The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. This is the last planned LTSS kernel update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which     allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel     memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c.
    NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete     fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).

  - CVE-2004-0230: TCP, when using a large Window Size, made     it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers     and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to     persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP     RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived     connections, such as BGP (bnc#969340).

  - CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in     net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the     relationship between the minimum fragment length and the     maximum packet size, which allowed local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability (bnc#1008831).

  - CVE-2016-8399: An out of bounds read in the ping     protocol handler could have lead to information     disclosure (bsc#1014746).

  - CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1)     SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option     (bnc#1013531).

  - CVE-2012-6704: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or     (2) SO_RCVBUF option (bnc#1013542).

  - CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in     certain error cases, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a     crafted application (bnc#1013038).

  - CVE-2016-3841: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled options data, which allowed local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg     system call (bnc#992566).

  - CVE-2016-9685: Multiple memory leaks in error paths in     fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via crafted XFS filesystem operations (bnc#1012832).

  - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel 3.x     provides an incomplete set of requirements for setattr     operations that underspecified removing extended     privilege attributes, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed     invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using     chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark     dumpcap program (bnc#914939).

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacked     chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

  - CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by     leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation     even if the corresponding start operation had failed     (bnc#1010716).

  - CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio     function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system     call (bnc#1010711).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-7916: Race condition in the environ_read     function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a     process-setup time interval in which     environment-variable copying is incomplete     (bnc#1010467).

  - CVE-2016-8646: The hash_accept function in     crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting     to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket     that has received zero bytes of data (bnc#1010150).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel before 4.8.7, in certain unusual hardware     configurations, allowed remote attackers to execute     arbitrary code via crafted fragmented packets     (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel used an     incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack     memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys     file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2017-5551: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions. This CVE tracks the     fix for the tmpfs filesystem. (bsc#1021258).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).

  - CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in     fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to obtain sensitive physical-address information     by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug     25739721 (bnc#994759).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in     include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly     maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system     crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

  - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib     function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a     certain size value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability     (bnc#991608).

  - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt     implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive     information from kernel heap memory by leveraging     in-container root access to provide a crafted offset     value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary     (bsc#986365).

  - CVE-2015-7513: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel     did not reset the PIT counter values during state     restoration, which allowed guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS     crash) via a zero value, related to the     kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions     (bnc#960689).

  - CVE-2013-4312: The Linux kernel allowed local users to     bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor     over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to     net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c (bnc#839104).

  - CVE-2016-4997: The compat IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE and     IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementations in the     netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel allow local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (memory corruption) by leveraging in-container root     access to provide a crafted offset value that triggers     an unintended decrement (bnc#986362).

  - CVE-2016-5829: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in     the hiddev_ioctl_usage function in     drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c in the Linux kernel allow     local users to cause a denial of service or possibly     have unspecified other impact via a crafted (1)     HIDIOCGUSAGES or (2) HIDIOCSUSAGES ioctl call     (bnc#986572).

  - CVE-2016-4470: The key_reject_and_link function in     security/keys/key.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure     that a certain data structure is initialized, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system     crash) via vectors involving a crafted keyctl request2     command (bnc#984755).

  - CVE-2016-5244: The rds_inc_info_copy function in     net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize a     certain structure member, which allowed remote attackers     to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory     by reading an RDS message (bnc#983213).

  - CVE-2016-1583: The ecryptfs_privileged_open function in     fs/ecryptfs/kthread.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (stack memory consumption) via vectors involving crafted     mmap calls for /proc pathnames, leading to recursive     pagefault handling (bnc#983143).

  - CVE-2016-4913: The get_rock_ridge_filename function in     fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled NM (aka     alternate name) entries containing \0 characters, which     allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory or possibly have unspecified other impact     via a crafted isofs filesystem (bnc#980725).

  - CVE-2016-4580: The x25_negotiate_facilities function in     net/x25/x25_facilities.c in the Linux kernel did not     properly initialize a certain data structure, which     allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory via an X.25 Call Request     (bnc#981267).

  - CVE-2016-4805: Use-after-free vulnerability in     drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c in the Linux kernel     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and system crash, or spinlock) or possibly     have unspecified other impact by removing a network     namespace, related to the ppp_register_net_channel and     ppp_unregister_channel functions (bnc#980371).

  - CVE-2015-7833: The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel     allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value     in a USB device descriptor (bnc#950998).

  - CVE-2016-2187: The gtco_probe function in     drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c in the Linux kernel allowed     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via     a crafted endpoints value in a USB device descriptor     (bnc#971944).

  - CVE-2016-4482: The proc_connectinfo function in     drivers/usb/core/devio.c in the Linux kernel did not     initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via a crafted USBDEVFS_CONNECTINFO ioctl call     (bnc#978401).

  - CVE-2016-4565: The InfiniBand (aka IB) stack in the     Linux kernel incorrectly relies on the write system     call, which allowed local users to cause a denial of     service (kernel memory write operation) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a uAPI interface     (bnc#979548).

  - CVE-2016-4485: The llc_cmsg_rcv function in     net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel did not initialize     a certain data structure, which allowed attackers to     obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by     reading a message (bnc#978821).

  - CVE-2016-4578: sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel     did not initialize certain r1 data structures, which     allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel stack memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer     interface, related to the (1) snd_timer_user_ccallback     and (2) snd_timer_user_tinterrupt functions     (bnc#979879).

  - CVE-2016-4569: The snd_timer_user_params function in     sound/core/timer.c in the Linux kernel did not     initialize a certain data structure, which allowed local     users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack     memory via crafted use of the ALSA timer interface     (bnc#979213).

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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android     6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a     pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721. (CVE-2016-0823)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. For the PowerPC64 a new 'bigmem' flavor has been added to support big Power machines. (FATE#319026) The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel, when the GNU     Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled,     uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading the     /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).

  - CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in     fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to obtain sensitive physical-address information     by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug     25739721 (bnc#994759).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-3841: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled options data, which allowed local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg     system call (bnc#992566).

  - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in     include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly     maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system     crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

  - CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel     did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK     segments, which made it easier for remote attackers to     hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack     (bnc#989152).

  - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib     function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a     certain size value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability     (bnc#991608).

  - CVE-2016-4998: The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt     implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive     information from kernel heap memory by leveraging     in-container root access to provide a crafted offset     value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary     (bnc#986365).

  - CVE-2015-7513: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel     did not reset the PIT counter values during state     restoration, which allowed guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS     crash) via a zero value, related to the     kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions     (bnc#960689).

  - CVE-2013-4312: The Linux kernel allowed local users to     bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of     service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor     over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to     net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c (bnc#839104     bsc#922947 bsc#968014).

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 SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-8970: crypto/algif_skcipher.c in the Linux     kernel did not verify that a setkey operation has been     performed on an AF_ALG socket before an accept system     call is processed, which allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) via a crafted application that did not supply a     key, related to the lrw_crypt function in crypto/lrw.c     (bnc#1008374).

  - CVE-2017-5551: Clear S_ISGID on tmpfs when setting posix     ACLs (bsc#1021258).

  - CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the     Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr     call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges     by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with     restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).

  - CVE-2016-10088: The sg implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly restrict write operations in     situations where the KERNEL_DS option is set, which     allowed local users to read or write to arbitrary kernel     memory locations or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) by leveraging access to a /dev/sg     device, related to block/bsg.c and drivers/scsi/sg.c.
    NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete     fix for CVE-2016-9576 (bnc#1017710).

  - CVE-2004-0230: TCP, when using a large Window Size, made     it easier for remote attackers to guess sequence numbers     and cause a denial of service (connection loss) to     persistent TCP connections by repeatedly injecting a TCP     RST packet, especially in protocols that use long-lived     connections, such as BGP (bnc#969340).

  - CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in     net/tipc/msg.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the     relationship between the minimum fragment length and the     maximum packet size, which allowed local users to gain     privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN     capability (bnc#1008831).

  - CVE-2016-8399: An elevation of privilege vulnerability     in the kernel networking subsystem could have enabled a     local malicious application to execute arbitrary code     within the context of the kernel bnc#1014746).

  - CVE-2016-9793: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1)     SO_SNDBUFFORCE or (2) SO_RCVBUFFORCE option     (bnc#1013531).

  - CVE-2012-6704: The sock_setsockopt function in     net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel mishandled negative     values of sk_sndbuf and sk_rcvbuf, which allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption     and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other     impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a     crafted setsockopt system call with the (1) SO_SNDBUF or     (2) SO_RCVBUF option (bnc#1013542).

  - CVE-2016-9756: arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize Code Segment (CS) in     certain error cases, which allowed local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a     crafted application (bnc#1013038).

  - CVE-2016-3841: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel     mishandled options data, which allowed local users to     gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg     system call (bnc#992566).

  - CVE-2016-9685: Multiple memory leaks in error paths in     fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption)     via crafted XFS filesystem operations (bnc#1012832).

  - CVE-2015-1350: The VFS subsystem in the Linux kernel     provided an incomplete set of requirements for setattr     operations that underspecifies removing extended     privilege attributes, which allowed local users to cause     a denial of service (capability stripping) via a failed     invocation of a system call, as demonstrated by using     chown to remove a capability from the ping or Wireshark     dumpcap program (bnc#914939).

  - CVE-2015-8962: Double free vulnerability in the     sg_common_write function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the     Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or     cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system     crash) by detaching a device during an SG_IO ioctl call     (bnc#1010501).

  - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in     net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacked     chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted SCTP data (bnc#1011685).

  - CVE-2016-7910: Use-after-free vulnerability in the     disk_seqf_stop function in block/genhd.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to gain privileges by     leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation     even if the corresponding start operation had failed     (bnc#1010716).

  - CVE-2016-7911: Race condition in the get_task_ioprio     function in block/ioprio.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of     service (use-after-free) via a crafted ioprio_get system     call (bnc#1010711).

  - CVE-2015-8964: The tty_set_termios_ldisc function in     drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a tty data structure (bnc#1010507).

  - CVE-2016-7916: Race condition in the environ_read     function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel     memory by reading a /proc/*/environ file during a     process-setup time interval in which     environment-variable copying is incomplete     (bnc#1010467).

  - CVE-2016-8646: The hash_accept function in     crypto/algif_hash.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by attempting     to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket     that has received zero bytes of data (bnc#1010150).

  - CVE-2016-8633: drivers/firewire/net.c in the Linux     kernel in certain unusual hardware configurations     allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via     crafted fragmented packets (bnc#1008833).

  - CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in     security/keys/proc.c in the Linux, when the GNU Compiler     Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled, used an     incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which     allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack     memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys     file (bnc#1004517).

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).

  - CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in     fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to obtain sensitive physical-address information     by reading a pagemap file (bnc#994759).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in     include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly     maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system     crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

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.

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

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's key management subsystem handled keyring     object reference counting in certain error path of the     join_session_keyring() function. A local, unprivileged     user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges     on the system.(CVE-2016-0728)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's ASN.1     DER decoder processed certain certificate files with     tags of indefinite length. A local, unprivileged user     could use a specially crafted X.509 certificate DER     file to crash the system or, potentially, escalate     their privileges on the system.(CVE-2016-0758)

  - The LIST_POISON feature in include/linux/poison.h in     the Linux kernel before 4.3, as used in Android 6.0.1     before 2016-03-01, does not properly consider the     relationship to the mmap_min_addr value, which makes it     easier for attackers to bypass a poison-pointer     protection mechanism by triggering the use of an     uninitialized list entry, aka Android internal bug     26186802, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2015-3636.(CVE-2016-0821)

  - The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1     before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain     sensitive physical-address information by reading a     pagemap file, aka Android internal bug     25739721.(CVE-2016-0823)

  - The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel     does not properly restrict execute access, which makes     it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux     W^X policy restrictions.(CVE-2016-10044)

  - It was found that the fix for CVE-2016-9576 was     incomplete: the Linux kernel's sg implementation did     not properly restrict write operations in situations     where the KERNEL_DS option is set. A local attacker to     read or write to arbitrary kernel memory locations or     cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by     leveraging write access to a /dev/sg     device.(CVE-2016-10088)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel     which enables a race condition in the L2TPv3 IP     Encapsulation feature. A local user could use this flaw     to escalate their privileges or crash the     system.(CVE-2016-10200)

  - Mounting a crafted EXT4 image read-only leads to an     attacker controlled memory corruption and     SLAB-Out-of-Bounds reads.(CVE-2016-10208)

  - The Linux kernel allows remote attackers to execute     arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe     second checksum calculation during execution of a recv     system call with the MSG_PEEK flag. This may create a     kernel panic or memory corruption leading to privilege     escalation.(CVE-2016-10229)

  - The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel     through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL     xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges     by leveraging a group-writable setgid     directory.(CVE-2016-1575)

  - The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel     through 4.5.2 does not properly restrict the mount     namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges     by mounting an overlayfs filesystem on top of a FUSE     filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid     program.(CVE-2016-1576)

  - A syntax vulnerability was discovered in the kernel's     ASN1.1 DER decoder, which could lead to memory     corruption or a complete local denial of service     through x509 certificate DER files. A local system user     could use a specially created key file to trigger     BUG_ON() in the public_key_verify_signature() function     (crypto/asymmetric_keys/public_key.c), to cause a     kernel panic and crash the system.(CVE-2016-2053)

  - A flaw was discovered in the way the Linux kernel dealt     with paging structures. When the kernel invalidated a     paging structure that was not in use locally, it could,     in principle, race against another CPU that is     switching to a process that uses the paging structure     in question. A local user could use a thread running     with a stale cached virtual-i1/4zphysical translation to     potentially escalate their privileges if the     translation in question were writable and the physical     page got reused for something critical (for example, a     page table).(CVE-2016-2069)

  - A divide-by-zero vulnerability was found in a way the     kernel processes TCP connections. The error can occur     if a connection starts another cwnd reduction phase by     setting tp-i1/4zprior_cwnd to the current cwnd (0) in     tcp_init_cwnd_reduction(). A remote, unauthenticated     attacker could use this flaw to crash the kernel     (denial of service).(CVE-2016-2070)

  - It was discovered that the atl2_probe() function in the     Atheros L2 Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel     incorrectly enabled scatter/gather I/O. A remote     attacker could use this flaw to obtain potentially     sensitive information from the kernel     memory.(CVE-2016-2117)

  - The create_fixed_stream_quirk function in     sound/usb/quirks.c in the snd-usb-audio driver in the     Linux kernel before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference or double free, and system crash) via a     crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2184)

  - The ati_remote2_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/ati_remote2.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-2185)

  - The powermate_probe function in     drivers/input/misc/powermate.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and     system crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB     device descriptor.(CVE-2016-2186)

  - The gtco_probe function in drivers/input/tablet/gtco.c     in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL     pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted     endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2187)

  - The iowarrior_probe function in     drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c in the Linux kernel before     4.5.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system     crash) via a crafted endpoints value in a USB device     descriptor.(CVE-2016-2188)

  - A flaw was found in the USB-MIDI Linux kernel driver: a     double-free error could be triggered for the 'umidi'     object. An attacker with physical access to the system     could use this flaw to escalate their     privileges.(CVE-2016-2384)

  - The snd_seq_ioctl_remove_events function in     sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c in the Linux kernel     before 4.4.1 does not verify FIFO assignment before     proceeding with FIFO clearing, which allows local users     to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference     and OOPS) via a crafted ioctl call.(CVE-2016-2543)

  - Race condition in the queue_delete function in     sound/core/seq/seq_queue.c in the Linux kernel before     4.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and system crash) by making an ioctl     call at a certain time.(CVE-2016-2544)

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.

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 pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the     Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as used in Android 6.0.1     before 2016-03-01, allows local users to obtain     sensitive physical-address information by reading a     pagemap file, aka Android internal bug     25739721.(CVE-2016-0823i1/4%0

  - drivers/hid/hid-steelseries.c in the Human Interface     Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through     3.11, when CONFIG_HID_STEELSERIES is enabled, allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted     device.(CVE-2013-2891i1/4%0

  - The overlayfs implementation in the Linux kernel     through 4.5.2 does not properly maintain POSIX ACL     xattr data, which allows local users to gain privileges     by leveraging a group-writable setgid     directory.(CVE-2016-1575i1/4%0

  - Integer overflow in the vc4_get_bcl function in     drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c in the VideoCore DRM     driver in the Linux kernel before 4.9.7 allows local     users to cause a denial of service or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a crafted size value in a     VC4_SUBMIT_CL ioctl call.(CVE-2017-5576i1/4%0

  - The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5     allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial     of service (system crash) via a VAPIC synchronization     operation involving a page-end     address.(CVE-2013-6368i1/4%0

  - It was found that the code in net/sctp/socket.c in the     Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict     association peel-off operations during certain wait     states, which allows local users to cause a denial of     service (invalid unlock and double free) via a     multithreaded application. This vulnerability was     introduced by CVE-2017-5986 fix (commit     2dcab5984841).(CVE-2017-6353i1/4%0

  - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_dccp.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.13.6 uses a DCCP header pointer     incorrectly, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code via a DCCP packet that triggers a call     to the (1) dccp_new, (2) dccp_packet, or (3) dccp_error     function.(CVE-2014-2523i1/4%0

  - Race condition vulnerability was found in     drivers/misc/mic/vop/vop_vringh.c in the MIC VOP driver     in the Linux kernel before 4.6.1. MIC VOP driver does     two successive reads from user space to read a variable     length data structure. Local user can obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory or can cause DoS by     corrupting kernel memory if the data structure changes     between the two reads.(CVE-2016-5728i1/4%0

  - An issue was discovered in the btrfs filesystem code in     the Linux kernel. An invalid pointer dereference in     io_ctl_map_page() when mounting and operating a crafted     btrfs image is due to a lack of block group item     validation in check_leaf_item() in     fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c function. This could lead to a     system crash and a denial of service.(CVE-2018-14613i1/4%0

  - 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-2014-9322i1/4%0

  - The keyring_search_aux function in     security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allows     local users to cause a denial of service via a     request_key system call for the 'dead' key     type.(CVE-2017-6951i1/4%0

  - 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-2015-0274i1/4%0

  - A memory leak in the kernel_read_file function in     fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel through 4.20.11 allows     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption) by triggering vfs_read     failures.(CVE-2019-8980i1/4%0

  - A flaw was found in the kernel's implementation of the     Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF). A local attacker could     craft BPF code to crash the system by creating a     situation in which the JIT compiler would fail to     correctly optimize the JIT image on the last pass. This     would lead to the CPU executing instructions that were     not part of the JIT code.(CVE-2015-4700i1/4%0

  - A security flaw was discovered in     nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in the Linux kernel     since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13. This function does not     check whether the required attributes are present in a     netlink request. This request can be issued by a user     with CAP_NET_ADMIN privilege and may result in NULL     dereference and a system crash.(CVE-2017-12153i1/4%0

  - The atyfb_ioctl function in     drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c in the Linux     kernel through 4.12.10 does not initialize a certain     data structure, which allows local users to obtain     sensitive information from kernel stack memory by     reading locations associated with padding     bytes.(CVE-2017-14156i1/4%0

  - kernel/events/core.c in the performance subsystem in     the Linux kernel before 4.0 mismanages locks during     certain migrations, which allows local users to gain     privileges via a crafted application, aka Android     internal bug 31095224.(CVE-2016-6787i1/4%0

  - The ioresources_init function in kernel/resource.c in     the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before     2016-08-05 on Nexus 6 and 7 (2013) devices, uses weak     permissions for /proc/iomem, which allows local users     to obtain sensitive information by reading this file,     aka Android internal bug 28814213 and Qualcomm internal     bug CR786116. NOTE: the permissions may be intentional     in most non-Android contexts.(CVE-2015-8944i1/4%0

  - Race condition in the ioctl_file_dedupe_range function     in fs/ioctl.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7 allows     local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based     buffer overflow) or possibly gain privileges by     changing a certain count value, aka a 'double fetch'     vulnerability.(CVE-2016-6516i1/4%0

  - It was found that the timer functionality in the Linux     kernel ALSA subsystem is prone to a race condition     between read and ioctl system call handlers, resulting     in an uninitialized memory disclosure to user space. A     local user could use this flaw to read information     belonging to other users.(CVE-2017-1000380i1/4%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 openSUSE 13.2 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

  - CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in     net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed     local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a     denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors     involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM     socket (bnc#1003925).

  - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using     MAP_PRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in     the wild (bsc#1004418).

  - CVE-2016-8658: Stack-based buffer overflow in the     brcmf_cfg80211_start_ap function in     drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/cfg8021     1.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly have     unspecified other impact via a long SSID Information     Element in a command to a Netlink socket (bnc#1004462).

  - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the
    __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux     kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary     code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that     is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).

  - CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in     fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19.3, as     used in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-03-01, allowed local     users to obtain sensitive physical-address information     by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug     25739721 (bnc#994759).

  - CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in     drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did     not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local     users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service     (heap-based buffer overflow) via an     ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).

  - CVE-2016-6327: drivers/infiniband/ulp/srpt/ib_srpt.c in     the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial     of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)     by using an ABORT_TASK command to abort a device write     operation (bnc#994748).

  - CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in     include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly     maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy,     which allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system     crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).

  - CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel     did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK     segments, which made it easier for man-in-the-middle     attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window     attack (bnc#989152)

  - CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib     function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux     kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds access or system crash) by changing a     certain size value, aka a 'double fetch' vulnerability     (bnc#991608).

  - CVE-2015-7513: arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel     did not reset the PIT counter values during state     restoration, which allowed guest OS users to cause a     denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS     crash) via a zero value, related to the     kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit and kvm_vm_ioctl_set_pit2 functions     (bnc#960689).

  - CVE-2016-1237: nfsd in the Linux kernel allowed local     users to bypass intended file-permission restrictions by     setting a POSIX ACL, related to nfs2acl.c, nfs3acl.c,     and nfs4acl.c (bnc#986570).

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - AF_VSOCK: Shrink the area influenced by prepare_to_wait     (bsc#994520).

  - xen: Fix refcnt regression in xen netback introduced by     changes made for bug#881008 (bnc#978094)

  - MSI-X: fix an error path (luckily none so far).

  - usb: fix typo in wMaxPacketSize validation (bsc#991665).

  - usb: validate wMaxPacketValue entries in endpoint     descriptors (bnc#991665).

  - Update     patches.fixes/0002-nfsd-check-permissions-when-setting-A     CLs.patch (bsc#986570 CVE#2016-1237).

  - Update     patches.fixes/0001-posix_acl-Add-set_posix_acl.patch     (bsc#986570 CVE#2016-1237).

  - apparmor: fix change_hat not finding hat after policy     replacement (bsc#1000287).

  - arm64: Honor __GFP_ZERO in dma allocations     (bsc#1004045).

  - arm64: __clear_user: handle exceptions on strb     (bsc#994752).

  - arm64: dma-mapping: always clear allocated buffers     (bsc#1004045).

  - arm64: perf: reject groups spanning multiple HW PMUs     (bsc#1003931).

  - blkfront: fix an error path memory leak (luckily none so     far).

  - blktap2: eliminate deadlock potential from shutdown path     (bsc#909994).

  - blktap2: eliminate race from deferred work queue     handling (bsc#911687).

  - btrfs: ensure that file descriptor used with subvol     ioctls is a dir (bsc#999600).

  - cdc-acm: added sanity checking for probe() (bsc#993891).

  - kaweth: fix firmware download (bsc#993890).

  - kaweth: fix oops upon failed memory allocation     (bsc#993890).

  - netback: fix flipping mode (bsc#996664).

  - netback: fix flipping mode (bsc#996664).

  - netfront: linearize SKBs requiring too many slots     (bsc#991247).

  - nfsd: check permissions when setting ACLs (bsc#986570).

  - posix_acl: Add set_posix_acl (bsc#986570).

  - ppp: defer netns reference release for ppp channel     (bsc#980371).

  - tunnels: Do not apply GRO to multiple layers of     encapsulation (bsc#1001486).

  - usb: hub: Fix auto-remount of safely removed or ejected     USB-3 devices (bsc#922634).

  - x86: suppress lazy MMU updates during vmalloc fault     processing (bsc#951155).

  - xen-netback-generalize.patch: Fold back into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-2.6.31.patch: Fold back into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-3.12.patch: Fold bac into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-3.15.patch: Fold back into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-3.3.patch: Fold back into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-3.9.patch: Fold bac into base patch.

  - xen3-patch-3.9.patch: Fold back into base patch.

  - xenbus: do not bail early from     xenbus_dev_request_and_reply() (luckily none so far).

  - xenbus: inspect the correct type in     xenbus_dev_request_and_reply().

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
96903	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0333-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/31/2017	1/19/2021	critical
219428	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-0823	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
95536	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2016:2976-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/5/2016	1/19/2021	critical
97297	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:0494-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/21/2017	1/19/2021	critical
124815	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1491)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	5/23/2024	critical
124829	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1506)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	5/13/2019	5/20/2022	high
94303	openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2016-1227) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/27/2016	3/8/2022	critical

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