* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-0274, Important)

* It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM implementation did not ensure that the host CR4 control register value remained unchanged across VM entries on the same virtual CPU. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause denial of service on the system.
(CVE-2014-3690, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Transparent Huge Pages (THP) implementation handled non-huge page migration. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the kernel by migrating transparent hugepages. (CVE-2014-3940, Moderate)

* An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
(CVE-2014-7825, Moderate)

* An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2014-7826, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file. (CVE-2014-8086, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking module was not loaded on the system.
(CVE-2014-8160, Moderate)

* It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking, a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8172, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8173, Moderate)

* An information leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking implementation. When software encryption was used, a remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8 bytes of plaintext. (CVE-2014-8709, Low)

* A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB device driver. A local user with write access to the corresponding device could use this flaw to crash the kernel or, potentially, elevate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-8884, Low)

* Users of kernel modules may need to upgrade the module to maintain compatibility.

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The IPv6 SCTP implementation in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.11.1 uses data structures and     function calls that do not trigger an intended     configuration of IPsec encryption, which allows remote     attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing     the network.(CVE-2013-4350i1/4%0

  - The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux     kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have     unspecified other impacts via a large command size in     an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds     write access in the sg_write function.(CVE-2017-7187i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in can_can_gw_rcv in     net/can/gw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. The     CAN frame modification rules allow bitwise logical     operations that can be also applied to the can_dlc     field. Because of a missing check, the CAN drivers may     write arbitrary content beyond the data registers in     the CAN controller's I/O memory when processing can-gw     manipulated outgoing frames. This is related to     cgw_csum_xor_rel. An unprivileged user can trigger a     system crash (general protection     fault).(CVE-2019-3701i1/4%0

  - net/rds/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 uses     an incorrect data type in a sysctl table, which allows     local users to obtain potentially sensitive information     from kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other     impact by accessing a sysctl entry.(CVE-2015-2042i1/4%0

  - The inet_csk_clone_lock function in     net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double     free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by     leveraging use of the accept system call. An     unprivileged local user could use this flaw to induce     kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a     crash. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege     escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although we     believe it is unlikely.(CVE-2017-8890i1/4%0

  - The overlayfs implementation in the linux (aka Linux     kernel) package before 3.19.0-21.21 in Ubuntu through     15.04 does not properly check permissions for file     creation in the upper filesystem directory, which     allows local users to obtain root access by leveraging     a configuration in which overlayfs is permitted in an     arbitrary mount namespace.(CVE-2015-1328i1/4%0

  - The xfs_dinode_verify function in     fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.16.3 allows local users to cause a denial of     service (xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared invalid pointer     dereference) via a crafted xfs image.(CVE-2018-10322i1/4%0

  - In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in     arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before     4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from     unprivileged userspace during a core dump on a POWER     host due to a missing processor feature check and an     erroneous use of transactional memory (TM) instructions     in the core dump path, leading to a denial of     service.(CVE-2018-1091i1/4%0

  - ** DISPUTED ** drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c in     the Linux kernel before 4.16 allows local users to     cause a denial of service (ata qc leak) by triggering     certain failure conditions. NOTE: a third party     disputes the relevance of this report because the     failure can only occur for physically proximate     attackers who unplug SAS Host Bus Adapter     cables.(CVE-2018-10021i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free flaw was discovered in the Linux     kernel's tty subsystem, which allows for the disclosure     of uncontrolled memory location and possible kernel     panic. The information leak is caused by a race     condition when attempting to set and read the tty line     discipline. A local attacker could use the TIOCSETD     (via tty_set_ldisc ) to switch to a new line discipline     a concurrent call to a TIOCGETD ioctl performing a read     on a given tty could then access previously allocated     memory. Up to 4 bytes could be leaked when querying the     line discipline or the kernel could panic with a     NULL-pointer dereference.(CVE-2016-0723i1/4%0

  - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way the     Logitech Unifying receiver driver handled HID reports     with an invalid device_index value. An attacker with     physical access to the system could use this flaw to     crash the system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges on the system.(CVE-2014-3182i1/4%0

  - arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel through     4.9.3 allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted application that     leverages instruction emulation for fxrstor, fxsave,     sgdt, and sidt.(CVE-2017-2584i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled     IRET faults during the processing of NMIs. An     unprivileged, local user could use this flaw to crash     the system or, potentially (although highly unlikely),     escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2015-5157i1/4%0

  - drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before     3.11, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5     and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize     certain data structures, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information via a crafted application,     aka Android internal bug 28750150 and Qualcomm internal     bug CR570757, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2014-1739.(CVE-2014-9895i1/4%0

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in sys_ioprio_get() was     found due to get_task_ioprio() accessing the     task-i1/4zio_context without holding the task lock and     could potentially race with exit_io_context(), leading     to a use-after-free.(CVE-2016-7911i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel which is related     to the user namespace lazily unmounting file systems.
    The fs_pin struct has two members (m_list and s_list)     which are usually initialized on use in the     pin_insert_group function. However, these members might     go unmodified in this case, the system panics when it     attempts to destroy or free them. This flaw could be     used to launch a denial-of-service     attack.(CVE-2015-4178i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of raw_sendmsg allowing a local attacker to panic the     kernel or possibly leak kernel addresses. A local     attacker, with the privilege of creating raw sockets,     can abuse a possible race condition when setting the     socket option to allow the kernel to automatically     create ip header values and thus potentially escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2017-17712i1/4%0

  - A flaw was discovered in the F2FS filesystem code in     fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel. A denial of     service, due to an out-of-bounds memory access, can     occur upon encountering an abnormal bitmap size when     mounting a crafted f2fs image.(CVE-2018-13096i1/4%0

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality     handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-8173i1/4%0

  - An out-of-bounds heap memory access leading to a Denial     of Service, heap disclosure, or further impact was     found in setsockopt(). The function call is normally     restricted to root, however some processes with     cap_sys_admin may also be able to trigger this flaw in     privileged container environments.(CVE-2016-4998i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2015-0040 for details.

The Linux kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues.

Following security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2014-8173: A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found     in the way the Linux kernels madvise MADV_WILLNEED     functionality handled page table locking. A local,     unprivileged user could have used this flaw to crash the     system.

  - CVE-2015-1593: A integer overflow reduced the     effectiveness of the stack randomization on 64-bit     systems.

  - CVE-2014-7822: A flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernels splice() system call validated its parameters.
    On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged user     could have used this flaw to write past the maximum file     size, and thus crash the system.

  - CVE-2014-9419: The __switch_to function in     arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c in the Linux kernel did not     ensure that Thread Local Storage (TLS) descriptors are     loaded before proceeding with other steps, which made it     easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection     mechanism via a crafted application that reads a TLS     base address.

  - CVE-2014-8134: The paravirt_ops_setup function in     arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel used an     improper paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels,     which made it easier for guest OS users to bypass the     ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that     reads a 16-bit value.

  - CVE-2014-8160:
    net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux     kernel generated incorrect conntrack entries during     handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP,     DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allowed remote     attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via     packets with disallowed port numbers.

  - CVE-2014-9529: Race condition in the key_gc_unused_keys     function in security/keys/gc.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption or panic) or possibly have unspecified other     impact via keyctl commands that trigger access to a key     structure member during garbage collection of a key.

  - CVE-2014-8559: The d_walk function in fs/dcache.c in the     Linux kernel through did not properly maintain the     semantics of rename_lock, which allowed local users to     cause a denial of service (deadlock and system hang) via     a crafted application.

  - CVE-2014-9420: The rock_continue function in     fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the     number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allowed     local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop,     and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image.

  - CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal     function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not     validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER)     System Use Field, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted     iso9660 image.

  - CVE-2014-9585: The vdso_addr function in     arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel did not properly     choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which made it     easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection     mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD.

Following bugs were fixed :

  - HID: usbhid: enable always-poll quirk for Elan     Touchscreen 0103 (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: enable always-poll quirk for Elan     Touchscreen 016f (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: enable always-poll quirk for Elan     Touchscreen 009b (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: add another mouse that needs     QUIRK_ALWAYS_POLL (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: fix PIXART optical mouse (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: enable always-poll quirk for Elan     Touchscreen (bnc#920901).

  - HID: usbhid: add always-poll quirk (bnc#920901).

  - storvsc: ring buffer failures may result in I/O freeze     (bnc#914175).

  - mm, vmscan: prevent kswapd livelock due to     pfmemalloc-throttled process being killed (VM     Functionality bnc#910150).

  - Input: evdev - fix EVIOCG(type) ioctl (bnc#904899).

  - mnt: Implicitly add MNT_NODEV on remount when it was     implicitly added by mount (bsc#907988).

  - DocBook: Do not exceed argument list limit.

  - DocBook: Make mandocs parallel-safe.

  - mm: free compound page with correct order (bnc#913695).

  - udf: Check component length before reading it.

  - udf: Check path length when reading symlink.

  - udf: Verify symlink size before loading it.

  - udf: Verify i_size when loading inode.

  - xfs: remote attribute overwrite causes transaction     overrun.

According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's SCTP     implementation validated INIT chunks when performing     Address Configuration Change (ASCONF). A remote     attacker could use this flaw to crash the system by     sending a specially crafted SCTP packet to trigger a     NULL pointer dereference on the system.(CVE-2014-7841)

  - It was found that reporting emulation failures to user     space could lead to either a local (CVE-2014-7842) or a     L2-i1/4zL1 (CVE-2010-5313) denial of service. In the case     of a local denial of service, an attacker must have     access to the MMIO area or be able to access an I/O     port. Please note that on certain systems, HPET is     mapped to userspace as part of vdso (vvar) and thus an     unprivileged user may generate MMIO transactions (and     enter the emulator) this way.(CVE-2014-7842)

  - The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact     with certain locations of a chroot directory, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments     to the pivot_root system call.(CVE-2014-7970)

  - The do_umount function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.17 does not require the CAP_SYS_ADMIN     capability for do_remount_sb calls that change the root     filesystem to read-only, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (loss of writability) by     making certain unshare system calls, clearing the /     MNT_LOCKED flag, and making an MNT_FORCE umount system     call.(CVE-2014-7975)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's     ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local,     unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously     writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using     fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file.(CVE-2014-8086)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking.
    As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission     Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this     flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when     the associated connection tracking module was not     loaded on the system.(CVE-2014-8160)

  - It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking,     a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel     when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-8172)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality     handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2014-8173)

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-3601 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function still handled IOMMU mapping failures     incorrectly. A privileged user in a guest with an     assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the     host.(CVE-2014-8369)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain     RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and host OS crash) via a crafted     application.(CVE-2014-8480)

  - The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in     the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2     does not properly handle invalid instructions, which     allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a     crafted application that triggers (1) an improperly     fetched instruction or (2) an instruction that occupies     too many bytes. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because     of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8480.(CVE-2014-8481)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled file system locks. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger a     deadlock in the kernel, causing a denial of service on     the system.(CVE-2014-8559)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the Linux     kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking     implementation. When software encryption was used, a     remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8     bytes of plaintext.(CVE-2014-8709)

  - A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the     TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB device driver. A local     user with write access to the corresponding device     could use this flaw to crash the kernel or,     potentially, elevate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-8884)

  - The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c     in the Linux kernel through 3.17.4 does not properly     handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS)     segment register, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call,     as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the     linux-clock-tests test suite.(CVE-2014-9090)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled GS     segment register base switching when recovering from a     #SS (stack segment) fault on an erroneous return to     user space. A local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-9322)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel changed certain segment registers and     thread-local storage (TLS) during a context switch. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     the user space TLS base address of an arbitrary     process.(CVE-2014-9419)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's ISO file system     implementation did not correctly limit the traversal of     Rock Ridge extension Continuation Entries (CE). An     attacker with physical access to the system could use     this flaw to trigger an infinite loop in the kernel,     resulting in a denial of service.(CVE-2014-9420)

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel keys management subsystem performed key garbage     collection. A local attacker could attempt accessing a     key while it was being garbage collected, which would     cause the system to crash.(CVE-2014-9529)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's ISO9660 file system implementation accessed     data on an ISO9660 image with RockRidge Extension     Reference (ER) records. An attacker with physical     access to the system could use this flaw to disclose up     to 255 bytes of kernel memory.(CVE-2014-9584)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Virtual Dynamic Shared Object (vDSO)     implementation performed address randomization. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to leak     kernel memory addresses to user-space.(CVE-2014-9585)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-3013 advisory.

    - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (Quentin Casasnovas)  [Orabug:
    20687313]  {CVE-2014-3601} {CVE-2014-8369} {CVE-2014-3601}
    - ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter)  [Orabug: 20673376]  {CVE-2014-8884}
    - mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov)  [Orabug:
    20673281]  {CVE-2014-8173}
    - netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known protocols (Florian Westphal)  [Orabug:
    20673239]  {CVE-2014-8160}

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0694 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux     operating system.

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled     replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with     access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate     their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-0274, Important)

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's splice() system call     validated its parameters. On certain file systems, a local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to write past the maximum file size, and thus     crash the system. (CVE-2014-7822, Moderate)

    * A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system     implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system     by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using     fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file. (CVE-2014-8086, Moderate)

    * It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking, a soft lockup     could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O     operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system. (CVE-2014-8172, Moderate)

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8173,     Moderate)

    Red Hat would like to thank Eric Windisch of the Docker project for     reporting CVE-2015-0274, and Akira Fujita of NEC for reporting     CVE-2014-7822.

    Bug fixes:

    * A patch removing the xt_connlimit revision zero ABI was not reverted in     the kernel-rt package, which caused problems because the iptables package     requires this revision. A patch to remove the xt_connlimit revision 0 was     reverted from the kernel-rt sources to allow the iptables command to     execute correctly. (BZ#1169755)

    * With an older Mellanox Connect-IB (mlx4) driver present in the MRG     Realtime kernel, a race condition could occur that would cause a loss of     connection. The mlx4 driver was updated, resolving the race condition and     allowing proper connectivity. (BZ#1182246)

    * The MRG Realtime kernel did not contain the appropriate code to resume     after a device failed, causing the volume status after a repair to not be     properly updated. A refresh needed was still listed in the lvs output     after executing the lvchange --refresh command. A patch was added that     adds the ability to correctly restore a transiently failed device upon     resume. (BZ#1159803)

    * The sosreport executable would hang when reading     /proc/net/rpc/use-gss-proxy because of faulty wait_queue logic in the proc     handler. This wait_queue logic was removed from the proc handler, allowing     the reads to correctly return the current state. (BZ#1169900)

    Enhancements:

    * The MRG Realtime kernel-rt sources have been modified to take advantage     of the updated 3.10 kernel sources that are available with the Red Hat     Enterprise Linux 7 releases. (BZ#1172844)

    * The MRG Realtime version of the e1000e driver has been updated to provide     support for the Intel I218-LM network adapter. (BZ#1191767)

    * The MRG Realtime kernel was updated to provide support for the     Mellanox Connect-IB (mlx5). (BZ#1171363)

    * The rt-firmware package has been updated to provide additional firmware     files required by the new version of the Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5 kernel     (BZ#1184251)

    All kernel-rt users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which     contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these     enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, address several hundred bugs, and add numerous enhancements are now available as part of the ongoing support and maintenance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7. This is the first regular update.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-0274, Important)

* It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM implementation did not ensure that the host CR4 control register value remained unchanged across VM entries on the same virtual CPU. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause denial of service on the system.
(CVE-2014-3690, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Transparent Huge Pages (THP) implementation handled non-huge page migration. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the kernel by migrating transparent hugepages. (CVE-2014-3940, Moderate)

* An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
(CVE-2014-7825, Moderate)

* An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate their privileges.
(CVE-2014-7826, Moderate)

* A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file. (CVE-2014-8086, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection tracking module was not loaded on the system.
(CVE-2014-8160, Moderate)

* It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking, a soft lockup could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8172, Moderate)

* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8173, Moderate)

* An information leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IEEE 802.11 wireless networking implementation. When software encryption was used, a remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8 bytes of plaintext. (CVE-2014-8709, Low)

* A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the TechnoTrend/Hauppauge DEC USB device driver. A local user with write access to the corresponding device could use this flaw to crash the kernel or, potentially, elevate their privileges on the system.
(CVE-2014-8884, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Eric Windisch of the Docker project for reporting CVE-2015-0274, Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2014-3690, and Robert Święcki for reporting CVE-2014-7825 and CVE-2014-7826.

This update also fixes several hundred bugs and adds numerous enhancements. Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Release Notes for information on the most significant of these changes, and the following Knowledgebase article for further information:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/1352803

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 users are advised to install these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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

  - kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map     error path. (Quentin Casasnovas) [Orabug: 20687313]     (CVE-2014-3601) (CVE-2014-8369) (CVE-2014-3601)

  - ttusb-dec: buffer overflow in ioctl (Dan Carpenter)     [Orabug: 20673376] (CVE-2014-8884)

  - mm: Fix NULL pointer dereference in     madvise(MADV_WILLNEED) support (Kirill A. Shutemov)     [Orabug: 20673281] (CVE-2014-8173)

  - netfilter: conntrack: disable generic tracking for known     protocols (Florian Westphal) [Orabug: 20673239]     (CVE-2014-8160)

  - tracing/syscalls: Ignore numbers outside NR_syscalls'     range (Rabin Vincent) [Orabug: 20673163] (CVE-2014-7826)

  - uek-rpm: ol7: update update-el to 7.1 (Guangyu Sun)     [Orabug: 20524579]

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0290 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux     operating system.

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's XFS file system handled     replacing of remote attributes under certain conditions. A local user with     access to XFS file system mount could potentially use this flaw to escalate     their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-0274, Important)

    * It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM implementation did not ensure     that the host CR4 control register value remained unchanged across VM     entries on the same virtual CPU. A local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to cause denial of service on the system. (CVE-2014-3690, Moderate)

    * A flaw was found in the way Linux kernel's Transparent Huge Pages (THP)     implementation handled non-huge page migration. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the kernel by migrating transparent hugepages.
    (CVE-2014-3940, Moderate)

    * An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing     functionality of the Linux kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-7825, Moderate)

    * An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the syscall tracing     functionality of the Linux kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with     ftrace syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user could use this     flaw to crash the system, or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2014-7826,     Moderate)

    * A race condition flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 file system     implementation that allowed a local, unprivileged user to crash the system     by simultaneously writing to a file and toggling the O_DIRECT flag using     fcntl(F_SETFL) on that file. (CVE-2014-8086, Moderate)

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem     handled generic protocol tracking. As demonstrated in the Stream Control     Transmission Protocol (SCTP) case, a remote attacker could use this flaw to     bypass intended iptables rule restrictions when the associated connection     tracking module was not loaded on the system. (CVE-2014-8160, Moderate)

    * It was found that due to excessive files_lock locking, a soft lockup     could be triggered in the Linux kernel when performing asynchronous I/O     operations. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system. (CVE-2014-8172, Moderate)

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     madvise MADV_WILLNEED functionality handled page table locking. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-8173,     Moderate)

    * An information leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's IEEE 802.11     wireless networking implementation. When software encryption was used, a     remote attacker could use this flaw to leak up to 8 bytes of plaintext.
    (CVE-2014-8709, Low)

    * A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the TechnoTrend/Hauppauge     DEC USB device driver. A local user with write access to the corresponding     device could use this flaw to crash the kernel or, potentially, elevate     their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-8884, Low)

    Red Hat would like to thank Eric Windisch of the Docker project for     reporting CVE-2015-0274, Andy Lutomirski for reporting CVE-2014-3690, and     Robert wicki for reporting CVE-2014-7825 and CVE-2014-7826.

    This update also fixes several hundred bugs and adds numerous enhancements.
    Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 Release Notes for information on     the most significant of these changes, and the following Knowledgebase     article for further information: https://access.redhat.com/articles/1352803

    All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 users are advised to install these updated     packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. The system     must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0057 for details.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
82254	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20150305)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	3/26/2015	1/14/2021	high
124972	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1519)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/14/2019	5/20/2022	high
82691	OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0040)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	4/10/2015	1/4/2021	high
82755	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2015-301)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/14/2015	1/19/2021	high
124807	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1483)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	1/6/2021	high
81871	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3013)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	3/17/2015	10/22/2024	high
81905	RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2015:0694)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/18/2015	11/4/2024	medium
81885	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2015:0290)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	3/18/2015	1/4/2021	high
81904	OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2015-0034)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	3/18/2015	1/4/2021	high
81626	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2015:0290)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	3/5/2015	11/4/2024	high
99163	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	4/3/2017	5/14/2023	critical

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