The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2019-2024: A use-after-free when disconnecting a source was fixed which could lead to crashes. bnc#1129179).

CVE-2019-9213: expand_downwards in mm/mmap.c lacks a check for the mmap minimum address, which made it easier for attackers to exploit kernel NULL pointer dereferences on non-SMAP platforms. This is related to a capability check for the wrong task (bnc#1128166).

CVE-2019-8980: A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in fs/exec.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering vfs_read failures (bnc#1126209).

CVE-2019-3819: A flaw was found in the function hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file which may enter an infinite loop with certain parameters passed from a userspace. A local privileged user ('root') can cause a system lock up and a denial of service. Versions from v4.18 and newer are vulnerable (bnc#1123161).

CVE-2019-8912: af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr (bnc#1125907).

CVE-2019-7308: kernel/bpf/verifier.c performed undesirable out-of-bounds speculation on pointer arithmetic in various cases, including cases of different branches with different state or limits to sanitize, leading to side-channel attacks (bnc#1124055).

CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460: The Bluetooth stack suffered from two remote information leak vulnerabilities in the code that handles incoming L2cap configuration packets (bsc#1120758).

CVE-2019-7221: Fixed a user-after-free vulnerability in the KVM hypervisor related to the emulation of a preemption timer, allowing an guest user/process to crash the host kernel. (bsc#1124732).

CVE-2019-7222: Fixed an information leakage in the KVM hypervisor related to handling page fault exceptions, which allowed a guest user/process to use this flaw to leak the host's stack memory contents to a guest (bsc#1124735).

CVE-2019-6974: kvm_ioctl_create_device in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c mishandled reference counting because of a race condition, leading to a use-after-free (bnc#1124728).

CVE-2018-20669: Missing access control checks in ioctl of gpu/drm/i915 driver were fixed which might have lead to information leaks.
(bnc#1122971).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3930-2 advisory.

    USN-3930-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.10. This update provides the     corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.10 for Ubuntu 18.04     LTS.

    Mathias Payer and Hui Peng discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the Advanced Linux Sound     Architecture (ALSA) subsystem. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2018-19824)

    Shlomi Oberman, Yuli Shapiro, and Ran Menscher discovered an information leak in the Bluetooth     implementation of the Linux kernel. An attacker within Bluetooth range could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel memory). (CVE-2019-3459, CVE-2019-3460)

    Jann Horn discovered that the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker in a guest VM with access to /dev/kvm could use this to cause a denial of     service (guest VM crash). (CVE-2019-6974)

    Jim Mattson and Felix Wilhelm discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when using nested virtual machines. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code in the host system. (CVE-2019-7221)

    Felix Wilhelm discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the KVM subsystem of the Linux     kernel, when nested virtualization is used. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (host system memory to a guest VM). (CVE-2019-7222)

    Jann Horn discovered that the eBPF implementation in the Linux kernel was insufficiently hardened against     Spectre V1 attacks. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-7308)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the user- space API for crypto (af_alg)     implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-8912)

    Jakub Jirasek discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2019-8956)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory when handling certain errors     while reading files. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (excessive memory     consumption). (CVE-2019-8980)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the IPMI implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker with access to the IPMI character device files could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2019-9003)

    Jann Horn discovered that the SNMP NAT implementation in the Linux kernel performed insufficient ASN.1     length checks. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9162)

    Jann Horn discovered that the mmap implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check for the mmap     minimum address in some situations. A local attacker could use this to assist exploiting a kernel NULL     pointer dereference vulnerability. (CVE-2019-9213)

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.

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to fix security issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
123496	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0784-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/29/2019	5/20/2022	high
123677	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-3930-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/3/2019	8/27/2024	high
126031	Slackware 14.2 / current : kernel (SSA:2019-169-01) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	6/19/2019	5/15/2024	high

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