loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by using /proc/<pid>/maps for exploitation.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.10.68-62.173. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2022-006 advisory.

    2024-03-13: CVE-2021-46913 was added to this advisory.

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When reusing a socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid as a     listener, the socket will be used after being released leading to denial of service (DoS) or a potential     code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as     well as system availability. (CVE-2020-16119)

    A flaw in the processing of received ICMP errors (ICMP fragment needed and ICMP redirect) in the Linux     kernel functionality was found to allow the ability to quickly scan open UDP ports. This flaw allows an     off-path remote user to effectively bypass the source port UDP randomization. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to confidentiality and possibly integrity, because software that relies on UDP source     port randomization are indirectly affected as well. (CVE-2021-20322)

    A flaw was found in loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel. This problem gives the ability to a     local user with a normal user privilege to free a user-defined kernel space buffer. (CVE-2021-41073)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: nftables: clone set element expression template

    memcpy() breaks when using connlimit in set elements. Usenft_expr_clone() to initialize the connlimit     expression list, otherwiseconnlimit garbage collector crashes when walking on the list head copy.

    [  493.064656] Workqueue: events_power_efficient nft_rhash_gc [nf_tables][  493.064685] RIP:
    0010:find_or_evict+0x5a/0x90 [nf_conncount][  493.064694] Code: 2b 43 40 83 f8 01 77 0d 48 c7 c0 f5 ff ff     ff 44 39 63 3c 75 df 83 6d 18 01 48 8b 43 08 48 89 de 48 8b 13 48 8b 3d ee 2f 00 00 <48> 89 42 08 48 89 10     48 b8 00 01 00 00 00 00 ad de 48 89 03 48 83[  493.064699] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000417dc0 EFLAGS: 00010297[     493.064704] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888134f38410 RCX: 0000000000000000[  493.064708] RDX:
    0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888134f38410 RDI: ffff888100060cc0[  493.064711] RBP: ffff88812ce594a8 R08:
    ffff888134f38438 R09: 00000000ebb9025c[  493.064714] R10: ffffffff8219f838 R11: 0000000000000017 R12:
    0000000000000001[  493.064718] R13: ffffffff82146740 R14: ffff888134f38410 R15: 0000000000000000[     493.064721] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88840e440000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000[  493.064725] CS:
    0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033[  493.064729] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 00000001330aa002     CR4: 00000000001706e0[  493.064733] Call Trace:[  493.064737]  nf_conncount_gc_list+0x8f/0x150     [nf_conncount][  493.064746]  nft_rhash_gc+0x106/0x390 [nf_tables] (CVE-2021-46913)

    In ip_check_mc_rcu of igmp.c, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. This could lead     to local escalation of privilege when opening and closing inet sockets with no additional execution     privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android     kernelAndroid ID: A-112551163References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2022-20141)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

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-5106-1 advisory.

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free     adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce certain types of entries in the Secure     Boot Forbidden Signature Database (aka dbx) protection mechanism. An attacker could use this to bypass     UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. (CVE-2020-26541)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker who could     start and control a VM could possibly use this to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-22543)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a     denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

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 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5092-2 advisory.

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free     adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

    Ofek Kirzner, Adam Morrison, Benedict Schlueter, and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF verifier in the     Linux kernel missed possible mispredicted branches due to type confusion, allowing a side-channel attack.
    An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-33624)

    Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side- channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34556)

    Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side-channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-35477)

    It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu     ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

    It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

    Alexey Kardashevskiy discovered that the KVM implementation for PowerPC systems in the Linux kernel did     not properly validate RTAS arguments in some situations. An attacker in a guest vm could use this to cause     a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37576)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a     denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

    It was discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds access     error. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-38201)

    It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

    It was discovered that the Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite device driver in the Linux kernel could report     pointer addresses in some situations. An attacker could use this information to ease the exploitation of     another vulnerability. (CVE-2021-38205)

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 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5096-1 advisory.

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free     adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

    Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side- channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34556)

    Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side-channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-35477)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

    It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu     ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

    It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

    Alois Wohlschlager discovered that the overlay file system in the Linux kernel did not restrict private     clones in some situations. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3732)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    It was discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel contained an integer overflow in its hash     table implementation. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-38166)

    Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a     denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

    It was discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds access     error. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-38201)

    It was discovered that the NFS server implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds read     when the trace even framework is being used for nfsd. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38202)

    Naohiro Aota discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in     situations that triggered allocations of new system chunks. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service (deadlock). (CVE-2021-38203)

    It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

    It was discovered that the Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite device driver in the Linux kernel could report     pointer addresses in some situations. An attacker could use this information to ease the exploitation of     another vulnerability. (CVE-2021-38205)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition when writing     xattrs to an inode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-40490)

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 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5092-1 advisory.

    Valentina Palmiotti discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel could be coerced to free     adjacent memory. A local attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-41073)

    Ofek Kirzner, Adam Morrison, Benedict Schlueter, and Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF verifier in the     Linux kernel missed possible mispredicted branches due to type confusion, allowing a side-channel attack.
    An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-33624)

    Benedict Schlueter discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side- channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-34556)

    Piotr Krysiuk discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly protect against     Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) side-channel attacks in some situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-35477)

    It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu     ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

    It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159)

    Alexey Kardashevskiy discovered that the KVM implementation for PowerPC systems in the Linux kernel did     not properly validate RTAS arguments in some situations. An attacker in a guest vm could use this to cause     a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37576)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    Michael Wakabayashi discovered that the NFSv4 client implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     order connection setup operations. An attacker controlling a remote NFS server could use this to cause a     denial of service on the client. (CVE-2021-38199)

    It was discovered that the Sun RPC implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds access     error. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-38201)

    It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

    It was discovered that the Xilinx 10/100 Ethernet Lite device driver in the Linux kernel could report     pointer addresses in some situations. An attacker could use this information to ease the exploitation of     another vulnerability. (CVE-2021-38205)

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 Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-4978 advisory.

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel exploitable by a local attacker due to reuse of a DCCP     socket with an attached dccps_hc_tx_ccid object as a listener after being released. Fixed in Ubuntu Linux     kernel 5.4.0-51.56, 5.3.0-68.63, 4.15.0-121.123, 4.4.0-193.224, 3.13.0.182.191 and 3.2.0-149.196.
    (CVE-2020-16119)

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

  - A lack of CPU resource in the Linux kernel tracing module functionality in versions prior to 5.14-rc3 was     found in the way user uses trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with     CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
    (CVE-2021-3679)

  - arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest     OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e. (CVE-2021-37576)

  - ** DISPUTED ** In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss     can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE:
    the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the     length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior.
    (CVE-2021-38160)

  - In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds     write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without     the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability. (CVE-2021-38166)

  - fs/nfs/nfs4client.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4 has incorrect connection-setup ordering, which     allows operators of remote NFSv4 servers to cause a denial of service (hanging of mounts) by arranging for     those servers to be unreachable during trunking detection. (CVE-2021-38199)

  - A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in     the Linux kernel through 5.13.13. (CVE-2021-40490)

  - loop_rw_iter in fs/io_uring.c in the Linux kernel 5.10 through 5.14.6 allows local users to gain     privileges by using IORING_OP_PROVIDE_BUFFERS to trigger a free of a kernel buffer, as demonstrated by     using /proc//maps for exploitation. (CVE-2021-41073)

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
160432	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2022-006)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
155326	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0126	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
153908	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5106-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
153799	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5092-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
153789	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5096-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
153770	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5092-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
153668	Debian DSA-4978-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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