Insufficient access control in firmware for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege, denial of service, or information disclosure via local access.

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

  - KVM: x86: Remove spurious semicolon (Joao Martins)     [Orabug: 31413782]

  - genirq: Use rcu in kstat_irqs_usr (Eric Dumazet)

  - genirq: Make sparse_irq_lock protect what it should     protect (Thomas Gleixner) [Orabug: 30953676]

  - genirq: Free irq_desc with rcu (Thomas Gleixner)     [Orabug: 30953676]

  - qla2xxx: Update driver version to 9.00.00.00.42.0-k1-v2     (Arun Easi) [Orabug: 30372266]

  - qla2xxx: Fix device discovery when FCP2 device is lost.
    (Arun Easi) [Orabug: 30372266]

  - brcmfmac: add subtype check for event handling in data     path (John Donnelly) [Orabug: 30776354] (CVE-2019-9503)

  - percpu-refcount: fix reference leak during percpu-atomic     transition (Douglas Miller) [Orabug: 30867060]

  - blk-mq: Allow timeouts to run while queue is freezing     (Gabriel Krisman Bertazi) [Orabug: 30867060]

  - fs/dcache.c: fix spin lockup issue on nlru->lock     (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 30953290]

  - jbd2: disable CONFIG_JBD2_DEBUG (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug:
    31234664]

  - mwifiex: pcie: Fix memory leak in     mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug:
    31246302] (CVE-2019-19056)

  - drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in     vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl (Vladis Dronov) [Orabug:
    31262557] (CVE-2017-7346)

  - i40e: Increment the driver version for FW API update     (Jack Vogel) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Update FW API version to 1.9 (Piotr Azarewicz)     [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139)     (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Changed maximum supported FW API version to 1.8     (Adam Ludkiewicz) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Stop dropping 802.1ad tags - eth proto 0x88a8     (Scott Peterson) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: fix reading LLDP configuration (Mariusz Stachura)     [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139)     (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Add capability flag for stopping FW LLDP     (Krzysztof Galazka) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: refactor FW version checking (Mitch Williams)     [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139)     (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: shutdown all IRQs and disable MSI-X when suspended     (Jacob Keller) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: prevent service task from running while we're     suspended (Jacob Keller) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: don't clear suspended state until we finish     resuming (Jacob Keller) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: use newer generic PM support instead of legacy PM     callbacks (Jacob Keller) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: use separate state bit for miscellaneous IRQ setup     (Jacob Keller) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: fix for flow director counters not wrapping as     expected (Mariusz Stachura) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: relax warning message in case of version mismatch     (Mariusz Stachura) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: simplify member variable accesses (Sudheer     Mogilappagari) [Orabug: 31051191] (CVE-2019-0140)     (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Fix link down message when interface is brought up     (Sudheer Mogilappagari) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - i40e: Fix unqualified module message while bringing link     up (Sudheer Mogilappagari) [Orabug: 31051191]     (CVE-2019-0140) (CVE-2019-0139) (CVE-2019-0144)

  - HID: Fix assumption that devices have inputs (Alan     Stern) [Orabug: 31208622] (CVE-2019-19532)

  - qla2xxx: DBG: disable 3D mailbox. (Quinn Tran) [Orabug:
    30890687]

  - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix mtcp dump collection failure (Quinn     Tran) [Orabug: 30890687]

  - scsi: qla2xxx: Add Serdes support for ISP27XX (Joe     Carnuccio) [Orabug: 30890687]

  - vgacon: Fix a UAF in vgacon_invert_region (Zhang Xiaoxu)     [Orabug: 31143947] (CVE-2020-8649) (CVE-2020-8647)     (CVE-2020-8647) (CVE-2020-8649) (CVE-2020-8649)     (CVE-2020-8647)

  - HID: hiddev: do cleanup in failure of opening a device     (Hillf Danton) [Orabug: 31206360] (CVE-2019-19527)

  - HID: hiddev: avoid opening a disconnected device (Hillf     Danton) [Orabug: 31206360] (CVE-2019-19527)

  - USB: adutux: fix use-after-free on disconnect (Johan     Hovold) [Orabug: 31233769] (CVE-2019-19523)

  - ipv4: implement support for NOPREFIXROUTE ifa flag for     ipv4 address (Paolo Abeni) [Orabug: 30292825]

  - vt: selection, push sel_lock up (Jiri Slaby) [Orabug:
    30923298] (CVE-2020-8648)

  - vt: selection, push console lock down (Jiri Slaby)     [Orabug: 30923298] (CVE-2020-8648)

  - vt: selection, close sel_buffer race (Jiri Slaby)     [Orabug: 30923298] (CVE-2020-8648) (CVE-2020-8648)

  - xfs: stop searching for free slots in an inode chunk     when there are none (Carlos Maiolino) [Orabug: 31030659]

  - xfs: fix up xfs_swap_extent_forks inline extent handling     (Eric Sandeen) [Orabug: 31032831]

  - xfs: validate sb_logsunit is a multiple of the fs     blocksize (Darrick J. Wong) [Orabug: 31034071]

  - mwifiex: Fix three heap overflow at parsing element in     cfg80211_ap_settings (Wen Huang) [Orabug: 31104481]     (CVE-2019-14814) (CVE-2019-14815) (CVE-2019-14816)     (CVE-2019-14814) (CVE-2019-14815) (CVE-2019-14816)

  - rds: fix an infoleak in rds_inc_info_copy (Kangjie Lu)     [Orabug: 30770962] (CVE-2016-5244)

  - xfs: do async inactivation only when fs freezed (Junxiao     Bi) [Orabug: 30944736]

  - xfs: fix deadlock between shrinker and fs freeze     (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 30944736]

  - xfs: increase the default parallelism levels of pwork     clients (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 30944736]

  - xfs: decide if inode needs inactivation (Junxiao Bi)     [Orabug: 30944736]

  - xfs: refactor the predicate part of xfs_free_eofblocks     (Junxiao Bi) [Orabug: 30944736]

  - floppy: check FDC index for errors before assigning it     (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 31067516] (CVE-2020-9383)

  - KVM: x86: clear stale x86_emulate_ctxt->intercept value     (Vitaly Kuznetsov) [Orabug: 31118691]

  - slcan: Don't transmit uninitialized stack data in     padding (Richard Palethorpe) [Orabug: 31136753]     (CVE-2020-11494)

  - rds: transport module should be auto loaded when     transport is set (Rao Shoaib) [Orabug: 31031928]

  - KVM: X86: Fix NULL deref in vcpu_scan_ioapic (Wanpeng     Li) [Orabug: 31078882]

  - vhost: Check docket sk_family instead of call getname     (Eugenio P&eacute rez) [Orabug: 31085993]     (CVE-2020-10942)

  - Revert 'oled: give panic handler chance to run before     kexec' (Wengang Wang) [Orabug: 31098797]

  - kernel: cpu.c: fix return in void function     cpu_smt_disable (Mihai Carabas) [Orabug: 31047871]

  - net: qlogic: Fix memory leak in ql_alloc_large_buffers     (Navid Emamdoost) [Orabug: 31055327] (CVE-2019-18806)

  - swiotlb: clean up reporting (Kees Cook) [Orabug:
    31085017] (CVE-2018-5953)

  - KVM: x86: Expose more Intel AVX512 feature to guest     (Luwei Kang) [Orabug: 31085086]

  - x86/cpufeature: Enable new AVX-512 features (Fenghua Yu)     [Orabug: 31085086]

  - xenbus: req->err should be updated before req->state     (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 30705030]

  - xenbus: req->body should be updated before req->state     (Dongli Zhang) [Orabug: 30705030]

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-5670 advisory.

    - brcmfmac: add subtype check for event handling in data path (John Donnelly)  [Orabug: 30776354]     {CVE-2019-9503}
    - mwifiex: pcie: Fix memory leak in mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf (Navid Emamdoost)  [Orabug: 31246302]     {CVE-2019-19056}
    - drm/vmwgfx: limit the number of mip levels in vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl() (Vladis Dronov)  [Orabug:
    31262557]  {CVE-2017-7346}
    - i40e: Increment the driver version for FW API update (Jack Vogel)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140}     {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Update FW API version to 1.9 (Piotr Azarewicz)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140}     {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Changed maximum supported FW API version to 1.8 (Adam Ludkiewicz)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Stop dropping 802.1ad tags - eth proto 0x88a8 (Scott Peterson)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: fix reading LLDP configuration (Mariusz Stachura)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140}     {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Add capability flag for stopping FW LLDP (Krzysztof Galazka)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140}     {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: refactor FW version checking (Mitch Williams)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139}     {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: shutdown all IRQs and disable MSI-X when suspended (Jacob Keller)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: prevent service task from running while we're suspended (Jacob Keller)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: don't clear suspended state until we finish resuming (Jacob Keller)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: use newer generic PM support instead of legacy PM callbacks (Jacob Keller)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: use separate state bit for miscellaneous IRQ setup (Jacob Keller)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: fix for flow director counters not wrapping as expected (Mariusz Stachura)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: relax warning message in case of version mismatch (Mariusz Stachura)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: simplify member variable accesses (Sudheer Mogilappagari)  [Orabug: 31051191]  {CVE-2019-0140}     {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Fix link down message when interface is brought up (Sudheer Mogilappagari)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - i40e: Fix unqualified module message while bringing link up (Sudheer Mogilappagari)  [Orabug: 31051191]     {CVE-2019-0140} {CVE-2019-0139} {CVE-2019-0144}
    - HID: Fix assumption that devices have inputs (Alan Stern)  [Orabug: 31208622]  {CVE-2019-19532}
    - vgacon: Fix a UAF in vgacon_invert_region (Zhang Xiaoxu)  [Orabug: 31143947]  {CVE-2020-8649}     {CVE-2020-8647} {CVE-2020-8647} {CVE-2020-8649} {CVE-2020-8649} {CVE-2020-8647}
    - HID: hiddev: do cleanup in failure of opening a device (Hillf Danton)  [Orabug: 31206360]     {CVE-2019-19527}
    - HID: hiddev: avoid opening a disconnected device (Hillf Danton)  [Orabug: 31206360]  {CVE-2019-19527}
    - USB: adutux: fix use-after-free on disconnect (Johan Hovold)  [Orabug: 31233769]  {CVE-2019-19523}
    - vt: selection, push sel_lock up (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 30923298]  {CVE-2020-8648}
    - vt: selection, push console lock down (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 30923298]  {CVE-2020-8648}
    - vt: selection, close sel_buffer race (Jiri Slaby)  [Orabug: 30923298]  {CVE-2020-8648} {CVE-2020-8648}
    - mwifiex: Fix three heap overflow at parsing element in cfg80211_ap_settings (Wen Huang)  [Orabug:
    31104481]  {CVE-2019-14814} {CVE-2019-14815} {CVE-2019-14816} {CVE-2019-14814} {CVE-2019-14815}     {CVE-2019-14816}
    - rds: fix an infoleak in rds_inc_info_copy (Kangjie Lu)  [Orabug: 30770962]  {CVE-2016-5244}
    - floppy: check FDC index for errors before assigning it (Linus Torvalds)  [Orabug: 31067516]     {CVE-2020-9383}

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
137128	OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2020-0019)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	high
136388	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2020-5670)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high

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