Matthew Daley reported an information leak in the floppy disk driver of the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory.
(CVE-2014-1738)

Matthew Daley reported a flaw in the handling of ioctl commands by the floppy disk driver in the Linux kernel. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to gain administrative privileges if the floppy disk module is loaded. (CVE-2014-1737)

A flaw was discovered in the vhost-net subsystem of the Linux kernel.
Guest OS users could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash). (CVE-2014-0055)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of network packets when mergeable buffers are disabled for virtual machines in the Linux kernel. Guest OS users may exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or possibly gain privilege on the host OS.
(CVE-2014-0077)

Nikolay Aleksandrov discovered a race condition in Linux kernel's IPv4 fragment handling code. Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact. (CVE-2014-0100)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's handling of the SCTP handshake. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-0101)

A flaw was discovered in the handling of routing information in Linux kernel's IPv6 stack. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 router advertisement packets. (CVE-2014-2309)

An error was discovered in the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol support. A remote attacked could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-2523)

Max Sydorenko discovered a race condition in the Atheros 9k wireless driver in the Linux kernel. This race could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2672)

Adhemerval Zanella Neto discovered a flaw the in the Transactional Memory (TM) implementation for powerpc based machine. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2014-2673)

An error was discovered in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol stack in the Linux kernel. A local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2014-2678)

Yaara Rozenblum discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel's Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211). Remote attackers could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash).
(CVE-2014-2706)

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's ping sockets. An unprivileged local user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application. (CVE-2014-2851).

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

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

  - The pn_recvmsg function in net/phonet/datagram.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value before ensuring that an associated data structure     has been initialized, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory     via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system     call.(CVE-2013-7265)

  - The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in     drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before     3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is     consistent with the size of an associated data     structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2)     recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.(CVE-2013-7266)

  - The atalk_recvmsg function in net/appletalk/ddp.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7267)

  - The ipx_recvmsg function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7268)

  - The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7269)

  - The packet_recvmsg function in net/packet/af_packet.c     in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain     length value before ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7270)

  - The x25_recvmsg function in net/x25/af_x25.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7271)

  - The dgram_recvmsg function in net/ieee802154/dgram.c in     the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates a certain length     value without ensuring that an associated data     structure has been initialized, which allows local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg     system call.(CVE-2013-7281)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     rds_ib_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's     implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system.(CVE-2013-7339)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Crypto     subsystem handled automatic loading of kernel modules.
    A local user could use this flaw to load any installed     kernel module, and thus increase the attack surface of     the running kernel.(CVE-2013-7421)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of Unix sockets. A server polling for client-socket     data could put the peer socket on a wait list the peer     socket could then close the connection, making the     reference on the wait list no longer valid. This could     lead to bypassing the permissions on a Unix socket and     packets being injected into the stream, and could also     panic the machine (denial of service).(CVE-2013-7446)

  - The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is     enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a     recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer     parameter.(CVE-2014-0038)

  - Buffer overflow in the complete_emulated_mmio function     in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.6     allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the     host OS by leveraging a loop that triggers an invalid     memory copy affecting certain cancel_work_item     data.(CVE-2014-0049)

  - The cifs_iovec_write function in fs/cifs/file.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.13.5 does not properly handle     uncached write operations that copy fewer than the     requested number of bytes, which allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory, cause     a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash), or possibly gain privileges via a writev system     call with a crafted pointer.(CVE-2014-0069)

  - drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10,     when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly     validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host     OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS     via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and     get_rx_bufs functions.(CVE-2014-0077)

  - Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in     net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through     3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free error) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a large series of     fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a     heavy CPU load.(CVE-2014-0100)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel processed     an authenticated COOKIE_ECHO chunk during the     initialization of an SCTP connection. A remote attacker     could use this flaw to crash the system by initiating a     specially crafted SCTP handshake in order to trigger a     NULL pointer dereference on the system.(CVE-2014-0101)

  - The keyring_detect_cycle_iterator function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel through     3.13.6 does not properly determine whether keyrings are     identical, which allows local users to cause a denial     of service (OOPS) via crafted keyctl     commands.(CVE-2014-0102)

  - Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment     function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory by leveraging the     absence of a certain orphaning     operation.(CVE-2014-0131)

  - The ioapic_deliver function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the     Linux kernel through 3.14.1 does not properly validate     the kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic return value, which allows     guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS     crash) via a crafted entry in the redirection table of     an I/O APIC. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the     ioapic_service function before the vulnerability was     announced.(CVE-2014-0155)

  - It was found that the permission checks performed by     the Linux kernel when a netlink message was received     were not sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could     potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged     process and altering the output of this     process.(CVE-2014-0181)

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.

This kernel update contains a number of CVE fixes, all users are encouraged to update.

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

The Linux kernel was updated to fix security issues and bugs :

Security issues fixed: CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel on Intel processors did not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allowed local users to leverage a race condition and gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault), via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork system calls.

CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel did not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

CVE-2014-4171: mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel did not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended shmem activity by blocking completion of (1) an MADV_REMOVE madvise call or (2) an FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fallocate call.

CVE-2014-4508: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.

CVE-2014-0100: Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load.

CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.

CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl calls.

CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allowed local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.

CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4014: The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allowed local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

CVE-2014-2309: The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel did not properly count the addition of routes, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

Bugs fixed :

  - Don't trigger congestion wait on dirty-but-not-writeout     pages (bnc#879071).

  - via-velocity: fix netif_receive_skb use in irq disabled     section (bnc#851686).

  - HID: logitech-dj: Fix USB 3.0 issue (bnc#886629).

  - tg3: Change nvram command timeout value to 50ms     (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

  - tg3: Override clock, link aware and link idle mode     during NVRAM dump (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

  - tg3: Set the MAC clock to the fastest speed during boot     code load (bnc#768714 bnc#855657).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Fix deadlocks at resuming (bnc#884840).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Save mixer status only once at suspend     (bnc#884840).

  - ALSA: usb-audio: Resume mixer values properly     (bnc#884840).

Updated kernel-rt packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

  * A race condition leading to a use-after-free flaw was     found in the way the Linux kernel's TCP/IP protocol     suite implementation handled the addition of fragments     to the LRU (Last-Recently Used) list under certain     conditions. A remote attacker could use this flaw to     crash the system or, potentially, escalate their     privileges on the system by sending a large amount of     specially crafted fragmented packets to that system.
    (CVE-2014-0100, Important)

  * A race condition flaw, leading to heap-based buffer     overflows, was found in the way the Linux kernel's N_TTY     line discipline (LDISC) implementation handled     concurrent processing of echo output and TTY write     operations originating from user space when the     underlying TTY driver was PTY. An unprivileged, local     user could use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2014-0196, Important)

  * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's floppy     driver handled user space provided data in certain error     code paths while processing FDRAWCMD IOCTL commands. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to free (using the kfree() function) arbitrary     kernel memory. (CVE-2014-1737, Important)

  * It was found that the Linux kernel's floppy driver     leaked internal kernel memory addresses to user space     during the processing of the FDRAWCMD IOCTL command. A     local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use this     flaw to obtain information about the kernel heap     arrangement. (CVE-2014-1738, Low)

Note: A local user with write access to /dev/fdX could use these two flaws (CVE-2014-1737 in combination with CVE-2014-1738) to escalate their privileges on the system.

  * A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the     ping_init_sock() function of the Linux kernel handled     the group_info reference counter. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2014-2851, Important)

  * It was found that a remote attacker could use a race     condition flaw in the ath_tx_aggr_sleep() function to     crash the system by creating large network traffic on     the system's Atheros 9k wireless network adapter.
    (CVE-2014-2672, Moderate)

  * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the     rds_iw_laddr_check() function in the Linux kernel's     implementation of Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS). A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system. (CVE-2014-2678, Moderate)

  * A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mac80211 subsystem implementation handled     synchronization between TX and STA wake-up code paths.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the     system. (CVE-2014-2706, Moderate)

  * It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in     the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not     properly handle page locking in certain cases, which     could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in the     mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3122,     Moderate)

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which upgrade the kernel-rt kernel to version kernel-rt-3.10.33-rt32.34 and correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
74215	Ubuntu 13.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2228-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	5/28/2014	1/19/2021	critical
124801	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1477)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	5/23/2024	medium
72891	Fedora 19 : kernel-3.13.5-103.fc19 (2014-3448)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/10/2014	1/11/2021	high
127146	NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04 : kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0004)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	8/12/2019	5/19/2022	high
77177	openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0985-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/13/2014	1/19/2021	high
72870	Fedora 20 : kernel-3.13.5-202.fc20 (2014-3442)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/7/2014	1/11/2021	high
74213	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-saucy vulnerabilities (USN-2225-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	5/28/2014	1/19/2021	critical
76677	RHEL 6 : MRG (RHSA-2014:0557)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	7/22/2014	5/14/2023	high

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