The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

Four new speculative execution information leak issues have been identified in Intel CPUs. (bsc#1111331)

CVE-2018-12126: Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling (MSBDS)

CVE-2018-12127: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS)

CVE-2018-12130: Microarchitectural Load Port Data Samling (MLPDS)

CVE-2019-11091: Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory (MDSUM)

This kernel update contains software mitigations for these issues, which also utilize CPU microcode updates shipped in parallel.

For more information on this set of information leaks, check out https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc/?id=7023736

The following security bugs were fixed: CVE-2016-10741:
fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) because there is a race condition between direct and memory-mapped I/O (associated with a hole) that is handled with BUG_ON instead of an I/O failure (bnc#1114920 bnc#1124010).

CVE-2017-1000407: By flooding the diagnostic port 0x80 an exception can be triggered leading to a kernel panic (bnc#1071021).

CVE-2017-16533: The usbhid_parse function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device (bnc#1066674).

CVE-2017-7273: The cp_report_fixup function in drivers/hid/hid-cypress.c allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (integer underflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HID report (bnc#1031240).

CVE-2017-7472: The KEYS subsystem allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a series of KEY_REQKEY_DEFL_THREAD_KEYRING keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring calls (bnc#1034862).

CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in the Linux kernel in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host.
Depending on how the target's code was built (i.e. depending on a compiler, compile flags and hardware architecture) an attack may lead to a system crash and thus to a denial-of-service or possibly to a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target.
(bnc#1107829).

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517 bnc#1105296).

CVE-2018-16884: NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time can make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user can cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out (bnc#1119946).

CVE-2018-18281: The mremap() syscall performed TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate() removes entries from the pagetables of a task that is in the middle of mremap(), a stale TLB entry can remain for a short time that permits access to a physical page after it has been released back to the page allocator and reused. (bnc#1113769).

CVE-2018-18386: drivers/tty/n_tty.c allowed local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ (bnc#1094825).

CVE-2018-18690: A local attacker able to set attributes on an xfs filesystem could make this filesystem non-operational until the next mount by triggering an unchecked error condition during an xfs attribute change, because xfs_attr_shortform_addname in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c mishandled ATTR_REPLACE operations with conversion of an attr from short to long form (bnc#1105025).

CVE-2018-18710: An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940 and CVE-2018-16658 (bnc#1113751).

CVE-2018-19407: The vcpu_scan_ioapic function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and BUG) via crafted system calls that reach a situation where ioapic is uninitialized (bnc#1116841).

CVE-2018-19824: A local user could exploit a use-after-free in the ALSA driver by supplying a malicious USB Sound device (with zero interfaces) that is mishandled in usb_audio_probe in sound/usb/card.c (bnc#1118152).

CVE-2018-19985: The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c read if_num from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds (OOB) read that potentially allowed arbitrary read in the kernel address space (bnc#1120743).

CVE-2018-20169: The USB subsystem mishandled size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c (bnc#1119714).

CVE-2018-5391: The Linux kernel was 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 (bnc#1103097).

CVE-2018-9516: In hid_debug_events_read of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check.
This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
(bnc#1108498).

CVE-2018-9568: In sk_clone_lock of sock.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to type confusion. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. (bnc#1118319).

CVE-2019-11486: The Siemens R3964 line discipline driver in drivers/tty/n_r3964.c had multiple race conditions (bnc#1133188). The line discipline was disabled.

CVE-2019-3459: A heap address information leak while using L2CAP_GET_CONF_OPT was discovered (bnc#1120758).

CVE-2019-3460: A heap data infoleak in multiple locations including L2CAP_PARSE_CONF_RSP was found (bnc#1120758).

CVE-2019-3882: A flaw was found vfio interface implementation that permitted violation of the user's locked memory limit. If a device is bound to a vfio driver, such as vfio-pci, and the local attacker is administratively granted ownership of the device, it may cause a system memory exhaustion and thus a denial of service (DoS).
(bnc#1131416 bnc#1131427).

CVE-2019-6974: kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c mishandled reference counting because of a race condition, leading to a use-after-free (bnc#1124728).

CVE-2019-7221: The KVM implementation had a Use-after-Free (bnc#1124732).

CVE-2019-7222: The KVM implementation had an Information Leak (bnc#1124735).

CVE-2019-9213: expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacked a check for the mmap minimum address, which made it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task (bnc#1128166).

CVE-2019-9503: Multiple brcmfmac frame validation bypasses have been fixed (bnc#1132828).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

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 :

  - In the ea_get function in fs/jfs/xattr.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.17.1, a memory corruption bug in JFS     can be triggered by calling setxattr twice with two     different extended attribute names on the same file.
    This vulnerability can be triggered by an unprivileged     user with the ability to create files and execute     programs. A kmalloc call is incorrect, leading to     slab-out-of-bounds in jfs_xattr.(CVE-2018-12233i1/4%0

  - The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in     arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c in the Linux kernel before     4.18.1 does not always fill RSB upon a context switch,     which makes it easier for attackers to conduct     userspace-userspace spectreRSB     attacks.(CVE-2018-15572i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the queue_delete function in     sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before     4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl     call at a certain time.(CVE-2016-2544i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of BPF in which systems can application can overflow a     32 bit refcount in both program and map refcount. This     refcount can wrap and end up a user after     free.(CVE-2016-4558i1/4%0

  - Interpretation conflict in     drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to     obtain sensitive information or modify data via a     crafted mapping to a snapshot block     device.(CVE-2013-4299i1/4%0

  - The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted USB device.(CVE-2017-16537i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability in the handling of Transactional Memory     on powerpc systems was found. An unprivileged local     user can crash the kernel by starting a transaction,     suspending it, and then calling any of the exec() class     system calls.(CVE-2016-5828i1/4%0

  - A cross-boundary flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel software raid driver. The driver accessed a     disabled bitmap where only the first byte of the buffer     was initialized to zero. This meant that the rest of     the request (up to 4095 bytes) was left and copied into     user space. An attacker could use this flaw to read     private information from user space that would not     otherwise have been accessible.(CVE-2015-5697i1/4%0

  - The parse_hid_report_descriptor function in     drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel before     4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted USB     device.(CVE-2017-16643i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the sclp_ctl_ioctl_sccb function in     drivers/s390/char/sclp_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before     4.6 allows local users to obtain sensitive information     from kernel memory by changing a certain length value,     aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability.(CVE-2016-6130i1/4%0

  - drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or     possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted     USB device.(CVE-2017-16647i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which could cause     a kernel panic when restoring machine specific     registers on the PowerPC platform. Incorrect     transactional memory state registers could     inadvertently change the call path on return from     userspace and cause the kernel to enter an unknown     state and crash.(CVE-2015-8845i1/4%0

  - fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.16.1 does     not properly restrict clearing MNT_NODEV, MNT_NOSUID,     and MNT_NOEXEC and changing MNT_ATIME_MASK during a     remount of a bind mount, which allows local users to     gain privileges, interfere with backups and auditing on     systems that had atime enabled, or cause a denial of     service (excessive filesystem updating) on systems that     had atime disabled via a 'mount -o remount' command     within a user namespace.(CVE-2014-5207i1/4%0

  - The NFS2/3 RPC client could send long arguments to the     NFS server. These encoded arguments are stored in an     array of memory pages, and accessed using pointer     variables. Arbitrarily long arguments could make these     pointers point outside the array and cause an     out-of-bounds memory access. A remote user or program     could use this flaw to crash the kernel, resulting in     denial of service.(CVE-2017-7645i1/4%0

  - The time subsystem in the Linux kernel, when     CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to     discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID     values inside a PID namespace) by reading the     /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer     function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the
    __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in     kernel/time/timer.c.(CVE-2017-5967i1/4%0

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel where the     keyctl_set_reqkey_keyring() function leaks the thread     keyring. This allows an unprivileged local user to     exhaust kernel memory and thus cause a     DoS.(CVE-2017-7472i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found that can be triggered in     keyring_search_iterator in keyring.c if type-i1/4zmatch     is NULL. A local user could use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges.(CVE-2017-2647i1/4%0

  - The make_response function in     drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.11.8 allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive     information from host OS (or other guest OS) kernel     memory by leveraging the copying of uninitialized     padding fields in Xen block-interface response     structures, aka XSA-216.(CVE-2017-10911i1/4%0

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the SET_WPS_IE IOCTL     implementation in wlan_hdd_hostapd.c in the WLAN (aka     Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x, as used     in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android     contributions for MSM devices and other products,     allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted     application that uses a long WPS IE     element.(CVE-2015-0570i1/4%0

  - The net_ctl_permissions function in net/sysctl_net.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.11.5 does not properly     determine uid and gid values, which allows local users     to bypass intended /proc/sys/net restrictions via a     crafted application.(CVE-2013-4270i1/4%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.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation     function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c did not always     fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for     attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB     attacks (bnc#1102517 bnc#1105296).

  - CVE-2018-10902: It was found that the raw midi kernel     driver did 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 (bnc#1105322).

  - CVE-2018-9363: A buffer overflow in bluetooth HID report     processing could be used by malicious bluetooth devices     to crash the kernel or potentially execute code     (bnc#1105292).

  - CVE-2018-10853: A KVM guest userspace to guest kernel     write was fixed, which could be used by guest users to     crash the guest kernel (bnc#1097104).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

  - hugetlbfs: fix kernel BUG at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:447!     (Mike Kravetz) 

  - scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events     (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 27927687] (CVE-2018-7757)

  - KVM: vmx: shadow more fields that are read/written on     every vmexits (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 28581045]

  - vhost/scsi: Use common handling code in request queue     handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573]

  - vhost/scsi: Extract common handling code from control     queue handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573]

  - vhost/scsi: Respond to control queue operations (Bijan     Mottahedeh) 

  - scsi: lpfc: devloss timeout race condition caused null     pointer reference (James Smart) [Orabug: 27994179]

  - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race condition between iocb timeout     and initialisation (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 28013813]

  - i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count     (Alexander Duyck) 

  - i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status     (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724]

  - xen-swiotlb: use actually allocated size on check     physical continuous (Joe Jin) [Orabug: 28258102]

  - Revert 'Revert 'xen-swiotlb: fix the check condition for     xen_swiotlb_free_coherent'' (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug:
    28258102]

  - net/mlx4_en: fix potential use-after-free with     dma_unmap_page (Sarah Newman) [Orabug: 28376051]

  - ocfs2: fix ocfs2 read block panic (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug:
    28580543]

  - block: fix bdi vs gendisk lifetime mismatch (Dan     Williams) [Orabug: 28645416]

  - e1000e: Fix link check race condition (Benjamin Poirier)     [Orabug: 28716958]

  - Revert 'e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link     up' (Benjamin Poirier) [Orabug: 28716958]

  - e1000e: Avoid missed interrupts following ICR read     (Benjamin Poirier) 

  - e1000e: Fix queue interrupt re-raising in Other     interrupt (Benjamin Poirier) [Orabug: 28716958]

  - Partial revert 'e1000e: Avoid receiver overrun interrupt     bursts' (Benjamin Poirier) [Orabug: 28716958]

  - e1000e: Remove Other from EIAC (Benjamin Poirier)     [Orabug: 28716958]

  - Fix error code in nfs_lookup_verify_inode (Lance     Shelton) [Orabug: 28789030]

  - workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound workqueue     cpumask (Lai Jiangshan) [Orabug: 28813166]

  - workqueue: Create low-level unbound workqueues cpumask     (Frederic Weisbecker) [Orabug: 28813166]

  - scsi: sg: mitigate read/write abuse (Jann Horn) [Orabug:
    28824718] (CVE-2017-13168)

  - Revert 'rds: RDS (tcp) hangs on sendto to unresponding     address' (Brian Maly) [Orabug: 28837953]

  - x86/speculation: Retpoline should always be available on     Skylake (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug: 28801831]

  - x86/speculation: Add sysfs entry to enable/disable     retpoline (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - x86/speculation: Switch to IBRS when loading a     non-retpoline module (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug:
    28607548]

  - x86/speculation: Remove unnecessary retpoline     alternatives (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - x86/speculation: Use static key to enable/disable     retpoline (Alexandre Chartre) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - locking/static_keys: Provide DECLARE and well as DEFINE     macros (Tony Luck) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label: remove bug.h, atomic.h dependencies for     HAVE_JUMP_LABEL (Jason Baron) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - locking/static_key: Fix concurrent static_key_slow_inc     (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label: make static_key_enabled work on     static_key_true/false types too (Tejun Heo) [Orabug:
    28607548]

  - locking/static_keys: Fix up the static keys     documentation (Jonathan Corbet) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - locking/static_keys: Fix a silly typo (Jonathan Corbet)     [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump label, locking/static_keys: Update docs (Jason     Baron) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - x86/asm: Add asm macros for static keys/jump labels     (Andy Lutomirski) 

  - x86/asm: Error out if asm/jump_label.h is included     inappropriately (Andy Lutomirski) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label/x86: Work around asm build bug on     older/backported GCCs (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug:
    28607548]

  - locking/static_keys: Add a new static_key interface     (Peter Zijlstra) 

  - locking/static_keys: Rework update logic (Peter     Zijlstra) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label: Add jump_entry_key helper (Peter Zijlstra)     [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label, locking/static_keys: Rename     JUMP_LABEL_TYPE_* and related helpers to the static_key*     pattern (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - jump_label: Rename JUMP_LABEL_[EN,DIS]ABLE to     JUMP_LABEL_[JMP,NOP] (Peter Zijlstra) [Orabug: 28607548]

  - module, jump_label: Fix module locking (Peter Zijlstra)     [Orabug: 28607548]

  - x86/speculation: Protect against userspace-userspace     spectreRSB (Jiri Kosina) [Orabug: 28631590]     (CVE-2018-15572)

  - x86/spectre_v2: Remove remaining references to lfence     mitigation (Alejandro Jimenez) [Orabug: 28631590]     (CVE-2018-15572)

  - Revert 'md: allow a partially recovered device to be     hot-added to an array.' (NeilBrown) [Orabug: 28702623]

  - x86/bugs: ssbd_ibrs_selected called prematurely (Daniel     Jordan) 

  - net/mlx4_core: print firmware version during driver     loading (Qing Huang) [Orabug: 28809377]

  - mm: numa: Do not trap faults on shared data section     pages. (Henry Willard) [Orabug: 28814880]

  - hugetlbfs: dirty pages as they are added to pagecache     (Mike Kravetz) 

  - rds: RDS (tcp) hangs on sendto to unresponding address     (Ka-Cheong Poon) [Orabug: 28762608]

  - nfs: fix a deadlock in nfs client initialization (Scott     Mayhew) 

  - infiniband: fix a possible use-after-free bug (Cong     Wang) [Orabug: 28774517] (CVE-2018-14734)

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4270 advisory.

    - scsi: sg: mitigate read/write abuse (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 28824731]  {CVE-2017-13168}
    - infiniband: fix a possible use-after-free bug (Cong Wang)  [Orabug: 28774511]  {CVE-2018-14734}
    - x86/speculation: Unconditionally fill RSB on context switch (Alejandro Jimenez)  [Orabug: 28631576]     {CVE-2018-15572}
    - arm64: KVM: Sanitize PSTATE.M when being set from userspace (Marc Zyngier)  [Orabug: 28762424]     {CVE-2018-18021}
    - arm64: KVM: Tighten guest core register access from userspace (Dave Martin)  [Orabug: 28762424]     {CVE-2018-18021}
    - mm: get rid of vmacache_flush_all() entirely (Linus Torvalds)  [Orabug: 28700955]  {CVE-2018-17182}
    - btrfs: validate type when reading a chunk (Gu Jinxiang)  [Orabug: 28700851]  {CVE-2018-14611}
    - btrfs: Check that each block group has corresponding chunk at mount time (Qu Wenruo)  [Orabug: 28700872]     {CVE-2018-14610}

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-4261 advisory.

    - x86/speculation: Protect against userspace-userspace spectreRSB (Jiri Kosina)  [Orabug: 28631590]     {CVE-2018-15572}
    - x86/spectre_v2: Remove remaining references to lfence mitigation (Alejandro Jimenez)  [Orabug: 28631590]     {CVE-2018-15572}

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

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3777-3 advisory.

    USN-3777-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 %LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux kernel for Azure Cloud systems.

    Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache subsystem did not properly handle sequence number overflows,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17182)

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    Jann Horn discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow     unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. This flaw is known as Spectre. A local attacker could     use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2017-5715)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read     may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A     local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

CVE-2018-10853: A flaw was found in the way the KVM hypervisor emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside guest (bnc#1097104).

CVE-2018-10876: A flaw was found in Linux kernel in the ext4 filesystem code. A use-after-free is possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image. (bnc#1099811)

CVE-2018-10877: Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099846)

CVE-2018-10878: 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. (bnc#1099813)

CVE-2018-10879: 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. (bnc#1099844)

CVE-2018-10880: Linux kernel is vulnerable to a stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service. (bnc#1099845)

CVE-2018-10881: 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.
(bnc#1099864)

CVE-2018-10882: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound write in in fs/jbd2/transaction.c code, a denial of service, and a system crash by unmounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099849)

CVE-2018-10883: 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.
(bnc#1099863)

CVE-2018-10902: It was found that the raw midi kernel driver did 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 (bnc#1105322).

CVE-2018-10938: A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker may force the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c leading to a denial-of-service. A certain non-default configuration of LSM (Linux Security Module) and NetLabel should be set up on a system before an attacker could leverage this flaw (bnc#1106016).

CVE-2018-10940: The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c allowed local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory (bnc#1092903).

CVE-2018-12896: An Integer Overflow in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the POSIX timer code is caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically made the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. For example, a local user can cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls (bnc#1099922).

CVE-2018-13093: There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occurs because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during allocation (bnc#1100001).

CVE-2018-13094: An OOPS may occur for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp (bnc#1100000).

CVE-2018-13095: A denial of service (memory corruption and BUG) can occur for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents than fit in the inode fork (bnc#1099999).

CVE-2018-14617: There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory (bnc#1102870).

CVE-2018-14678: The xen_failsafe_callback entry point in arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S did not properly maintain RBX, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory usage and system crash). Within Xen, 64-bit x86 PV Linux guest OS users can trigger a guest OS crash or possibly gain privileges (bnc#1102715).

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517 bnc#1105296).

CVE-2018-15594: arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c mishandled certain indirect calls, which made it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests (bnc#1105348).

CVE-2018-16276: Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges (bnc#1106095).

CVE-2018-16658: An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940 (bnc#1107689).

CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bnc#1108399).

CVE-2018-6554: Memory leak in the irda_bind function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106509).

CVE-2018-6555: The irda_setsockopt function in net/irda/af_irda.c and later in drivers/staging/irda/net/af_irda.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106511).

CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed 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 (bnc#1084536).

CVE-2018-9363: A buffer overflow in bluetooth HID report processing could be used by malicious bluetooth devices to crash the kernel or potentially execute code (bnc#1105292). The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-7480: The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure (bnc#1082863).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

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

CVE-2018-6554

A memory leak in the irda_bind function in the irda subsystem was discovered. A local user can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

CVE-2018-6555

A flaw was discovered in the irda_setsockopt function in the irda subsystem, allowing a local user to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash).

CVE-2018-7755

Brian Belleville discovered a flaw in the fd_locked_ioctl function in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel. The floppy driver copies a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. A local user with access to a floppy drive device can take advantage of this flaw to discover the location kernel code and data.

CVE-2018-9363

It was discovered that the Bluetooth HIDP implementation did not correctly check the length of received report messages. A paired HIDP device could use this to cause a buffer overflow, leading to denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or potentially remote code execution.

CVE-2018-9516

It was discovered that the HID events interface in debugfs did not correctly limit the length of copies to user buffers. A local user with access to these files could use this to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.
However, by default debugfs is only accessible by the root user.

CVE-2018-10902

It was discovered that the rawmidi kernel driver does not protect against concurrent access which leads to a double-realloc (double free) flaw. A local attacker can take advantage of this issue for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-10938

Yves Younan from Cisco reported that the Cipso IPv4 module did not correctly check the length of IPv4 options. On custom kernels with CONFIG_NETLABEL enabled, a remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (hang).

CVE-2018-13099

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a use-after-free bug in the F2FS implementation. An attacker able to mount a crafted F2FS volume could use this to cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-14609

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a potential NULL pointer dereference in the F2FS implementation. An attacker able to mount arbitrary F2FS volumes could use this to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-14617

Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a potential NULL pointer dereference in the HFS+ implementation. An attacker able to mount arbitrary HFS+ volumes could use this to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-14633

Vincent Pelletier discovered a stack-based buffer overflow flaw in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the iSCSI target code. An unauthenticated remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly to get a non-authorized access to data exported by an iSCSI target.

CVE-2018-14678

M. Vefa Bicakci and Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in the kernel exit code used on amd64 systems running as Xen PV guests. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-14734

A use-after-free bug was discovered in the InfiniBand communication manager. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption) or possible for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-15572

Esmaiel Mohammadian Koruyeh, Khaled Khasawneh, Chengyu Song, and Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, from University of California, Riverside, reported a variant of Spectre variant 2, dubbed SpectreRSB. A local user may be able to use this to read sensitive information from processes owned by other users.

CVE-2018-15594

Nadav Amit reported that some indirect function calls used in paravirtualised guests were vulnerable to Spectre variant 2. A local user may be able to use this to read sensitive information from the kernel.

CVE-2018-16276

Jann Horn discovered that the yurex driver did not correctly limit the length of copies to user buffers. A local user with access to a yurex device node could use this to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.

CVE-2018-16658

It was discovered that the cdrom driver does not correctly validate the parameter to the CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom device could use this to read sensitive information from the kernel or to cause a denial of service (crash).

CVE-2018-17182

Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache_flush_all function mishandles sequence number overflows. A local user can take advantage of this flaw to trigger a use-after-free, causing a denial of service (crash or memory corruption) or privilege escalation.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 4.9.110-3+deb9u5~deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your linux-4.9 packages.

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

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3777-2 advisory.

    USN-3777-1 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.

    Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache subsystem did not properly handle sequence number overflows,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17182)

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    Andy Lutomirski and Mika Penttil discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly check privilege levels when emulating some instructions. An unprivileged attacker in a guest VM     could use this to escalate privileges within the guest. (CVE-2018-10853)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

    USN 3653-2 added a mitigation for Speculative Store Bypass a.k.a. Spectre Variant 4 (CVE-2018-3639). This     update provides the corresponding mitigation for ARM64 processors. Please note that for this mitigation to     be effective, an updated firmware for the processor may be required. '

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-3777-1 advisory.

    Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache subsystem did not properly handle sequence number overflows,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17182)

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    Andy Lutomirski and Mika Penttil discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly check privilege levels when emulating some instructions. An unprivileged attacker in a guest VM     could use this to escalate privileges within the guest. (CVE-2018-10853)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

    USN 3652-1 added a mitigation for Speculative Store Bypass a.k.a. Spectre Variant 4 (CVE-2018-3639). This     update provides the corresponding mitigation for ARM64 processors. Please note that for this mitigation to     be effective, an updated firmware for the processor may be required.

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 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3776-2 advisory.

    USN-3776-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu     14.04 LTS.

    Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache subsystem did not properly handle sequence number overflows,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17182)

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference could be triggered in the OCFS2 file system     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-18216)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a     double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10902)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    It was discovered that the YUREX USB device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly restrict user     space reads or writes. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16276)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

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 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3776-1 advisory.

    Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache subsystem did not properly handle sequence number overflows,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-17182)

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference could be triggered in the OCFS2 file system     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2017-18216)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the raw MIDI driver for the Linux kernel, leading to a     double free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-10902)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    It was discovered that the YUREX USB device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly restrict user     space reads or writes. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16276)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

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 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3775-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the paravirtualization implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     some indirect calls, reducing the effectiveness of Spectre v2 mitigations for paravirtual guests. A local     attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15594)

    It was discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and prediction of return addresses     via Return Stack Buffer (RSB) may allow unauthorized memory reads via sidechannel attacks. An attacker     could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-15572)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the Linux kernel when loading an     executable to run. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-14634)

    It was discovered that a stack-based buffer overflow existed in the iSCSI target implementation of the     Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2018-14633)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the IRDA subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-6554)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IRDA implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6555)

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.

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

  - CVE-2018-6554     A memory leak in the irda_bind function in the irda     subsystem was discovered. A local user can take     advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service     (memory consumption).

  - CVE-2018-6555     A flaw was discovered in the irda_setsockopt function in     the irda subsystem, allowing a local user to cause a     denial of service (use-after-free and system crash).

  - CVE-2018-7755     Brian Belleville discovered a flaw in the     fd_locked_ioctl function in the floppy driver in the     Linux kernel. The floppy driver copies a kernel pointer     to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. A     local user with access to a floppy drive device can take     advantage of this flaw to discover the location kernel     code and data.

  - CVE-2018-9363     It was discovered that the Bluetooth HIDP implementation     did not correctly check the length of received report     messages. A paired HIDP device could use this to cause a     buffer overflow, leading to denial of service (memory     corruption or crash) or potentially remote code     execution.

  - CVE-2018-9516     It was discovered that the HID events interface in     debugfs did not correctly limit the length of copies to     user buffers. A local user with access to these files     could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption or crash) or possibly for privilege     escalation. However, by default debugfs is only     accessible by the root user.

  - CVE-2018-10902     It was discovered that the rawmidi kernel driver does     not protect against concurrent access which leads to a     double-realloc (double free) flaw. A local attacker can     take advantage of this issue for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-10938     Yves Younan from Cisco reported that the Cipso IPv4     module did not correctly check the length of IPv4     options. On custom kernels with CONFIG_NETLABEL enabled,     a remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (hang).

  - CVE-2018-13099     Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a use-after-free     bug in the F2FS implementation. An attacker able to     mount a crafted F2FS volume could use this to cause a     denial of service (crash or memory corruption) or     possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-14609     Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a potential NULL     pointer dereference in the F2FS implementation. An     attacker able to mount a crafted F2FS volume could use     this to cause a denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2018-14617     Wen Xu from SSLab at Gatech reported a potential NULL     pointer dereference in the HFS+ implementation. An     attacker able to mount a crafted HFS+ volume could use     this to cause a denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2018-14633     Vincent Pelletier discovered a stack-based buffer     overflow flaw in the chap_server_compute_md5() function     in the iSCSI target code. An unauthenticated remote     attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a     denial of service or possibly to get a non-authorized     access to data exported by an iSCSI target.

  - CVE-2018-14678     M. Vefa Bicakci and Andy Lutomirski discovered a flaw in     the kernel exit code used on amd64 systems running as     Xen PV guests. A local user could use this to cause a     denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2018-14734     A use-after-free bug was discovered in the InfiniBand     communication manager. A local user could use this to     cause a denial of service (crash or memory corruption)     or possible for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-15572     Esmaiel Mohammadian Koruyeh, Khaled Khasawneh, Chengyu     Song, and Nael Abu-Ghazaleh, from University of     California, Riverside, reported a variant of Spectre     variant 2, dubbed SpectreRSB. A local user may be able     to use this to read sensitive information from processes     owned by other users.

  - CVE-2018-15594     Nadav Amit reported that some indirect function calls     used in paravirtualised guests were vulnerable to     Spectre variant 2. A local user may be able to use this     to read sensitive information from the kernel.

  - CVE-2018-16276     Jann Horn discovered that the yurex driver did not     correctly limit the length of copies to user buffers. A     local user with access to a yurex device node could use     this to cause a denial of service (memory corruption or     crash) or possibly for privilege escalation.

  - CVE-2018-16658     It was discovered that the cdrom driver does not     correctly validate the parameter to the     CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS ioctl. A user with access to a cdrom     device could use this to read sensitive information from     the kernel or to cause a denial of service (crash).

  - CVE-2018-17182     Jann Horn discovered that the vmacache_flush_all     function mishandles sequence number overflows. A local     user can take advantage of this flaw to trigger a     use-after-free, causing a denial of service (crash or     memory corruption) or privilege escalation.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-14634: Prevent integer overflow in create_elf_tables that allowed a local attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full root privileges (bsc#1108912).

CVE-2018-10940: The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function allowed local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory (bsc#1092903)

CVE-2018-16658: Prevent information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status that could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bnc#1107689)

CVE-2018-6555: The irda_setsockopt function allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106511)

CVE-2018-6554: Prevent memory leak in the irda_bind function that allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106509)

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517)

CVE-2018-10902: Protect against concurrent access to prevent double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status(). A malicious local attacker could have used this for privilege escalation (bnc#1105322).

CVE-2018-14734: ucma_leave_multicast accessed a certain data structure after a cleanup step in ucma_process_join, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) (bsc#1103119).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-14617: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory (bsc#1102870).

CVE-2018-16276: Incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver in yurex_read allowed local attackers to use user access read/writes to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges (bsc#1106095).

CVE-2018-15594: Ensure correct handling of indirect calls, to prevent attackers for conducting Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtual guests (bsc#1105348).

CVE-2018-14634: Prevent integer overflow in create_elf_tables that allowed a local attacker to exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full root privileges (bsc#1108912)

CVE-2018-12896: Prevent integer overflow in the POSIX timer code that was caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically made the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls (bnc#1099922)

CVE-2018-10940: The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function allowed local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory (bsc#1092903)

CVE-2018-16658: Prevent information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status that could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bnc#1107689)

CVE-2018-6555: The irda_setsockopt function allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106511)

CVE-2018-6554: Prevent memory leak in the irda_bind function that allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106509)

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517)

CVE-2018-10902: Protect against concurrent access to prevent double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status(). A malicious local attacker could have used this for privilege escalation (bnc#1105322)

CVE-2018-14734: ucma_leave_multicast accessed a certain data structure after a cleanup step in ucma_process_join, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) (bsc#1103119)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 azure kernel was updated to 4.4.155 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-13093: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occured because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during allocation (bnc#1100001)

CVE-2018-13095: Prevent denial of service (memory corruption and BUG) that could have occurred for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents than fit in the inode fork (bnc#1099999)

CVE-2018-13094: Prevent OOPS that may have occured for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp (bnc#1100000)

CVE-2018-12896: Prevent integer overflow in the POSIX timer code that was caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically made the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls (bnc#1099922)

CVE-2018-16658: Prevent information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status that could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bnc#1107689)

CVE-2018-10940: The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function allowed local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory (bsc#1092903)

CVE-2018-6555: The irda_setsockopt function allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106511)

CVE-2018-6554: Prevent memory leak in the irda_bind function that allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106509)

CVE-2018-1129: A flaw was found in the way signature calculation was handled by cephx authentication protocol. An attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to alter the message payload was able to bypass signature checks done by cephx protocol (bnc#1096748)

CVE-2018-1128: It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack. Any attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to sniff packets on network can use this vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and perform actions allowed by ceph service (bnc#1096748)

CVE-2018-10938: A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker forced the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function leading to a denial-of-service (bnc#1106016)

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517)

CVE-2018-10902: Protect against concurrent access to prevent double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status(). A malicious local attacker could have used this for privilege escalation (bnc#1105322).

CVE-2018-9363: Prevent buffer overflow in hidp_process_report (bsc#1105292)

CVE-2018-10883: A local user could have caused 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 (bsc#1099863)

CVE-2018-10879: A local user could have caused a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099844)

CVE-2018-10878: A local user could have caused an out-of-bounds write and a denial of service or unspecified other impact by mounting and operating a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099813)

CVE-2018-10876: A use-after-free was possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1099811)

CVE-2018-10877: Prevent out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099846)

CVE-2018-10881: A local user could have caused 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 (bsc#1099864)

CVE-2018-10882: A local user could have caused an out-of-bound write, a denial of service, and a system crash by unmounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099849)

CVE-2018-10880: Prevent stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could have used this to cause a system crash and a denial of service (bsc#1099845)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.155 to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2018-13093: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occured because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during allocation (bnc#1100001).

CVE-2018-13095: Prevent denial of service (memory corruption and BUG) that could have occurred for a corrupted xfs image upon encountering an inode that is in extent format, but has more extents than fit in the inode fork (bnc#1099999).

CVE-2018-13094: Prevent OOPS that may have occured for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp (bnc#1100000).

CVE-2018-12896: Prevent integer overflow in the POSIX timer code that was caused by the way the overrun accounting works. Depending on interval and expiry time values, the overrun can be larger than INT_MAX, but the accounting is int based. This basically made the accounting values, which are visible to user space via timer_getoverrun(2) and siginfo::si_overrun, random. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (signed integer overflow) via crafted mmap, futex, timer_create, and timer_settime system calls (bnc#1099922).

CVE-2018-16658: Prevent information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status that could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bnc#1107689).

CVE-2018-6555: The irda_setsockopt function allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ias_object use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106511).

CVE-2018-6554: Prevent memory leak in the irda_bind function that allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket (bnc#1106509).

CVE-2018-1129: A flaw was found in the way signature calculation was handled by cephx authentication protocol. An attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to alter the message payload was able to bypass signature checks done by cephx protocol (bnc#1096748).

CVE-2018-1128: It was found that cephx authentication protocol did not verify ceph clients correctly and was vulnerable to replay attack. Any attacker having access to ceph cluster network who is able to sniff packets on network can use this vulnerability to authenticate with ceph service and perform actions allowed by ceph service (bnc#1096748).

CVE-2018-10938: A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker forced the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function leading to a denial-of-service (bnc#1106016).

CVE-2018-15572: The spectre_v2_select_mitigation function did not always fill RSB upon a context switch, which made it easier for attackers to conduct userspace-userspace spectreRSB attacks (bnc#1102517).

CVE-2018-10902: Protect against concurrent access to prevent double realloc (double free) in snd_rawmidi_input_params() and snd_rawmidi_output_status(). A malicious local attacker could have used this for privilege escalation (bnc#1105322 1105323).

CVE-2018-9363: Prevent buffer overflow in hidp_process_report (bsc#1105292)

CVE-2018-10883: A local user could have caused 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 (bsc#1099863).

CVE-2018-10879: A local user could have caused a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and a denial of service or unspecified other impact by renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099844).

CVE-2018-10878: A local user could have caused an out-of-bounds write and a denial of service or unspecified other impact by mounting and operating a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099813).

CVE-2018-10876: A use-after-free was possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1099811).

CVE-2018-10877: Prevent out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099846).

CVE-2018-10881: A local user could have caused 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 (bsc#1099864).

CVE-2018-10882: A local user could have caused an out-of-bound write, a denial of service, and a system crash by unmounting a crafted ext4 filesystem image (bsc#1099849).

CVE-2018-10880: Prevent stack-out-of-bounds write in the ext4 filesystem code when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image in ext4_update_inline_data(). An attacker could have used this to cause a system crash and a denial of service (bsc#1099845).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
125283	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:1289-1) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
124802	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1478)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
123329	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2019-769)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
120088	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2539-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
119010	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0273)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
118861	Oracle Linux 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4270)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
118441	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4261)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
118322	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-3777-3)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
118034	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:3084-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117988	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1140)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117908	Debian DLA-1531-1 : linux-4.9 security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
117873	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3777-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
117872	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3777-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
117871	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3776-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
117870	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3776-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
117869	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-3775-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
117862	Debian DSA-4308-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
117823	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2907-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117820	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2879-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117800	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2858-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117629	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:2776-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117523	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1016)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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