The ext4_xattr_check_entries function in fs/ext4/xattr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.15 does not properly validate xattr sizes, which causes misinterpretation of a size as an error code, and consequently allows attackers to cause a denial of service (get_acl NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image.

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):Use-after-free     vulnerability in driverset/tun.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.11.1 allows local users to gain privileges by     leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing     an invalid tuntap interface name in a TUNSETIFF ioctl     call.(CVE-2013-4343)It was found that when the gcc     stack protector was enabled, reading the /proc/keys     file could cause a panic in the Linux kernel due to     stack corruption. This happened because an incorrect     buffer size was used to hold a 64-bit timeout value     rendered as weeks.(CVE-2016-7042)A flaw was found in     the Linux kernel that fs/ocfs2/aops.c omits use of a     semaphore and consequently has a race condition for     access to the extent tree during read operations in     DIRECT mode. This allows local users to cause a denial     of service by modifying a certain e_cpos     field.(CVE-2017-18224)The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk     function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel     mishandles inheritance, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted system calls, a related issue     to CVE-2017-8890. An unprivileged local user could use     this flaw to induce kernel memory corruption on the     system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the     flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out,     although we believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-9075)In     the function sbusfb_ioctl_helper() in     drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c in the Linux kernel, up     to and including 4.15, an integer signedness error     allows arbitrary information leakage for the     FBIOPUTCMAP_SPARC and FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC     commands.(CVE-2018-6412)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)** 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-2018-1095)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)A vulnerability was     found in the fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() function     logic of the LInux kernel that allows local users to     create files with an unintended group ownership and     with group execution and SGID permission bits set, in a     scenario where a directory is SGID and belongs to a     certain group and is writable by a user who is not a     member of this group. This can lead to excessive     permissions granted in case when they should     not.(CVE-2018-13405)In the Linux kernel before 4.20.8,     kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c     mishandles reference counting because of a race     condition, leading to a use-after-free.(CVE-2019-6974)A     flaw was found in the way Linux kernel allocates heap     memory to build the scattergather list from a fragment     list(skb_shinfo(skb)-i1/4zfrag_list) in the socket     buffer(skb_buff). The heap overflow occurred if     'MAX_SKB_FRAGS + 1' parameter and 'NETIF_F_FRAGLIST'     feature are both used together. A remote user or     process could use this flaw to potentially escalate     their privilege on a system.(CVE-2017-7477)Multiple     integer overflows in Alchemy LCD frame-buffer drivers     in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allow local users to     create a read-write memory mapping for the entirety of     kernel memory, and consequently gain privileges, via     crafted mmap operations, related to the (1)     au1100fb_fb_mmap function in drivers/video/au1100fb.c     and the (2) au1200fb_fb_mmap function in     drivers/video/au1200fb.c.(CVE-2013-4511)It was found     that in the Linux kernel through v4.14-rc5,     bio_map_user_iov() and bio_unmap_user() in     'block/bio.c' do unbalanced pages refcounting if IO     vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the     same page. bio_add_pc_page() merges them into one, but     the page reference is never dropped, causing a memory     leak and possible system lockup due to out-of-memory     condition.(CVE-2017-12190)An issue was discovered in     the Linux kernel before 4.19.3. crypto_report_one() and     related functions in crypto/crypto_user.c (the crypto     user configuration API) do not fully initialize     structures that are copied to userspace, potentially     leaking sensitive memory to user programs. NOTE: this     is a CVE-2013-2547 regression but with easier     exploitability because the attacker does not need a     capability (however, the system must have the     CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER kconfig option).(CVE-2018-19854)The     userfaultfd implementation in the Linux kernel before     4.19.7 mishandles access control for certain UFFDIO_     ioctl calls, as demonstrated by allowing local users to     write data into holes in a tmpfs file (if the user has     read-only access to that file, and that file contains     holes), related to fs/userfaultfd.c and     mm/userfaultfd.c.(CVE-2018-18397)The TCP stack in the     Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the     SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's     internal socket data structures or cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls,     related to net/core/skbuff.c and     net/socket.c.(CVE-2017-7277)A flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's vhost driver treated userspace     provided log file descriptor when processing the     VHOST_SET_LOG_FD ioctl command. The file descriptor was     never released and continued to consume kernel memory.
    A privileged local user with access to the     /dev/vhost-net files could use this flaw to create a     denial-of-service attack.(CVE-2015-6252)A buffer     overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     virtio-net subsystem handled certain fraglists when the     GRO (Generic Receive Offload) functionality was enabled     in a bridged network configuration. An attacker on the     local network could potentially use this flaw to crash     the system, or, although unlikely, elevate their     privileges on the system.(CVE-2015-5156)The MSM QDSP6     audio driver (aka sound 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 (integer overflow, and buffer     overflow or buffer over-read) via a crafted application     that performs a (1) AUDIO_EFFECTS_WRITE or (2)     AUDIO_EFFECTS_READ operation, aka Qualcomm internal bug     CR1006609.(CVE-2016-2068)The icmp6_send function in     net/ipv6/icmp.c in the Linux kernel through 4.8.12     omits a certain check of the dst data structure which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (panic) via a fragmented IPv6 packet.(CVE-2016-9919)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2948 advisory.

  - kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c (CVE-2017-16648)

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

  - kernel: HMAC implementation does not validate that the underlying cryptographic hash algorithm is unkeyed     allowing local attackers to cause denial-of-service (CVE-2017-17806)

  - kernel: Mishandled freeing of instances in pcrypt.c can allow a local user to cause a denial of service     (CVE-2017-18075)

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

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

  - kernel: netfilter: xtables NULL pointer dereference in ip6_tables.c:ip6t_do_table() leading to a crash     (CVE-2018-1065)

  - kernel: Out-of-bounds write via userland offsets in ebt_entry struct in netfilter/ebtables.c     (CVE-2018-1068)

  - 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: out-of-bound access in fs/posix_acl.c:get_acl() causes crash with crafted ext4 image     (CVE-2018-1095)

  - 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)

  - hw: cpu: speculative store bypass (CVE-2018-3639)

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

  - kernel: TCP segments with random offsets allow a remote denial of service (SegmentSmack) (CVE-2018-5390)

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

  - kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function potentially     allowing KASLR bypass (CVE-2018-5750)

  - 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: race condition in snd_seq_write() may lead to UAF or OOB-access (CVE-2018-7566)

  - 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: Buffer overflow in hidp_process_report (CVE-2018-9363)

  - 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 access in ext4_ext_drop_refs function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10877)

  - 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: stack-out-of-bounds write in ext4_update_inline_data function (CVE-2018-10880)

  - 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 infs/jbd2/transaction.c (CVE-2018-10882)

  - 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)

  - kernel: Stack-based buffer overflow in drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c allows denial of service or other     unspecified impact (CVE-2018-11506)

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference if close and fchownat system calls share a socket file descriptor     (CVE-2018-12232)

  - 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: crash (possible privesc) in kernel crypto api. (CVE-2018-14619)

  - kernel: a bug in ip_frag_reasm() can cause a crash in ip_do_fragment() (CVE-2018-14641)

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

  - kernel: NULL pointer dereference on OOM kill of large mlocked process (CVE-2018-1000200)

  - kernel: Infoleak caused by incorrect handling of the SG_IO ioctl (CVE-2018-1000204)

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-3695-2 advisory.

    USN-3695-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu     16.04 LTS.

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize     the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-1094)

    It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an incorrect bounds check. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     xattr sizes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1095)

    Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex() syscall implementation for 64 bit Linux kernels did not     properly initialize memory returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-11508)

    It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3695-1 advisory.

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize     the crc32c checksum driver. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-1094)

    It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an incorrect bounds check. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)

    Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     xattr sizes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1095)

    Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex() syscall implementation for 64 bit Linux kernels did not     properly initialize memory returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-11508)

    It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755)

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
124984	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1531)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
118513	RHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2018:2948)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
110895	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3695-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
110894	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3695-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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