The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6412-1 advisory.

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the DVB Core driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during     device removal, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-45886,     CVE-2022-45919)

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the Technotrend/Hauppauge USB DEC driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2022-45887)

    It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     MFT flags in certain situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious NTFS image that, when     mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-48425)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash     collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (excessive CPU consumption). (CVE-2023-1206)

    Danil Trujillo, Johannes Wikner, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that some AMD processors utilising     speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorised memory reads via a speculative side-     channel attack. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.
    (CVE-2023-20569)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 RPL protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     user-supplied data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-2156)

    Yang Lan discovered that the GFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could attempt to     dereference a null pointer in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious GFS2     image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3212)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    Andy Nguyen discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel with Secure     Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) contained a race condition when accessing the GHCB page. A local attacker     in a SEV guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash).
    (CVE-2023-4155)

    It was discovered that the TUN/TAP driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize socket data. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4194)

    Maxim Suhanov discovered that the exFAT file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     check a file name length, leading to an out- of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to     construct a malicious exFAT image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4273)

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

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-6725-2 advisory.

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     certain data structure fields when parsing lease contexts, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
    A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-1194)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when     handling session connections, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32258)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle session setup     requests, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3867)

    Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a     guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash). (CVE-2023-46838)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel did not properly manage route cache     memory usage. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2023-52340)

    It was discovered that the device mapper driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate target size     during certain memory allocations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-52429, CVE-2024-23851)

    Yang Chaoming discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     request buffer sizes, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-22705)

    Chenyuan Yang discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle read     operations on newly created subvolumes in certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-23850)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to     a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - Architecture specifics;

    - Block layer;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Android drivers;

    - EDAC drivers;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Media drivers;

    - Multifunction device drivers;

    - MTD block device drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - EFI Variable file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - IPv6 Networking;

    - Network Traffic Control;

    - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52445, CVE-2023-52462, CVE-2023-52609,     CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52457, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52456, CVE-2023-52454, CVE-2023-52438,     CVE-2023-52480, CVE-2023-52443, CVE-2023-52442, CVE-2024-26631, CVE-2023-52439, CVE-2023-52612,     CVE-2024-26598, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26589, CVE-2023-52444, CVE-2023-52436, CVE-2024-26633,     CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2024-26591, CVE-2023-52449, CVE-2023-52467, CVE-2023-52441,     CVE-2023-52610, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52470)

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-6466-1 advisory.

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the DVB Core driver in the Linux kernel contained a race condition during     device removal, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-45886,     CVE-2022-45919)

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that the Technotrend/Hauppauge USB DEC driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2022-45887)

    It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     MFT flags in certain situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious NTFS image that, when     mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-48425)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash     collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (excessive CPU consumption). (CVE-2023-1206)

    Daniel Trujillo, Johannes Wikner, and Kaveh Razavi discovered that some AMD processors utilising     speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorised memory reads via a speculative side-     channel attack. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory.
    (CVE-2023-20569)

    Jana Hofmann, Emanuele Vannacci, Cedric Fournet, Boris Kopf, and Oleksii Oleksenko discovered that some     AMD processors could leak stale data from division operations in certain situations. A local attacker     could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-20588)

    It was discovered that the ARM64 KVM implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict     hypervisor memory access. An attacker in a guest VM could use this to execute arbitrary code in the host     OS. (CVE-2023-21264)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 RPL protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     user-supplied data. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-2156)

    Yu Hao and Weiteng Chen discovered that the Bluetooth HCI UART driver in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-31083)

    Yang Lan discovered that the GFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel could attempt to     dereference a null pointer in some situations. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious GFS2     image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3212)

    Ross Lagerwall discovered that the Xen netback backend driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     certain unusual packets from a paravirtualized network frontend, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker     in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-34319)

    Lin Ma discovered that the Netlink Transformation (XFRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a null     pointer dereference vulnerability in some situations. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3772)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     command payload size, leading to a out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38432)

    It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability     when performing peer-to-peer communication in certain conditions. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2023-3863)

    Laurence Wit discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate a     buffer size in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2023-3865)

    Laurence Wit discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer     dereference vulnerability when handling handling chained requests. A remote attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3866)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle session setup     requests, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3867)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle L2CAP socket     release, 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-2023-40283)

    It was discovered that some network classifier implementations in the Linux kernel contained use-after-     free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4128)

    It was discovered that the Siano USB MDTV receiver device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle device initialization failures in certain situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A     physically proximate attacker could use this cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4132)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Cypress touchscreen driver in the Linux kernel     during device removal, leading to a use-after- free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could     use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4134)

    Andy Nguyen discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel with Secure     Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) contained a race condition when accessing the GHCB page. A local attacker     in a SEV guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash).
    (CVE-2023-4155)

    It was discovered that the TUN/TAP driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize socket data. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4194)

    Bien Pham discovered that the netfiler subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4244)

    Maxim Suhanov discovered that the exFAT file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     check a file name length, leading to an out- of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to     construct a malicious exFAT image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4273)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the networking stack implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate skb object size in certain conditions. An attacker could use this cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42752)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the netfiler subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly calculate array     offsets, leading to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-42753)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the IPv4 Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) classifier implementation in the     Linux kernel contained an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). Please note that kernel packet classifier support for RSVP has been     removed to resolve this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-42755)

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in IP set     operations in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-42756)

    Thelford Williams discovered that the Ceph file system messenger protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly validate frame segment length in certain situation, leading to a buffer overflow     vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-44466)

    Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a memory leak when     handling certain element flush operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-4569)

    Bing-Jhong Billy Jheng discovered that the Unix domain socket implementation in the Linux kernel contained     a race condition in certain situations, 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-2023-4622)

    Budimir Markovic discovered that the qdisc implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     inner classes, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local user could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4623)

    Alex Birnberg discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     register length, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-4881)

    It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly handle network packets in certain 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-2023-4921)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle removal of     rules from chain bindings in certain circumstances, 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-2023-5197)

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-6725-1 advisory.

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     certain data structure fields when parsing lease contexts, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
    A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-1194)

    Quentin Minster discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32254)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel when     handling session connections, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32258)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate buffer sizes     in certain operations, leading to an integer underflow and out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38427)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     packet header sizes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-38431)

    It was discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle session setup     requests, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-3867)

    Pratyush Yadav discovered that the Xen network backend implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle zero length data request, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker in a     guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host domain crash). (CVE-2023-46838)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation of the Linux kernel did not properly manage route cache     memory usage. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
    (CVE-2023-52340)

    It was discovered that the device mapper driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate target size     during certain memory allocations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2023-52429, CVE-2024-23851)

    Yang Chaoming discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     request buffer sizes, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2024-22705)

    Chenyuan Yang discovered that the btrfs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly handle read     operations on newly created subvolumes in certain conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-23850)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to     a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A privileged local attacker could use this to possibly cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2024-24860)

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - Architecture specifics;

    - Block layer;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Android drivers;

    - EDAC drivers;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Media drivers;

    - Multifunction device drivers;

    - MTD block device drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - EFI Variable file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - IPv6 Networking;

    - Network Traffic Control;

    - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2023-52463, CVE-2023-52445, CVE-2023-52462, CVE-2023-52609,     CVE-2023-52448, CVE-2023-52457, CVE-2023-52464, CVE-2023-52456, CVE-2023-52454, CVE-2023-52438,     CVE-2023-52480, CVE-2023-52443, CVE-2023-52442, CVE-2024-26631, CVE-2023-52439, CVE-2023-52612,     CVE-2024-26598, CVE-2024-26586, CVE-2024-26589, CVE-2023-52444, CVE-2023-52436, CVE-2024-26633,     CVE-2024-26597, CVE-2023-52458, CVE-2024-26591, CVE-2023-52449, CVE-2023-52467, CVE-2023-52441,     CVE-2023-52610, CVE-2023-52451, CVE-2023-52469, CVE-2023-52470)

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	Published	Updated	Severity
182530	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6412-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/4/2023	8/28/2024	critical
204343	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2023-5.0-0046	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	11/13/2024	critical
193375	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities (USN-6725-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/17/2024	8/27/2024	critical
184097	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-6466-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	10/31/2023	8/27/2024	critical
193084	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6725-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/9/2024	8/27/2024	critical

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