
    this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2012-6701 regression. (CVE-2015-8830)

  - In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the
    _sctp_make_chunk() function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be     exploited to cause a kernel crash. (CVE-2018-5803)

  - Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit()     function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of     certain crafted system calls. (CVE-2018-1130)

  - The udl_fb_mmap function in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c at the Linux kernel version 3.4 and up to and     including 4.15 has an integer-overflow vulnerability allowing local users with access to the udldrmfb     driver to obtain full read and write permissions on kernel physical pages, resulting in a code execution     in kernel space. (CVE-2018-8781)

  - The timer_create syscall implementation in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8     doesn't properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which leads to out-of-bounds access in the     show_timer function (called when /proc/$PID/timers is read). This allows userspace applications to read     arbitrary kernel memory (on a kernel built with CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS and CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE).
    (CVE-2017-18344)

  - The Linux kernel, versions 3.9+, is vulnerable to a denial of service attack with low rates of specially     modified packets targeting IP fragment re-assembly. An attacker may cause a denial of service condition by     sending specially crafted IP fragments. Various vulnerabilities in IP fragmentation have been discovered     and fixed over the years. The current vulnerability (CVE-2018-5391) became exploitable in the Linux kernel     with the increase of the IP fragment reassembly queue size. (CVE-2018-5391)

  - The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16 allows local users to create     files with an unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a directory is SGID to a certain group and     is writable by a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the non-member can trigger creation of a     plain file whose group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was that the non-member can trigger     creation of a directory (but not a plain file) whose group ownership is that group. The non-member can     escalate privileges by making the plain file executable and SGID. (CVE-2018-13405)

  - The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length     inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface     (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel     crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the     blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation     (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable. (CVE-2017-17805)

  - The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.
    (CVE-2017-18208)

  - The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 mishandles a mutex within     libsas, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-     handling code. (CVE-2017-18232)

  - The ext4_iget function in fs/ext4/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 mishandles the case of a     root directory with a zero i_links_count, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (ext4_process_freed_data NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ext4 image. (CVE-2018-1092)

  - In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code does not handle unsigned integer overflow     properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument can cause a buffer overflow in all Android     releases from CAF (Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) using the Linux Kernel.
    (CVE-2018-5848)

  - Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read     accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the     /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file. (CVE-2018-7757)

  - The xfs_dinode_verify function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel through 4.16.3 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared invalid pointer dereference) via a     crafted xfs image. (CVE-2018-10322)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write and     a denial of service or unspecified other impact is possible by mounting and operating a crafted ext4     filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10878)

  - The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 does not always     initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service     (ext4_xattr_inode_hash NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.
    (CVE-2018-1094)

  - Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between     virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow     local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device     file. (CVE-2018-1118)

  - A flaw was found affecting the Linux kernel before version 4.17. By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a     process's memory containing command line arguments (or environment strings), an attacker can cause     utilities from psutils or procps (such as ps, w) or any other program which makes a read() call to the     /proc//cmdline (or /proc//environ) files to block indefinitely (denial of service) or for some     controlled time (as a synchronization primitive for other attacks). (CVE-2018-1120)

  - In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified     other impact. (CVE-2018-5344)

  - The resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (BUG) via a crafted application that makes mmap system calls and has a large     pgoff argument to the remap_file_pages system call. (CVE-2018-7740)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in     ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact may occur by renaming a     file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10879)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in     ext4_get_group_info function, a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a     crafted ext4 filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10881)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bounds write in     jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata(), a denial of service, and a system crash by mounting and operating on a     crafted ext4 filesystem image. (CVE-2018-10883)

  - It was found that the raw midi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a     double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status() which are part     of snd_rawmidi_ioctl() handler in rawmidi.c file. A malicious local attacker could possibly use this for     privilege escalation. (CVE-2018-10902)

  - The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows     local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out     kernel memory. (CVE-2018-10940)

  - Linux Linux kernel version at least v4.8 onwards, probably well before contains a Insufficient input     validation vulnerability in bnx2x network card driver that can result in DoS: Network card firmware     assertion takes card off-line. This attack appear to be exploitable via An attacker on a must pass a very     large, specially crafted packet to the bnx2x card. This can be done from an untrusted guest VM..
    (CVE-2018-1000026)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3096 advisory.

  - kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830)

  - kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege     escalation (CVE-2017-0861)

  - kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661)

  - kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers     to cause denial-of-service (CVE-2017-17805)

  - kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in mm/madvise.c:madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of     service (CVE-2017-18208)

  - kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232)

  - kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344)

  - kernel: Division by zero in change_port_settings in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c resulting in a denial of     service (CVE-2017-18360)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4/mballoc.c:ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1092)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4     image (CVE-2018-1094)

  - kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118)

  - kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120)

  - kernel: a null pointer dereference in net/dccp/output.c:dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash     (CVE-2018-1130)

  - kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial-of-service     (CVE-2018-5344)

  - kernel: IP fragments with random offsets allow a remote denial of service (FragmentSmack) (CVE-2018-5391)

  - kernel: Missing length check of payload in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:_sctp_make_chunk() function allows     denial of service (CVE-2018-5803)

  - kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory     corruption (CVE-2018-5848)

  - kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740)

  - kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c     (CVE-2018-7757)

  - kernel: Integer overflow in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c:udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code     in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781)

  - kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image     allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322)

  - kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878)

  - kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879)

  - kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-10881)

  - kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883)

  - kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902)

  - kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)

  - kernel: Missing check in fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-     members (CVE-2018-13405)

  - kernel: filesystem corruption due to an unchecked error condition during an xfs attribute change     (CVE-2018-18690)

  - kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via     crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026)

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

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks.

  - CVE-2015-9016     Ming Lei reported a race condition in the multiqueue     block layer (blk-mq). On a system with a driver using     blk-mq (mtip32xx, null_blk, or virtio_blk), a local user     might be able to use this for denial of service or     possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2017-0861     Robb Glasser reported a potential use-after-free in the     ALSA (sound) PCM core. We believe this was not possible     in practice.

  - CVE-2017-5715     Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in     various processors supporting speculative execution,     enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process     to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from     the kernel and all other processes running on the     system.

  This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 2 (branch target   injection) and is mitigated for the x86 architecture (amd64 and   i386) by using the 'retpoline' compiler feature which allows   indirect branches to be isolated from speculative execution.

  - CVE-2017-5753     Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in     various processors supporting speculative execution,     enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process     to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from     the kernel and all other processes running on the     system.

  This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 1 (bounds-check   bypass) and is mitigated by identifying vulnerable code sections   (array bounds checking followed by array access) and replacing the   array access with the speculation-safe array_index_nospec()   function.

  More use sites will be added over time.

  - CVE-2017-13166     A bug in the 32-bit compatibility layer of the v4l2     ioctl handling code has been found. Memory protections     ensuring user-provided buffers always point to userland     memory were disabled, allowing destination addresses to     be in kernel space. On a 64-bit kernel a local user with     access to a suitable video device can exploit this to     overwrite kernel memory, leading to privilege     escalation.

  - CVE-2017-13220     Al Viro reported that the Bluetooth HIDP implementation     could dereference a pointer before performing the     necessary type check. A local user could use this to     cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16526     Andrey Konovalov reported that the UWB subsystem may     dereference an invalid pointer in an error case. A local     user might be able to use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16911     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP vhci_hcd     driver exposed kernel heap addresses to local users.
    This information could aid the exploitation of other     vulnerabilities.

  - CVE-2017-16912     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to perform a range check on a received packet     header field, leading to an out-of-bounds read. A remote     user able to connect to the USB/IP server could use this     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16913     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to perform a range check on a received packet     header field, leading to excessive memory allocation. A     remote user able to connect to the USB/IP server could     use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-16914     Secunia Research reported that the USB/IP stub driver     failed to check for an invalid combination of fields in     a received packet, leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A remote user able to connect to the USB/IP     server could use this for denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-18017     Denys Fedoryshchenko reported that the netfilter     xt_TCPMSS module failed to validate TCP header lengths,     potentially leading to a use-after-free. If this module     is loaded, it could be used by a remote attacker for     denial of service or possibly for code execution.

  - CVE-2017-18203     Hou Tao reported that there was a race condition in     creation and deletion of device-mapper (DM) devices. A     local user could potentially use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2017-18216     Alex Chen reported that the OCFS2 filesystem failed to     hold a necessary lock during nodemanager sysfs file     operations, potentially leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A local user could use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2017-18232     Jason Yan reported a race condition in the SAS     (Serial-Attached SCSI) subsystem, between probing and     destroying a port. This could lead to a deadlock. A     physically present attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service.

  - CVE-2017-18241     Yunlei He reported that the f2fs implementation does not     properly initialise its state if the 'noflush_merge'     mount option is used. A local user with access to a     filesystem mounted with this option could use this to     cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-1066     Dan Aloni reported to Red Hat that the CIFS client     implementation would dereference a NULL pointer if the     server sent an invalid response during NTLMSSP setup     negotiation. This could be used by a malicious server     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-1068     The syzkaller tool found that the 32-bit compatibility     layer of ebtables did not sufficiently validate offset     values. On a 64-bit kernel, a local user with the     CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (in any user namespace) could     use this to overwrite kernel memory, possibly leading to     privilege escalation. Debian disables unprivileged user     namespaces by default.

  - CVE-2018-1092     Wen Xu reported that a crafted ext4 filesystem image     would trigger a null dereference when mounted. A local     user able to mount arbitrary filesystems could use this     for denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-5332     Mohamed Ghannam reported that the RDS protocol did not     sufficiently validate RDMA requests, leading to an     out-of-bounds write. A local attacker on a system with     the rds module loaded could use this for denial of     service or possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-5333     Mohamed Ghannam reported that the RDS protocol did not     properly handle an error case, leading to a NULL pointer     dereference. A local attacker on a system with the rds     module loaded could possibly use this for denial of     service.

  - CVE-2018-5750     Wang Qize reported that the ACPI sbshc driver logged a     kernel heap address. This information could aid the     exploitation of other vulnerabilities.

  - CVE-2018-5803     Alexey Kodanev reported that the SCTP protocol did not     range-check the length of chunks to be created. A local     or remote user could use this to cause a denial of     service.

  - CVE-2018-6927     Li Jinyue reported that the FUTEX_REQUEUE operation on     futexes did not check for negative parameter values,     which might lead to a denial of service or other     security impact.

  - CVE-2018-7492     The syzkaller tool found that the RDS protocol was     lacking a null pointer check. A local attacker on a     system with the rds module loaded could use this for     denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-7566     Fan LongFei reported a race condition in the ALSA     (sound) sequencer core, between write and ioctl     operations. This could lead to an out-of-bounds access     or use-after-free. A local user with access to a     sequencer device could use this for denial of service or     possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-7740     Nic Losby reported that the hugetlbfs filesystem's mmap     operation did not properly range-check the file offset.
    A local user with access to files on a hugetlbfs     filesystem could use this to cause a denial of service.

  - CVE-2018-7757     Jason Yan reported a memory leak in the SAS     (Serial-Attached SCSI) subsystem. A local user on a     system with SAS devices could use this to cause a denial     of service.

  - CVE-2018-7995     Seunghun Han reported a race condition in the x86 MCE     (Machine Check Exception) driver. This is unlikely to     have any security impact.

  - CVE-2018-8781     Eyal Itkin reported that the udl (DisplayLink) driver's     mmap operation did not properly range-check the file     offset. A local user with access to a udl framebuffer     device could exploit this to overwrite kernel memory,     leading to privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-8822     Dr Silvio Cesare of InfoSect reported that the ncpfs     client implementation did not validate reply lengths     from the server. An ncpfs server could use this to cause     a denial of service or remote code execution in the     client.

  - CVE-2018-1000004     Luo Quan reported a race condition in the ALSA (sound)     sequencer core, between multiple ioctl operations. This     could lead to a deadlock or use-after-free. A local user     with access to a sequencer device could use this for     denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-1000199     Andy Lutomirski discovered that the ptrace subsystem did     not sufficiently validate hardware breakpoint settings.
    Local users can use this to cause a denial of service,     or possibly for privilege escalation, on x86 (amd64 and     i386) and possibly other architectures.

Missing length check of payload in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c:_sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service :

An error in the '_sctp_make_chunk()' function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP, packet length can be exploited by a malicious local user to cause a kernel crash and a DoS.
(CVE-2018-5803)

Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service

The Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel mishandles a mutex within libsas. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code. (CVE-2017-18232)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's client-side implementation of the cifs protocol. This flaw allows an attacker controlling the server to kernel panic a client which has the CIFS server mounted.(CVE-2018-1066)

Incremental update to fix kernel-devel issues.

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The 4.15.12 update contains numerous fixes across the tree.

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The 4.15.11 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

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

Incremental update to fix kernel-devel issues.

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The 4.15.12 update contains a variety of fixes across the tree.

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The 4.15.11 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199273	RHEL 6 : kernel (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
139858	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2020-1480)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
131845	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2353)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
130152	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-4163-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
124828	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1505)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	critical
121966	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2018-2.0-0072	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
121857	Photon OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0161	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
119187	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20181030)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
118990	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:3083)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
118770	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-3083)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
118528	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:3096)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
118525	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3083)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
109517	Debian DSA-4187-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
109183	Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-993)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
108677	Fedora 27 : kernel (2018-e378863e47)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
108673	Fedora 26 : kernel (2018-ba39fc0e07)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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