An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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

Security Fix(es) :

* hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults handling (CVE-2017-5754, Important, KVM for Power)

* kernel: Buffer overflow in firewire driver via crafted incoming packets (CVE-2016-8633, Important)

* kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824, Important)

* Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0) CR8 register (CVE-2017-12154, Important)

* kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166, Important)

* kernel: media: use-after-free in [tuner-xc2028] media driver (CVE-2016-7913, Moderate)

* kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in vmw_surface_define_ioctl() (CVE-2017-7294, Moderate)

* kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation (CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)

* kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO vectors (CVE-2017-12190, Moderate)

* kernel: vfs: BUG in truncate_inode_pages_range() and fuse client (CVE-2017-15121, Moderate)

* kernel: Use-after-free in userfaultfd_event_wait_completion function in userfaultfd.c (CVE-2017-15126, Moderate)

* kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() (CVE-2017-15129, Moderate)

* kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)

* kernel: Missing capabilities check in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c allows for unprivileged access to systemwide nfnl_cthelper_list structure (CVE-2017-17448, Moderate)

* kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)

* kernel: Unallocated memory access by malicious USB device via bNumInterfaces overflow (CVE-2017-17558, Moderate)

* kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/ netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)

* kernel: Race condition in drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() allows local users to cause a denial of service (CVE-2017-18203, Moderate)

* kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ (CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)

* Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80 (CVE-2017-1000407, Moderate)

* kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410, Moderate)

* kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/acpi/ sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function potentially allowing KASLR bypass (CVE-2018-5750, Moderate)

* kernel: Race condition in sound system can lead to denial of service (CVE-2018-1000004, Moderate)

* kernel: multiple Low security impact security issues (CVE-2016-3672, CVE-2017-14140, CVE-2017-15116, CVE-2017-15127, CVE-2018-6927, Low)

Red Hat would like to thank Eyal Itkin for reporting CVE-2016-8633;
Google Project Zero for reporting CVE-2017-5754; Mohamed Ghannam for reporting CVE-2017-8824; Jim Mattson (Google.com) for reporting CVE-2017-12154; Vitaly Mayatskih for reporting CVE-2017-12190; Andrea Arcangeli (Engineering) for reporting CVE-2017-15126; Kirill Tkhai for reporting CVE-2017-15129; Jan H. Schonherr (Amazon) for reporting CVE-2017-1000252; and Armis Labs for reporting CVE-2017-1000410. The CVE-2017-15121 issue was discovered by Miklos Szeredi (Red Hat) and the CVE-2017-15116 issue was discovered by ChunYu Wang (Red Hat).

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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 :

  - Linux kernel built with the KVM visualization support     (CONFIG_KVM), with nested visualization(nVMX) feature     enabled(nested=1), is vulnerable to host memory leakage     issue. It could occur while emulating VMXON instruction     in 'handle_vmon'. An L1 guest user could use this flaw     to leak host memory potentially resulting in     DoS.(CVE-2017-2596i1/4%0

  - The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST     extension implementations in the sk_run_filter function     in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3     do not check whether a certain length value is     sufficiently large, which allows local users to cause a     denial of service (integer underflow and system crash)     via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code     was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr and
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the     vulnerability was announced.(CVE-2014-3144i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel when freeing pages     in hugetlbfs. This could trigger a local denial of     service by crashing the kernel.(CVE-2017-15127i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.8.
    Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could be     used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in     the underlying filesystem.(CVE-2018-16597i1/4%0

  - Memory leak in the cuse_channel_release function in     fs/fuse/cuse.c in the Linux kernel before 4.4 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact     by opening /dev/cuse many times.(CVE-2015-1339i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's nested     NMI handler and espfix64 functionalities interacted     during NMI processing. A local, unprivileged user could     use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially,     escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2015-3290i1/4%0

  - Multiple array index errors in     drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface     Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through     3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allow     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) via a crafted     device.(CVE-2013-2897i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex     subsystem handled the requeuing of certain Priority     Inheritance (PI) futexes. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-3153i1/4%0

  - The XFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 4.4 and later     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (fdatasync() failure and system hang) by using the vfs     syscall group in the 'trinity' program, as a result of     a page lock order bug in the XFS seek hole/data     implementation.(CVE-2016-8660i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's key management     system where it was possible for an attacker to     escalate privileges or crash the machine. If a user key     gets negatively instantiated, an error code is cached     in the payload area. A negatively instantiated key may     be then be positively instantiated by updating it with     valid data. However, the -i1/4zupdate key type method     must be aware that the error code may be     there.(CVE-2015-8539i1/4%0

  - It was found that the Linux kernel KVM subsystem's     sysenter instruction emulation was not sufficient. An     unprivileged guest user could use this flaw to escalate     their privileges by tricking the hypervisor to emulate     a SYSENTER instruction in 16-bit mode, if the guest OS     did not initialize the SYSENTER model-specific     registers (MSRs). Note: Certified guest operating     systems for Red Hat Enterprise Linux with KVM do     initialize the SYSENTER MSRs and are thus not     vulnerable to this issue when running on a KVM     hypervisor.(CVE-2015-0239i1/4%0

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel handled media device enumerate entities IOCTL     requests. A local user able to access the /dev/media0     device file could use this flaw to leak kernel memory     bytes.(CVE-2014-1739i1/4%0

  - The dgnc_mgmt_ioctl function in     drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel     through 4.3.3 does not initialize a certain structure     member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a crafted     application.(CVE-2015-7885i1/4%0

  - An information leak was discovered in the Linux kernel     in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status() function in     drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c that could be used by local     attackers to read kernel memory at certain     location.(CVE-2018-16658i1/4%0

  - A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's     implementation of VFIO. An attacker issuing an ioctl     can create a situation where memory is corrupted and     modify memory outside of the expected area. This may     overwrite kernel memory and subvert kernel     execution.(CVE-2016-9083i1/4%0

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem did     not handle the VM exits gracefully for the invvpid     (Invalidate Translations Based on VPID) instructions.
    On hosts with an Intel processor and invppid VM exit     support, an unprivileged guest user could use these     instructions to crash the guest.(CVE-2014-3646i1/4%0

  - An attacker on a network could abuse a flaw in the IPv6     stack fragment reassembly code to induce kernel memory     corruption on the system, possibly leading to a system     crash.(CVE-2016-9755i1/4%0

  - It was found that a regular user could remove xattr     permissions on files by using the chown or write system     calls. A local attacker could use this flaw to deny     elevated permissions from valid users, services, or     applications, potentially resulting in a denial of     service.(CVE-2015-1350i1/4%0

  - arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S in the Linux     kernel through 4.7 on PowerPC platforms, when     CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV is enabled, allows guest OS     users to cause a denial of service (host OS infinite     loop) by making a H_CEDE hypercall during the existence     of a suspended transaction.(CVE-2016-5412i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function     in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel. An attacker with     a local account can trick the stack unwinder code to     leak stack contents to userspace. The fix allows only     root to inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary     task.(CVE-2018-17972i1/4%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 Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2018-1062 advisory.

    - [acpi] sbshc: remove raw pointer from printk() message (Baoquan He) [1547009] {CVE-2018-5750}
    - [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c: refactor compat ioctl32 logic fixup (Jarod Wilson) [1548430]     {CVE-2017-13166}
    - [kernel] futex: Prevent overflow by strengthen input validation (Joe Lawrence) [1547585] {CVE-2018-6927}
    - [media] v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c: refactor compat ioctl32 logic (Jarod Wilson) [1548430] {CVE-2017-13166}
    - [sound] alsa: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a port (CVE-2017-15265) (Jaroslav Kysela) [1503381]     {CVE-2017-15265}
    - [x86] kvm: fix singlestepping over syscall (Paolo Bonzini) [1464481] {CVE-2017-7518}
    - [net] netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: add more sanity tests on tcph->doff (Florian Westphal) [1543088]     {CVE-2017-18017}
    - [sound] alsa: seq: Make ioctls race-free (CVE-2018-1000004) (Jaroslav Kysela) [1537203]     {CVE-2018-1000004}
    - [x86] mm: Fix use-after-free of ldt_struct (Oleg Nesterov) [1543352] {CVE-2017-17053}
    - [net] netlink: Add netns check on taps (William Townsend) [1538738] {CVE-2017-17449}
    - [net] netfilter: xt_osf: Add missing permission checks (Florian Westphal) [1539230] {CVE-2017-17448}
    - [net] netfilter: nfnetlink_cthelper: Add missing permission checks (Florian Westphal) [1539230]     {CVE-2017-17448}
    - [powerpc] kvm: book3s: Provide information about hardware/firmware CVE workarounds (Serhii Popovych)     [1532077] {CVE-2017-5754}
    - [net] Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() (Aristeu Rozanski) [1531551]     {CVE-2017-15129}
    - [media] xc2028: avoid use after free (Torez Smith) [1402893] {CVE-2016-7913}

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 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0676 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: Buffer overflow in firewire driver via crafted incoming packets (CVE-2016-8633, Important)

    * kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket (CVE-2017-8824, Important)

    * Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0) CR8 register (CVE-2017-12154, Important)

    * kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166,     Important)

    * kernel: media: use-after-free in [tuner-xc2028] media driver (CVE-2016-7913, Moderate)

    * kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in vmw_surface_define_ioctl() (CVE-2017-7294, Moderate)

    * kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation (CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)

    * kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO vectors (CVE-2017-12190, Moderate)

    * kernel: vfs: BUG in truncate_inode_pages_range() and fuse client (CVE-2017-15121, Moderate)

    * kernel: Use-after-free in userfaultfd_event_wait_completion function in userfaultfd.c (CVE-2017-15126,     Moderate)

    * kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() (CVE-2017-15129, Moderate)

    * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port() (CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)

    * kernel: Incorrect handling in arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h:init_new_context function allowing use-     after-free (CVE-2017-17053, Moderate)

    * kernel: Missing capabilities check in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c allows for unprivileged access     to systemwide nfnl_cthelper_list structure (CVE-2017-17448, Moderate)

    * kernel: Missing namespace check in net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to observe     systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)

    * kernel: Unallocated memory access by malicious USB device via bNumInterfaces overflow (CVE-2017-17558,     Moderate)

    * kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in tcpmss_mangle_packet function in net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c     (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)

    * kernel: Race condition in drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() allows local users to cause a denial of     service (CVE-2017-18203, Moderate)

    * kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ (CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)

    * Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80 (CVE-2017-1000407, Moderate)

    * kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element (CVE-2017-1000410, Moderate)

    * kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function potentially     allowing KASLR bypass (CVE-2018-5750, Moderate)

    * kernel: Race condition in sound system can lead to denial of service (CVE-2018-1000004, Moderate)

    * kernel: unlimiting the stack disables ASLR (CVE-2016-3672, Low)

    * kernel: Missing permission check in move_pages system call (CVE-2017-14140, Low)

    * kernel: Null pointer dereference in rngapi_reset function (CVE-2017-15116, Low)

    * kernel: Improper error handling of VM_SHARED hugetlbfs mapping in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2017-15127, Low)

    * kernel: Integer overflow in futex.c:futux_requeue can lead to denial of service or unspecified impact     (CVE-2018-6927, Low)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related     information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Eyal Itkin for reporting CVE-2016-8633; Mohamed Ghannam for reporting     CVE-2017-8824; Jim Mattson (Google.com) for reporting CVE-2017-12154; Vitaly Mayatskih for reporting     CVE-2017-12190; Andrea Arcangeli (Engineering) for reporting CVE-2017-15126; Kirill Tkhai for reporting     CVE-2017-15129; Jan H. Schnherr (Amazon) for reporting CVE-2017-1000252; and Armis Labs for reporting     CVE-2017-1000410. The CVE-2017-15121 issue was discovered by Miklos Szeredi (Red Hat) and the     CVE-2017-15116 issue was discovered by ChunYu Wang (Red Hat).

    Additional Changes:

    See the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from References.

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.

Security Fix(es) :

  - hw: cpu: speculative execution permission faults     handling (CVE-2017-5754, Important, KVM for Power)

  - kernel: Buffer overflow in firewire driver via crafted     incoming packets (CVE-2016-8633, Important)

  - kernel: Use-after-free vulnerability in DCCP socket     (CVE-2017-8824, Important)

  - Kernel: kvm: nVMX: L2 guest could access hardware(L0)     CR8 register (CVE-2017-12154, Important)

  - kernel: v4l2: disabled memory access protection     mechanism allowing privilege escalation (CVE-2017-13166,     Important)

  - kernel: media: use-after-free in [tuner-xc2028] media     driver (CVE-2016-7913, Moderate)

  - kernel: drm/vmwgfx: fix integer overflow in     vmw_surface_define_ioctl() (CVE-2017-7294, Moderate)

  - kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma     allocation (CVE-2017-9725, Moderate)

  - kernel: memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO     vectors (CVE-2017-12190, Moderate)

  - kernel: vfs: BUG in truncate_inode_pages_range() and     fuse client (CVE-2017-15121, Moderate)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in     userfaultfd_event_wait_completion function in     userfaultfd.c (CVE-2017-15126, Moderate)

  - kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in     get_net_ns_by_id() (CVE-2017-15129, Moderate)

  - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_seq_ioctl_create_port()     (CVE-2017-15265, Moderate)

  - kernel: Missing capabilities check in     net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c allows for     unprivileged access to systemwide nfnl_cthelper_list     structure (CVE-2017-17448, Moderate)

  - kernel: Missing namespace check in     net/netlink/af_netlink.c allows for network monitors to     observe systemwide activity (CVE-2017-17449, Moderate)

  - kernel: Unallocated memory access by malicious USB     device via bNumInterfaces overflow (CVE-2017-17558,     Moderate)

  - kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in     tcpmss_mangle_packet function in     net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c (CVE-2017-18017, Moderate)

  - kernel: Race condition in     drivers/md/dm.c:dm_get_from_kobject() allows local users     to cause a denial of service (CVE-2017-18203, Moderate)

  - kernel: kvm: Reachable BUG() on out-of-bounds guest IRQ     (CVE-2017-1000252, Moderate)

  - Kernel: KVM: DoS via write flood to I/O port 0x80     (CVE-2017-1000407, Moderate)

  - kernel: Stack information leak in the EFS element     (CVE-2017-1000410, Moderate)

  - kernel: Kernel address information leak in     drivers/acpi/sbshc.c:acpi_smbus_hc_add() function     potentially allowing KASLR bypass (CVE-2018-5750,     Moderate)

  - kernel: Race condition in sound system can lead to     denial of service (CVE-2018-1000004, Moderate)

  - kernel: multiple Low security impact security issues     (CVE-2016-3672, CVE-2017-14140, CVE-2017-15116,     CVE-2017-15127, CVE-2018-6927, Low)

Additional Changes :

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
108997	RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:1062)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/11/2018	11/7/2024	critical
124971	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1518)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/14/2019	5/25/2022	high
109113	Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-1062)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	10/22/2024	critical
108984	RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:0676)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	4/11/2018	11/5/2024	critical
109380	CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:1062)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	4/27/2018	12/31/2019	critical
109449	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20180410) (Meltdown)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	5/1/2018	10/16/2024	critical

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