An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4948-1 advisory.

    Ryota Shiga discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly verify that a BPF     program only reserved as much memory for a ring buffer as was allocated. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3489)

    Manfred Paul discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly track bounds on     bitwise operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3490)

    Billy Jheng Bing-Jhong discovered that the io_uring implementation of the Linux kernel did not properly     enforce the MAX_RW_COUNT limit in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3491)

    Kiyin () discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a     reference counting error. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2020-25670)

    Kiyin () discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-25671, CVE-2020-25672)

    It was discovered that the Xen paravirtualization backend in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2021-28688)

    It was discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition leading to a     deadlock condition. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-28951)

    John Stultz discovered that the audio driver for Qualcomm SDM845 systems in the Linux kernel did not     properly validate port ID numbers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-28952)

    Zygo Blaxell discovered that the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition during certain cloning operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2021-28964)

    Vince Weaver discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain PEBS     records properly for some Intel Haswell processors. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2021-28971)

    It was discovered that the RPA PCI Hotplug driver implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle device name writes via sysfs, leading to a buffer overflow. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-28972)

    It was discovered that the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver for the Linux kernel did not properly handle     receive queue overrun when jumbo frames were enabled in some situations. An attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-29264)

    It was discovered that the vDPA backend virtio driver in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-29266)

    It was discovered that the TIPC protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     passed encryption key sizes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-29646)

    It was discovered that the Qualcomm IPC router implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory passed to user space. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-29647)

    It was discovered that the BPF user mode driver implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2021-29649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel when     replacing tables. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-29650)

    Felix Wilhelm discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel for AMD processors contained race     conditions on nested VMCB controls. A local attacker in a guest vm could possibly use this to gain     elevated privileges. (CVE-2021-29657)

    Dan Carpenter discovered that the block device manager (dm) implementation in the Linux kernel contained a     buffer overflow in the ioctl for listing devices. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-31916)

     discovered that the IEEE 1394 (Firewire) nosy packet sniffer driver in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-3483)

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 Fedora 33 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-2306e89112 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in     the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment     size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is     enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6. (CVE-2021-29264)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. tipc_nl_retrieve_key in net/tipc/node.c does     not properly validate certain data sizes, aka CID-0217ed2848e8. (CVE-2021-29646)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. qrtr_recvmsg in net/qrtr/qrtr.c allows     attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because of a partially uninitialized data     structure, aka CID-50535249f624. (CVE-2021-29647)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The BPF subsystem does not properly consider     that resolved_ids and resolved_sizes are intentionally uninitialized in the vmlinux BPF Type Format (BTF),     which can cause a system crash upon an unexpected access attempt (in map_create in kernel/bpf/syscall.c or     check_btf_info in kernel/bpf/verifier.c), aka CID-350a5c4dd245. (CVE-2021-29648)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a     copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and     kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677. (CVE-2021-29649)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The netfilter subsystem allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (panic) because net/netfilter/x_tables.c and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h     lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value, aka CID-175e476b8cdf.
    (CVE-2021-29650)

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

The remote Fedora 32 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-6b0f287b8b advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.11.10. drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c in     the Freescale Gianfar Ethernet driver allows attackers to cause a system crash because a negative fragment     size is calculated in situations involving an rx queue overrun when jumbo packets are used and NAPI is     enabled, aka CID-d8861bab48b6. (CVE-2021-29264)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. tipc_nl_retrieve_key in net/tipc/node.c does     not properly validate certain data sizes, aka CID-0217ed2848e8. (CVE-2021-29646)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. qrtr_recvmsg in net/qrtr/qrtr.c allows     attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory because of a partially uninitialized data     structure, aka CID-50535249f624. (CVE-2021-29647)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The BPF subsystem does not properly consider     that resolved_ids and resolved_sizes are intentionally uninitialized in the vmlinux BPF Type Format (BTF),     which can cause a system crash upon an unexpected access attempt (in map_create in kernel/bpf/syscall.c or     check_btf_info in kernel/bpf/verifier.c), aka CID-350a5c4dd245. (CVE-2021-29648)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The user mode driver (UMD) has a     copy_process() memory leak, related to a lack of cleanup steps in kernel/usermode_driver.c and     kernel/bpf/preload/bpf_preload_kern.c, aka CID-f60a85cad677. (CVE-2021-29649)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.11. The netfilter subsystem allows attackers to     cause a denial of service (panic) because net/netfilter/x_tables.c and include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h     lack a full memory barrier upon the assignment of a new table value, aka CID-175e476b8cdf.
    (CVE-2021-29650)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
203374	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0031	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
149407	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-4948-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
148797	Fedora 33 : kernel / kernel-headers / kernel-tools (2021-2306e89112)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
148796	Fedora 32 : kernel / kernel-headers / kernel-tools (2021-6b0f287b8b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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