The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5500-1 advisory.

    Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not     perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-4197)

    Lin Ma discovered that the NFC Controller Interface (NCI) implementation in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition, 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-2021-4202)

    It was discovered that the PF_KEYv2 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize kernel     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2022-1353)

    It was discovered that the virtual graphics memory manager implementation in the Linux kernel was subject     to a race condition, potentially leading to an information leak. (CVE-2022-1419)

    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)

    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)

    It was discovered that the Marvell NFC device driver implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     perform memory cleanup operations in some situations, 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-2022-1734)

     discovered that the 802.2 LLC type 2 driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
    (CVE-2022-28356)

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.

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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5500-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162690

Version 1.7