A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-185 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root     (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD     CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). (CVE-2022-0171)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-     component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-1184)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a     user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage     of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read     unauthorized random data from memory. (CVE-2022-1462)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user     forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local     user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-1679)

  - With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID     is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2022-1789)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of     service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal     instruction in guest in the Intel CPU. (CVE-2022-1852)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal.
    This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.
    (CVE-2022-1973)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an     attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and     possibly to run code. (CVE-2022-2078)

  - Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21125)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)

  - Aliases in the branch predictor may cause some AMD processors to predict the wrong branch type potentially     leading to information disclosure. (CVE-2022-23825)

  - Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text     explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Linux Block and Network PV device     frontends don't zero memory regions before sharing them with the backend (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740).
    Additionally the granularity of the grant table doesn't allow sharing less than a 4K page, leading to     unrelated data residing in the same 4K page as data shared with a backend being accessible by such backend     (CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742). (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742)

  - Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow     an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-26373)

  - An issue was found in the Linux kernel in nf_conntrack_irc where the message handling can be confused and     incorrectly matches the message. A firewall may be able to be bypassed when users are using unencrypted     IRC with nf_conntrack_irc configured. (CVE-2022-2663)

  - An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem in how a user calls the     bpf_tail_call function with a key larger than the max_entries of the map. This flaw allows a local user to     gain unauthorized access to data. (CVE-2022-2905)

  - Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution     under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29900)

  - Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their     retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can     hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain     microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29901)

  - A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem)     when multiple calls to xfrm_probe_algs occurred simultaneously. This flaw could allow a local attacker to     potentially trigger an out-of-bounds write or leak kernel heap memory by performing an out-of-bounds read     and copying it into a socket. (CVE-2022-3028)

  - Found Linux Kernel flaw in the i740 driver. The Userspace program could pass any values to the driver     through ioctl() interface. The driver doesn't check the value of 'pixclock', so it may cause a divide by     zero error. (CVE-2022-3061)

  - There exists a use-after-free in io_uring in the Linux kernel. Signalfd_poll() and binder_poll() use a     waitqueue whose lifetime is the current task. It will send a POLLFREE notification to all waiters before     the queue is freed. Unfortunately, the io_uring poll doesn't handle POLLFREE. This allows a use-after-free     to occur if a signalfd or binder fd is polled with io_uring poll, and the waitqueue gets freed. We     recommend upgrading past commit fc78b2fc21f10c4c9c4d5d659a685710ffa63659 (CVE-2022-3176)

  - net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create     user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to     a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-32250)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer     overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point     registers. (CVE-2022-32981)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel sound subsystem due to improper locking. It could lead     to a NULL pointer dereference while handling the SNDCTL_DSP_SYNC ioctl. A privileged local user (root or     member of the audio group) could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service     condition (CVE-2022-3303)

  - network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs While adding logic to support XDP (eXpress Data     Path), a code label was moved in a way allowing for SKBs having references (pointers) retained for further     processing to nevertheless be freed. (CVE-2022-33743)

  - rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a     double free. (CVE-2022-34494)

  - rpmsg_probe in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a double free.
    (CVE-2022-34495)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.9. A type confusion bug in nft_set_elem_init     (leading to a buffer overflow) could be used by a local attacker to escalate privileges, a different     vulnerability than CVE-2022-32250. (The attacker can obtain root access, but must start with an     unprivileged user namespace to obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN access.) This can be fixed in nft_setelem_parse_data     in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. (CVE-2022-34918)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.18.13 lacks a certain clear operation for the block starting symbol (.bss). This     allows Xen PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2022-36123)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in     net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice. (CVE-2022-36879)

  - nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because, in the case of an nf_queue verdict with a one-byte     nfta_payload attribute, an skb_pull can encounter a negative skb->len. (CVE-2022-36946)

  - An issue was discovered the x86 KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.18.17. Unprivileged guest users     can compromise the guest kernel because TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED     situations. (CVE-2022-39189)

  - An issue was discovered in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel before 5.19.6. A denial of     service can occur upon binding to an already bound chain. (CVE-2022-39190)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.19. In pxa3xx_gcu_write in     drivers/video/fbdev/pxa3xx-gcu.c, the count parameter has a type conflict of size_t versus int, causing an     integer overflow and bypassing the size check. After that, because it is used as the third argument to     copy_from_user(), a heap overflow may occur. (CVE-2022-39842)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.19.8. drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c has a     race condition with a resultant use-after-free. (CVE-2022-40307)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The existing KVM SEV API has a vulnerability that allows a non-root     (host) user-level application to crash the host kernel by creating a confidential guest VM instance in AMD     CPU that supports Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). (CVE-2022-0171) (CVE-2022-21505)

  - kernel: posix cpu timer use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2585)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user     forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local     user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-1679) (CVE-2022-2586)

  - kernel: a use-after-free in cls_route filter implementation may lead to privilege escalation     (CVE-2022-2588)

  - A flaw was found in hw. Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary     speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-28693)

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-5623-1 advisory.

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux     kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061)

    It was discovered that the framebuffer driver on the Linux kernel did not verify size limits when changing     font or screen size, leading to an out-of- bounds write. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33655)

    Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not     provide sufficient randomization when calculating port offsets. An attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1012, CVE-2022-32296)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds     write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1943)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    Duoming Zhou discovered that race conditions existed in the timer handling implementation of the Linux     kernel's Rose X.25 protocol layer, resulting in use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-2318)

    It was discovered that the device-mapper verity (dm-verity) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify targets being loaded into the device- mapper table. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2503)

    Roger Pau Monn discovered that the Xen virtual block driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory pages to be used for shared communication with the backend. A local attacker could use     this to expose sensitive information (guest kernel memory). (CVE-2022-26365)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-     of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-2873)

    Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the pipe buffers implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2959)

    Roger Pau Monn discovered that the Xen paravirtualization frontend in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory pages to be used for shared communication with the backend. A local attacker could use     this to expose sensitive information (guest kernel memory). (CVE-2022-33740)

    It was discovered that the Xen paravirtualization frontend in the Linux kernel incorrectly shared     unrelated data when communicating with certain backends. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (guest crash) or expose sensitive information (guest kernel memory). (CVE-2022-33741,     CVE-2022-33742)

    Jan Beulich discovered that the Xen network device frontend driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly handled     socket buffers (skb) references when communicating with certain backends. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (guest crash). (CVE-2022-33743)

    Oleksandr Tyshchenko discovered that the Xen paravirtualization platform in the Linux kernel on ARM     platforms contained a race condition in certain situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to     cause a denial of service in the host OS. (CVE-2022-33744)

    It was discovered that the virtio RPMSG bus driver in the Linux kernel contained a double-free     vulnerability in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2022-34494, CVE-2022-34495)

    Domingo Dirutigliano and Nicola Guerrera discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did     not properly handle rules that truncated packets below the packet header size. When such rules are in     place, a remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-36946)

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 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5616-1 advisory.

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux     kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061)

    Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not     provide sufficient randomization when calculating port offsets. An attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1012, CVE-2022-32296)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds     write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1943)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    It was discovered that the device-mapper verity (dm-verity) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify targets being loaded into the device- mapper table. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2503)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-     of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-2873)

    Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the pipe buffers implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2959)

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 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5602-1 advisory.

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux     kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061)

    Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not     provide sufficient randomization when calculating port offsets. An attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1012)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds     write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1943)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    It was discovered that the device-mapper verity (dm-verity) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify targets being loaded into the device- mapper table. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2503)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-     of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-2873)

    Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the pipe buffers implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2959)

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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-114 advisory.

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-     component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-1184)

  - With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID     is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2022-1789)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of     service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal     instruction in guest in the Intel CPU. (CVE-2022-1852)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal.
    This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.
    (CVE-2022-1973)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an     attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and     possibly to run code. (CVE-2022-2078)

  - Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text     explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Linux Block and Network PV device     frontends don't zero memory regions before sharing them with the backend (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740).
    Additionally the granularity of the grant table doesn't allow sharing less than a 4K page, leading to     unrelated data residing in the same 4K page as data shared with a backend being accessible by such backend     (CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742). (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742)

  - net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create     user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to     a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-32250)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer     overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point     registers. (CVE-2022-32981)

  - network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs While adding logic to support XDP (eXpress Data     Path), a code label was moved in a way allowing for SKBs having references (pointers) retained for further     processing to nevertheless be freed. (CVE-2022-33743)

  - rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a     double free. (CVE-2022-34494)

  - rpmsg_probe in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a double free.
    (CVE-2022-34495)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.9. A type confusion bug in nft_set_elem_init     (leading to a buffer overflow) could be used by a local attacker to escalate privileges, a different     vulnerability than CVE-2022-32250. (The attacker can obtain root access, but must start with an     unprivileged user namespace to obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN access.) This can be fixed in nft_setelem_parse_data     in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. (CVE-2022-34918)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-     component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-1184) (CVE-2022-1972)

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 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5599-1 advisory.

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux     kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061)

    Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not     provide sufficient randomization when calculating port offsets. An attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1012)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds     write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1943)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    It was discovered that the device-mapper verity (dm-verity) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify targets being loaded into the device- mapper table. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2503)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-     of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-2873)

    Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the pipe buffers implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2959)

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 / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5594-1 advisory.

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) 10GbE PCI Express (ixgbe) Ethernet driver for the Linux     kernel performed insufficient control flow management. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service. (CVE-2021-33061)

    Moshe Kol, Amit Klein and Yossi Gilad discovered that the IP implementation in the Linux kernel did not     provide sufficient randomization when calculating port offsets. An attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1012)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that a race condition existed in the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel,     resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1729)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    It was discovered that the UDF file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds     write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1943)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    It was discovered that the device-mapper verity (dm-verity) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify targets being loaded into the device- mapper table. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2503)

    Zheyu Ma discovered that the Intel iSMT SMBus host controller driver in the Linux kernel contained an out-     of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2022-2873)

    Selim Enes Karaduman discovered that a race condition existed in the pipe buffers implementation of the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     escalate privileges. (CVE-2022-2959)

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 version of kernel-generic installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.63 / 5.15.63_smp. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-237-02 advisory.

  - When sending malicous data to kernel by ioctl cmd FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO,kernel will write memory out of     bounds. (CVE-2021-33655)

  - A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the     small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of     service problem. (CVE-2022-1012)

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TeleTYpe subsystem. The issue occurs in how a     user triggers a race condition using ioctls TIOCSPTLCK and TIOCGPTPEER and TIOCSTI and TCXONC with leakage     of memory in the flush_to_ldisc function. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system or read     unauthorized random data from memory. (CVE-2022-1462)

  - Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a concurrency     use-after-free flaw in the bad_flp_intr function. By executing a specially-crafted program, an attacker     could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the     system. (CVE-2022-1652)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Atheros wireless adapter driver in the way a user     forces the ath9k_htc_wait_for_target function to fail with some input messages. This flaw allows a local     user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-1679)

  - A flaw in Linux Kernel found in nfcmrvl_nci_unregister_dev() in drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/main.c can lead to use     after free both read or write when non synchronized between cleanup routine and firmware download routine.
    (CVE-2022-1734)

  - With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID     is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2022-1789)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of     service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal     instruction in guest in the Intel CPU. (CVE-2022-1852)

  - A flaw out of bounds memory write in the Linux kernel UDF file system functionality was found in the way     user triggers some file operation which triggers udf_write_fi(). A local user could use this flaw to crash     the system or potentially (CVE-2022-1943)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel in log_replay in fs/ntfs3/fslog.c in the NTFS journal.
    This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system and leads to a kernel information leak problem.
    (CVE-2022-1973)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an     attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and     possibly to run code. (CVE-2022-2078)

  - Incomplete cleanup of multi-core shared buffers for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated     user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21123)

  - Incomplete cleanup of microarchitectural fill buffers on some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21125)

  - Incomplete cleanup in specific special register write operations for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an     authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-21166)

  - KGDB and KDB allow read and write access to kernel memory, and thus should be restricted during lockdown.
    An attacker with access to a serial port could trigger the debugger so it is important that the debugger     respect the lockdown mode when/if it is triggered. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality, Integrity and     Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). (CVE-2022-21499)

  - There are use-after-free vulnerabilities caused by timer handler in net/rose/rose_timer.c of linux that     allow attackers to crash linux kernel without any privileges. (CVE-2022-2318)

  - Dm-verity is used for extending root-of-trust to root filesystems. LoadPin builds on this property to     restrict module/firmware loads to just the trusted root filesystem. Device-mapper table reloads currently     allow users with root privileges to switch out the target with an equivalent dm-linear target and bypass     verification till reboot. This allows root to bypass LoadPin and can be used to load untrusted and     unverified kernel modules and firmware, which implies arbitrary kernel execution and persistence for     peripherals that do not verify firmware updates. We recommend upgrading past commit     4caae58406f8ceb741603eee460d79bacca9b1b5 (CVE-2022-2503)

  - Linux disk/nic frontends data leaks T[his CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text     explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] Linux Block and Network PV device     frontends don't zero memory regions before sharing them with the backend (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740).
    Additionally the granularity of the grant table doesn't allow sharing less than a 4K page, leading to     unrelated data residing in the same 4K page as data shared with a backend being accessible by such backend     (CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742). (CVE-2022-26365, CVE-2022-33740, CVE-2022-33741, CVE-2022-33742)

  - Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow     an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-26373)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel Intel's iSMT SMBus host controller     driver in the way a user triggers the I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA (with the ioctl I2C_SMBUS) with malicious input     data. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system. (CVE-2022-2873)

  - The SUNRPC subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.17.2 can call xs_xprt_free before ensuring that sockets     are in the intended state. (CVE-2022-28893)

  - Mis-trained branch predictions for return instructions may allow arbitrary speculative code execution     under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29900)

  - Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their     retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can     hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain     microarchitecture-dependent conditions. (CVE-2022-29901)

  - net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create     user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to     a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-32250)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.17.9 allows TCP servers to identify clients by observing what source ports are     used. (CVE-2022-32296)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer     overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point     registers. (CVE-2022-32981)

  - network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs While adding logic to support XDP (eXpress Data     Path), a code label was moved in a way allowing for SKBs having references (pointers) retained for further     processing to nevertheless be freed. (CVE-2022-33743)

  - Arm guests can cause Dom0 DoS via PV devices When mapping pages of guests on Arm, dom0 is using an rbtree     to keep track of the foreign mappings. Updating of that rbtree is not always done completely with the     related lock held, resulting in a small race window, which can be used by unprivileged guests via PV     devices to cause inconsistencies of the rbtree. These inconsistencies can lead to Denial of Service (DoS)     of dom0, e.g. by causing crashes or the inability to perform further mappings of other guests' memory     pages. (CVE-2022-33744)

  - rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a     double free. (CVE-2022-34494)

  - rpmsg_probe in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a double free.
    (CVE-2022-34495)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.9. A type confusion bug in nft_set_elem_init     (leading to a buffer overflow) could be used by a local attacker to escalate privileges, a different     vulnerability than CVE-2022-32250. (The attacker can obtain root access, but must start with an     unprivileged user namespace to obtain CAP_NET_ADMIN access.) This can be fixed in nft_setelem_parse_data     in net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c. (CVE-2022-34918)

  - The Linux kernel before 5.18.13 lacks a certain clear operation for the block starting symbol (.bss). This     allows Xen PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service or gain privileges. (CVE-2022-36123)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14. xfrm_expand_policies in     net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c can cause a refcount to be dropped twice. (CVE-2022-36879)

  - nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.14 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because, in the case of an nf_queue verdict with a one-byte     nfta_payload attribute, an skb_pull can encounter a negative skb->len. (CVE-2022-36946)

  - A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in     the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or     CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality. (CVE-2022-0494) (CVE-2022-1184)

  - kernel: race condition in perf_event_open leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1729)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-     component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-1184) (CVE-2022-1972)

  - A bug in the IMA subsystem was discovered which would incorrectly allow kexec to be used when kernel     lockdown was enabled (CVE-2022-21505) (CVE-2022-21505)

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

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.50-23.125. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-002 advisory.

  - With shadow paging enabled, the INVPCID instruction results in a call to kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva. If INVPCID     is executed with CR0.PG=0, the invlpg callback is not set and the result is a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2022-1789)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's KVM module, which can lead to a denial of     service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal     instruction in guest in the Intel CPU. (CVE-2022-1852)

  - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function .This flaw allows an     attacker to trigger a buffer overflow via nft_set_desc_concat_parse() , causing a denial of service and     possibly to run code. (CVE-2022-2078)

  - net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c in the Linux kernel through 5.18.1 allows a local user (able to create     user/net namespaces) to escalate privileges to root because an incorrect NFT_STATEFUL_EXPR check leads to     a use-after-free. (CVE-2022-32250)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.18.3 on powerpc 32-bit platforms. There is a buffer     overflow in ptrace PEEKUSER and POKEUSER (aka PEEKUSR and POKEUSR) when accessing floating point     registers. (CVE-2022-32981)

  - rpmsg_virtio_add_ctrl_dev in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a     double free. (CVE-2022-34494)

  - rpmsg_probe in drivers/rpmsg/virtio_rpmsg_bus.c in the Linux kernel before 5.18.4 has a double free.
    (CVE-2022-34495)

  - A kernel information leak flaw was identified in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c in     the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local attacker with a special user privilege (CAP_SYS_ADMIN or     CAP_SYS_RAWIO) to create issues with confidentiality. (CVE-2022-0494) (CVE-2022-1184)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/ext4/namei.c:dx_insert_block() in the Linux kernel's filesystem sub-     component. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-1184) (CVE-2022-1972, CVE-2022-1973)

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

This plugin has been deprecated in favor of plugin 163372 al2_ALASKERNEL-5_15-2022-002.nasl

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5529-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the Atheros ath9k wireless device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle some error conditions, 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-2022-1679)

    Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     guest TLB mapping invalidation requests in some situations. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS. (CVE-2022-1789)

    Qiuhao Li, Gaoning Pan, and Yongkang Jia discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly handle an illegal instruction in a guest, resulting in a null pointer dereference.
    An attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) in the host OS.
    (CVE-2022-1852)

    Gerald Lee discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain error conditions, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1973)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a buffer overflow in certain     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-2078)

    It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on multi-core     shared buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-21123)

    It was discovered that some Intel processors did not completely perform cleanup actions on     microarchitectural fill buffers. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2022-21125)

    It was discovered that some Intel processors did not properly perform cleanup during specific special     register write operations. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2022-21166)

    It was discovered that the virtio RPMSG bus driver in the Linux kernel contained a double-free     vulnerability in certain error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash). (CVE-2022-34494, CVE-2022-34495)

    Minh Yuan discovered that the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-1652)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
173106	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-070)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
167017	Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-185)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
165280	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-5623-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
165220	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities (USN-5616-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
164891	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities (USN-5602-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
164769	Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-114)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
164683	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities (USN-5599-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
164654	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5594-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
164458	Slackware Linux 15.0 kernel-generic Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-237-02)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high
163372	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-002)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
163371	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-003) (deprecated)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
163370	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-004) (deprecated)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
163325	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-5529-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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