Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2372 - Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN linux
nessus
Summary
The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interface's own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2012-1540.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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. These packages contain the Linux kernel. Security fixes : * A race condition in the way asynchronous I/O and fallocate() interacted when using ext4 could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain random data from a deleted file. (CVE-2012-4508, Important) * A flaw in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation range checked guest provided addresses in the XENMEM_exchange hypercall could allow a malicious, para-virtualized guest administrator to crash the hypervisor or, potentially, escalate their privileges, allowing them to execute arbitrary code at the hypervisor level. (CVE-2012-5513, Important) * A flaw in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate) * A race condition in the way access to inet->opt ip_options was synchronized in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63171 published 2012-12-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63171 title CentOS 5 : kernel (CESA-2012:1540) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1555-1.NASL description Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system. (CVE-2012-0044) A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61788 published 2012-09-05 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61788 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1555-1) NASL family Misc. NASL id VMWARE_ESX_VMSA-2013-0015_REMOTE.NASL description The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in several third-party libraries : - Kernel - Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) - Network Security Services (NSS) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89670 published 2016-03-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89670 title VMware ESX Third-Party Libraries Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2013-0015) (remote check) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1556-1.NASL description Chen Haogang discovered an integer overflow that could result in memory corruption. A local unprivileged user could use this to crash the system. (CVE-2012-0044) A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62005 published 2012-09-07 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62005 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-ec2 vulnerabilities (USN-1556-1) NASL family VMware ESX Local Security Checks NASL id VMWARE_VMSA-2013-0015.NASL description a. Update to ESX service console kernel The ESX service console kernel is updated to resolve multiple security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2012-2372, CVE-2012-3552, CVE-2013-2147, CVE-2013-2164, CVE-2013-2206, CVE-2013-2224, CVE-2013-2234, CVE-2013-2237, CVE-2013-2232 to these issues. b. Update to ESX service console NSPR and NSS This patch updates the ESX service console Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) and Network Security Services (NSS) RPMs to resolve multiple security issues. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2013-0791 and CVE-2013-1620 to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 71245 published 2013-12-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/71245 title VMSA-2013-0015 : VMware ESX updates to third-party libraries NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20120618_KERNEL_ON_SL6_X.NASL description The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : - A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2012-0044, Important) - A buffer overflow flaw was found in the macvtap device driver, used for creating a bridged network between the guest and the host in KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments. A privileged guest user in a KVM guest could use this flaw to crash the host. Note: This issue only affected hosts that have the vhost_net module loaded with the experimental_zcopytx module option enabled (it is not enabled by default), and that also have macvtap configured for at least one guest. (CVE-2012-2119, Important) - When a set user ID (setuid) application is executed, certain personality flags for controlling the application last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2012-08-01 plugin id 61331 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61331 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120618) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2013-0713-1.NASL description rds-ping in the OFED stack could have triggered a kernel BUG, which could have caused a local denial of service attack. (CVE-2012-2372) 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. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2015-05-20 plugin id 83581 published 2015-05-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83581 title SUSE SLES10 Security Update : OFED (SUSE-SU-2013:0713-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1554-1.NASL description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61787 published 2012-09-05 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61787 title Ubuntu 11.10 : linux vulnerability (USN-1554-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1530-1.NASL description Andy Adamson discovered a flaw in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61508 published 2012-08-13 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61508 title USN-1530-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2012-0743.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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 packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : * A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2012-0044, Important) * A buffer overflow flaw was found in the macvtap device driver, used for creating a bridged network between the guest and the host in KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments. A privileged guest user in a KVM guest could use this flaw to crash the host. Note: This issue only affected hosts that have the vhost_net module loaded with the experimental_zcopytx module option enabled (it is not enabled by default), and that also have macvtap configured for at least one guest. (CVE-2012-2119, Important) * When a set user ID (setuid) application is executed, certain personality flags for controlling the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59609 published 2012-06-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59609 title CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2012:0743) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1563-1.NASL description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62041 published 2012-09-11 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62041 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-oneiric vulnerability (USN-1563-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1538-1.NASL description An error was discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61548 published 2012-08-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61548 title Ubuntu 10.04 LTS : linux-lts-backport-natty vulnerabilities (USN-1538-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-8890.NASL description Linux v3.3.8 Fixes for CVE-2012-2390 and CVE-2012-2372. Disabled 32bit NX emulation which is suspected of being broken and aligns us more with upstream. Final 3.3.x update before rebasing to the 3.4 kernel series. 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. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-06-14 plugin id 59487 published 2012-06-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59487 title Fedora 16 : kernel-3.3.8-1.fc16 (2012-8890) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2012-0743.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0743 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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 packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : * A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2012-0044, Important) * A buffer overflow flaw was found in the macvtap device driver, used for creating a bridged network between the guest and the host in KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments. A privileged guest user in a KVM guest could use this flaw to crash the host. Note: This issue only affected hosts that have the vhost_net module loaded with the experimental_zcopytx module option enabled (it is not enabled by default), and that also have macvtap configured for at least one guest. (CVE-2012-2119, Important) * When a set user ID (setuid) application is executed, certain personality flags for controlling the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 68544 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68544 title Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2012-0743) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2012-1540.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:1540 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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. These packages contain the Linux kernel. Security fixes : * A race condition in the way asynchronous I/O and fallocate() interacted when using ext4 could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain random data from a deleted file. (CVE-2012-4508, Important) * A flaw in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation range checked guest provided addresses in the XENMEM_exchange hypercall could allow a malicious, para-virtualized guest administrator to crash the hypervisor or, potentially, escalate their privileges, allowing them to execute arbitrary code at the hypervisor level. (CVE-2012-5513, Important) * A flaw in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate) * A race condition in the way access to inet->opt ip_options was synchronized in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 68663 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68663 title Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1540) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1514-1.NASL description A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61506 published 2012-08-13 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61506 title USN-1514-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2012-0743.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. 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 packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. This update fixes the following security issues : * A local, unprivileged user could use an integer overflow flaw in drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl() to cause a denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2012-0044, Important) * A buffer overflow flaw was found in the macvtap device driver, used for creating a bridged network between the guest and the host in KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) environments. A privileged guest user in a KVM guest could use this flaw to crash the host. Note: This issue only affected hosts that have the vhost_net module loaded with the experimental_zcopytx module option enabled (it is not enabled by default), and that also have macvtap configured for at least one guest. (CVE-2012-2119, Important) * When a set user ID (setuid) application is executed, certain personality flags for controlling the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59562 published 2012-06-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59562 title RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2012:0743) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2531.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - 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 snd_compr_tstamp function in sound/core/compress_offload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28770164 and Qualcomm internal bug CR568717.(CVE-2014-9892) - A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering kfifo_alloc() failures, aka CID-a7b2df76b42b.(CVE-2019-19054) - A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-ab612b1daf41.(CVE-2019-19060) - A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode_burst() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-9c0530e898f3.(CVE-2019-19061) - A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering crypto_report_alg() failures, aka CID-ffdde5932042.(CVE-2019-19062) - A memory leak in the ccp_run_sha_cmd() function in drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-128c66429247.(CVE-2019-18808) - In ashmem_ioctl of ashmem.c, there is an out-of-bounds write due to insufficient locking when accessing asma. This could lead to a local elevation of privilege enabling code execution as a privileged process with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-66954097.(CVE-2017-13216) - A certain backport in the TCP Fast Open implementation for the Linux kernel before 3.18 does not properly maintain a count value, which allow local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via the Fast Open feature, as demonstrated by visiting the chrome://flags/#enable-tcp-fast-open URL when using certain 3.10.x through 3.16.x kernel builds, including longterm-maintenance releases and ckt (aka Canonical Kernel Team) builds.(CVE-2015-3332) - The rtnl_fill_link_ifmap function in net/core/rtnetlink.c in the Linux kernel before 4.5.5 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message.(CVE-2016-4486) - The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.(CVE-2017-5897) - In the Linux kernel before version 4.12, Kerberos 5 tickets decoded when using the RXRPC keys incorrectly assumes the size of a field. This could lead to the size-remaining variable wrapping and the data pointer going over the end of the buffer. This could possibly lead to memory corruption and possible privilege escalation.(CVE-2017-7482) - A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly intercept or corrupt AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients.(CVE-2018-14625) - drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.(CVE-2017-16647) - A memory leak in the ql_alloc_large_buffers() function in drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering pci_dma_mapping_error() failures, aka CID-1acb8f2a7a9f.(CVE-2019-18806) - An issue was discovered in the fd_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. An attacker can send the FDGETPRM ioctl and use the obtained kernel pointer to discover the location of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.(CVE-2018-7755) - The usbvision driver in the Linux kernel package 3.10.0-123.20.1.el7 through 3.10.0-229.14.1.el7 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.1 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a nonzero bInterfaceNumber value in a USB device descriptor.(CVE-2015-7833) - A flaw that allowed an attacker to corrupt memory and possibly escalate privileges was found in the mwifiex kernel module while connecting to a malicious wireless network.(CVE-2019-3846) - drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/if_sdio.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.(CVE-2019-16232) - drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.(CVE-2019-16234) - drivers/net/fjes/fjes_main.c in the Linux kernel 5.2.14 does not check the alloc_workqueue return value, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.(CVE-2019-16231) - Insufficient access control in the Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software driver before version 21.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access.(CVE-2019-0136) - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A heap based buffer overflow in mwifiex_uap_parse_tail_ies function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/ie.c might lead to memory corruption and possibly other consequences.(CVE-2019-10126) - The Bluetooth BR/EDR specification up to and including version 5.1 permits sufficiently low encryption key length and does not prevent an attacker from influencing the key length negotiation. This allows practical brute-force attacks (aka last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-09 plugin id 131805 published 2019-12-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131805 title EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-2531) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2012-1540-1.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:1540 : Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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. These packages contain the Linux kernel. Security fixes : * A race condition in the way asynchronous I/O and fallocate() interacted when using ext4 could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain random data from a deleted file. (CVE-2012-4508, Important) * A flaw in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation range checked guest provided addresses in the XENMEM_exchange hypercall could allow a malicious, para-virtualized guest administrator to crash the hypervisor or, potentially, escalate their privileges, allowing them to execute arbitrary code at the hypervisor level. (CVE-2012-5513, Important) * A flaw in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate) * A race condition in the way access to inet->opt ip_options was synchronized in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 68662 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68662 title Oracle Linux 5 : kernel (ELSA-2012-1540-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2014-0287-1.NASL description This is a SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS roll up update to fix a lot of security issues and non-security bugs. The following security bugs have been fixed : CVE-2011-3593: A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via priority-tagged VLAN frames. (bnc#735347) CVE-2012-1601: The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.6 allows host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists. (bnc#754898) CVE-2012-2137: Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function. (bnc#767612) CVE-2012-2372: The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interfaces own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping. (bnc#767610) CVE-2012-2745: The copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call. (bnc#770695) CVE-2012-3375: The epoll_ctl system call in fs/eventpoll.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 does not properly handle ELOOP errors in EPOLL_CTL_ADD operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (file-descriptor consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that attempts to create a circular epoll dependency. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2011-1083. (bnc#769896) CVE-2012-3412: The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value. (bnc#774523) CVE-2012-3430: The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket. (bnc#773383) CVE-2012-3511: Multiple race conditions in the madvise_remove function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via vectors involving a (1) munmap or (2) close system call. (bnc#776885) CVE-2012-4444: The ip6_frag_queue function in net/ipv6/reassembly.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36 allows remote attackers to bypass intended network restrictions via overlapping IPv6 fragments. (bnc#789831) CVE-2012-4530: The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#786013) CVE-2012-4565: The tcp_illinois_info function in net/ipv4/tcp_illinois.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.19, when the net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control illinois setting is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and OOPS) by reading TCP stats. (bnc#787576) CVE-2012-6537: net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. (bnc#809889) CVE-2012-6538: The copy_to_user_auth function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 uses an incorrect C library function for copying a string, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability. (bnc#809889) CVE-2012-6539: The dev_ifconf function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809891) CVE-2012-6540: The do_ip_vs_get_ctl function in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure for IP_VS_SO_GET_TIMEOUT commands, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809892) CVE-2012-6541: The ccid3_hc_tx_getsockopt function in net/dccp/ccids/ccid3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809893) CVE-2012-6542: The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 has an incorrect return value in certain circumstances, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that leverages an uninitialized pointer argument. (bnc#809894) CVE-2012-6544: The Bluetooth protocol stack in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application that targets the (1) L2CAP or (2) HCI implementation. (bnc#809898) CVE-2012-6545: The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809899) CVE-2012-6546: The ATM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809900) CVE-2012-6547: The __tun_chr_ioctl function in drivers/net/tun.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809901) CVE-2012-6548: The udf_encode_fh function in fs/udf/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809902) CVE-2012-6549: The isofs_export_encode_fh function in fs/isofs/export.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory via a crafted application. (bnc#809903) CVE-2013-0160: The Linux kernel through 3.7.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information about keystroke timing by using the inotify API on the /dev/ptmx device. (bnc#797175) CVE-2013-0216: The Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (loop) by triggering ring pointer corruption. (bnc#800280)(XSA-39) CVE-2013-0231: The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and 3.8 allows guest OS users with PCI device access to cause a denial of service via a large number of kernel log messages. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third-party information. (bnc#801178)(XSA-43) CVE-2013-0268: The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c. (bnc#802642) CVE-2013-0310: The cipso_v4_validate function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an IPOPT_CIPSO IP_OPTIONS setsockopt system call. (bnc#804653) CVE-2013-0343: The ipv6_create_tempaddr function in net/ipv6/addrconf.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8 does not properly handle problems with the generation of IPv6 temporary addresses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive retries and address-generation outage), and consequently obtain sensitive information, via ICMPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) messages. (bnc#805226) CVE-2013-0349: The hidp_setup_hid function in net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 does not properly copy a certain name field, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by setting a long name and making an HIDPCONNADD ioctl call. (bnc#805227) CVE-2013-0871: Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death. (bnc#804154) CVE-2013-0914: The flush_signal_handlers function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 preserves the value of the sa_restorer field across an exec operation, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application containing a sigaction system call. (bnc#808827) CVE-2013-1767: Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) by remounting a tmpfs filesystem without specifying a required mpol (aka mempolicy) mount option. (bnc#806138) CVE-2013-1773: Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion. (bnc#806977) CVE-2013-1774: The chase_port function in drivers/usb/serial/io_ti.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an attempted /dev/ttyUSB read or write operation on a disconnected Edgeport USB serial converter. (bnc#806976) CVE-2013-1792: Race condition in the install_user_keyrings function in security/keys/process_keys.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via crafted keyctl system calls that trigger keyring operations in simultaneous threads. (bnc#808358) CVE-2013-1796: The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application. (bnc#806980) CVE-2013-1797: Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation. (bnc#806980) CVE-2013-1798: The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application. (bnc#806980) CVE-2013-1827: net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call. (bnc#811354) CVE-2013-1928: The do_video_set_spu_palette function in fs/compat_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6.5 on unspecified architectures lacks a certain error check, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted VIDEO_SET_SPU_PALETTE ioctl call on a /dev/dvb device. (bnc#813735) CVE-2013-1943: The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guests physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c. (bnc#828012) CVE-2013-2015: The ext4_orphan_del function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted filesystem on removable media, as demonstrated by the e2fsprogs tests/f_orphan_extents_inode/image.gz test. (bnc#817377) CVE-2013-2141: The do_tkill function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application that makes a (1) tkill or (2) tgkill system call. (bnc#823267) CVE-2013-2147: The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 do not initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c. (bnc#823260) CVE-2013-2164: The mmc_ioctl_cdrom_read_data function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel through 3.10 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a read operation on a malfunctioning CD-ROM drive. (bnc#824295) CVE-2013-2232: The ip6_sk_dst_check function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by using an AF_INET6 socket for a connection to an IPv4 interface. (bnc#827750) CVE-2013-2234: The (1) key_notify_sa_flush and (2) key_notify_policy_flush functions in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 do not initialize certain structure members, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify interface of an IPSec key_socket. (bnc#827749) CVE-2013-2237: The key_notify_policy_flush function in net/key/af_key.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by reading a broadcast message from the notify_policy interface of an IPSec key_socket. (bnc#828119) CVE-2013-2634: net/dcb/dcbnl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 does not initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application. (bnc#810473) CVE-2013-2851: Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name. (bnc#822575) CVE-2013-2852: Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and including format string specifiers in an fwpostfix modprobe parameter, leading to improper construction of an error message. (bnc#822579) CVE-2013-2888: Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted device that provides an invalid Report ID. (bnc#835839) CVE-2013-2889: drivers/hid/hid-zpff.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_ZEROPLUS is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device. (bnc#835839) CVE-2013-2892: drivers/hid/hid-pl.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PANTHERLORD is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device. (bnc#835839) CVE-2013-2893: The Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_LOGITECH_FF, CONFIG_LOGIG940_FF, or CONFIG_LOGIWHEELS_FF is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-lgff.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-lg3ff.c, and (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg4ff.c. (bnc#835839) CVE-2013-2897: Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device. (bnc#835839) CVE-2013-2929: The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h. (bnc#847652) CVE-2013-3222: The vcc_recvmsg function in net/atm/common.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3223: The ax25_recvmsg function in net/ax25/af_ax25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3224: The bt_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3225: The rfcomm_sock_recvmsg function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3228: The irda_recvmsg_dgram function in net/irda/af_irda.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3229: The iucv_sock_recvmsg function in net/iucv/af_iucv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3231: The llc_ui_recvmsg function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3232: The nr_recvmsg function in net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3234: The rose_recvmsg function in net/rose/af_rose.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-3235: net/tipc/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain data structure and a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call. (bnc#816668) CVE-2013-4345: Off-by-one error in the get_prng_bytes function in crypto/ansi_cprng.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.4 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via multiple requests for small amounts of data, leading to improper management of the state of the consumed data. (bnc#840226) CVE-2013-4470: The Linux kernel before 3.12, when UDP Fragmentation Offload (UFO) is enabled, does not properly initialize certain data structures, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call and sends both short and long packets, related to the ip_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv4/ip_output.c and the ip6_ufo_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c. (bnc#847672) CVE-2013-4483: The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application. (bnc#848321) CVE-2013-4511: Multiple integer overflows in Alchemy LCD frame-buffer drivers in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allow local users to create a read-write memory mapping for the entirety of kernel memory, and consequently gain privileges, via crafted mmap operations, related to the (1) au1100fb_fb_mmap function in drivers/video/au1100fb.c and the (2) au1200fb_fb_mmap function in drivers/video/au1200fb.c. (bnc#849021) CVE-2013-4587: Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value. (bnc#853050) CVE-2013-4588: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_ctl.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33, when CONFIG_IP_VS is used, allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for (1) a getsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_get_ctl function, or (2) a setsockopt system call, related to the do_ip_vs_set_ctl function. (bnc#851095) CVE-2013-4591: Buffer overflow in the __nfs4_get_acl_uncached function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a getxattr system call for the system.nfs4_acl extended attribute of a pathname on an NFSv4 filesystem. (bnc#851103) CVE-2013-6367: The apic_get_tmcct function in arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and host OS crash) via crafted modifications of the TMICT value. (bnc#853051) CVE-2013-6368: 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. (bnc#853052) CVE-2013-6378: The lbs_debugfs_write function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by leveraging root privileges for a zero-length write operation. (bnc#852559) CVE-2013-6383: The aac_compat_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.8 does not require the CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted ioctl call. (bnc#852558) CVE-2014-1444: The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call. (bnc#858869) CVE-2014-1445: The wanxl_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/wanxl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via an ioctl call. (bnc#858870) CVE-2014-1446: The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call. (bnc#858872) Also the following non-security bugs have been fixed : - x86: Clear HPET configuration registers on startup (bnc#748896). - sched: fix divide by zero in task_utime() (bnc#761774). - sched: Fix pick_next_highest_task_rt() for cgroups (bnc#760596). - mm: hugetlbfs: Close race during teardown of hugetlbfs shared page tables. - mm: hugetlbfs: Correctly detect if page tables have just been shared. (Fix bad PMD message displayed while using hugetlbfs (bnc#762366)). - cpumask: Partition_sched_domains takes array of cpumask_var_t (bnc#812364). - cpumask: Simplify sched_rt.c (bnc#812364). - kabi: protect bind_conflict callback in struct inet_connection_sock_af_ops (bnc#823618). - memcg: fix init_section_page_cgroup pfn alignment (bnc#835481). - tty: fix up atime/mtime mess, take three (bnc#797175). - tty: fix atime/mtime regression (bnc#815745). - ptrace: ptrace_resume() should not wake up !TASK_TRACED thread (bnc#804154). - kbuild: Fix gcc -x syntax (bnc#773831). - ftrace: Disable function tracing during suspend/resume and hibernation, again (bnc#768668). proc: fix pagemap_read() error case (bnc#787573). net: Upgrade device features irrespective of mask (bnc#715250). - tcp: bind() fix autoselection to share ports (bnc#823618). - tcp: bind() use stronger condition for bind_conflict (bnc#823618). - tcp: ipv6: bind() use stronger condition for bind_conflict (bnc#823618). - netfilter: use RCU safe kfree for conntrack extensions (bnc#827416). - netfilter: prevent race condition breaking net reference counting (bnc#835094). - netfilter: send ICMPv6 message on fragment reassembly timeout (bnc#773577). - netfilter: fix sending ICMPv6 on netfilter reassembly timeout (bnc#773577). - tcp_cubic: limit delayed_ack ratio to prevent divide error (bnc#810045). bonding: in balance-rr mode, set curr_active_slave only if it is up (bnc#789648). scsi: Add last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2015-05-20 plugin id 83611 published 2015-05-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83611 title SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:0287-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1531-1.NASL description An error was discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61509 published 2012-08-13 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61509 title Ubuntu 11.04 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1531-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_OFED-8507.NASL description rds-ping in the OFED stack could have triggered a kernel BUG, which could have caused a local denial of service attack. (CVE-2012-2372) last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-04-26 plugin id 66230 published 2013-04-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66230 title SuSE 10 Security Update : OFED (ZYPP Patch Number 8507) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20121204_KERNEL_ON_SL5_X.NASL description Security fixes : - A race condition in the way asynchronous I/O and fallocate() interacted when using ext4 could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain random data from a deleted file. (CVE-2012-4508, Important) - A flaw in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation range checked guest provided addresses in the XENMEM_exchange hypercall could allow a malicious, para-virtualized guest administrator to crash the hypervisor or, potentially, escalate their privileges, allowing them to execute arbitrary code at the hypervisor level. (CVE-2012-5513, Important) - A flaw in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate) - A race condition in the way access to inet->opt ip_options was synchronized in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2012-12-07 plugin id 63183 published 2012-12-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63183 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20121204) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2012-1540.NASL description Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues, two bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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. These packages contain the Linux kernel. Security fixes : * A race condition in the way asynchronous I/O and fallocate() interacted when using ext4 could allow a local, unprivileged user to obtain random data from a deleted file. (CVE-2012-4508, Important) * A flaw in the way the Xen hypervisor implementation range checked guest provided addresses in the XENMEM_exchange hypercall could allow a malicious, para-virtualized guest administrator to crash the hypervisor or, potentially, escalate their privileges, allowing them to execute arbitrary code at the hypervisor level. (CVE-2012-5513, Important) * A flaw in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation could allow a local, unprivileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2012-2372, Moderate) * A race condition in the way access to inet->opt ip_options was synchronized in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 63152 published 2012-12-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/63152 title RHEL 5 : kernel (RHSA-2012:1540) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1558-1.NASL description A flaw was found in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 62007 published 2012-09-07 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2013 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62007 title USN-1558-1 : linux-ti-omap4 vulnerability NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_KERNEL-140709.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 3 kernel has been updated to fix various bugs and security issues. The following security bugs have been fixed : - The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel 3.7.4 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON and kernel panic) by establishing an RDS connection with the source IP address equal to the IPoIB interfaces own IP address, as demonstrated by rds-ping. (bnc#767610). (CVE-2012-2372) - The Linux kernel before 3.12.2 does not properly use the get_dumpable function, which allows local users to bypass intended ptrace restrictions or obtain sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers via a crafted application, related to kernel/ptrace.c and arch/ia64/include/asm/processor.h. (bnc#847652). (CVE-2013-2929) - Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel through 3.11.6 allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via a crafted mapping to a snapshot block device. (bnc#846404). (CVE-2013-4299) - The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations. (bnc#851426). (CVE-2013-4579) - Multiple buffer underflows in the XFS implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for a (1) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE or (2) XFS_IOC_ATTRLIST_BY_HANDLE_32 ioctl call with a crafted length value, related to the xfs_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c and the xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle function in fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c. (bnc#852553). (CVE-2013-6382) - The rds_ib_laddr_check function in net/rds/ib.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports. (bnc#869563). (CVE-2013-7339) - The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors. (bnc#870173). (CVE-2014-0055) - 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. (bnc#870576). (CVE-2014-0077) - The sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not validate certain auth_enable and auth_capable fields before making an sctp_sf_authenticate call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via an SCTP handshake with a modified INIT chunk and a crafted AUTH chunk before a COOKIE_ECHO chunk. (bnc#866102). (CVE-2014-0101) - 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. (bnc#867723). (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. (bnc#872540). (CVE-2014-0155) - The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call. (bnc#858869). (CVE-2014-1444) - The wanxl_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/wanxl.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via an ioctl call. (bnc#858870). (CVE-2014-1445) - The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call. (bnc#858872). (CVE-2014-1446) - The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context. (bnc#863335). (CVE-2014-1874) - The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. (bnc#867531). (CVE-2014-2309) - 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. (bnc#868653). (CVE-2014-2523) - The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports. (bnc#871561). (CVE-2014-2678) - Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter. (bnc#873374). (CVE-2014-2851) - The try_to_unmap_cluster function in mm/rmap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.3 does not properly consider which pages must be locked, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by triggering a memory-usage pattern that requires removal of page-table mappings. (bnc#876102). (CVE-2014-3122) - The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementations in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 do not check whether a certain length value is sufficiently large, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr and __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the vulnerability was announced. (bnc#877257). (CVE-2014-3144) - The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementation in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 uses the reverse order in a certain subtraction, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-read and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the vulnerability was announced. (bnc#877257). (CVE-2014-3145) - kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows 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. (bnc#880484). (CVE-2014-3917) - arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number. (CVE-2014-4508) -. (bnc#883724) - 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 before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access. (bnc#883795). (CVE-2014-4652) - sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access. (bnc#883795). (CVE-2014-4653) - The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allows 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. (bnc#883795). (CVE-2014-4654) - The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allows 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. (bnc#883795). (CVE-2014-4655) - Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow 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. (bnc#883795). (CVE-2014-4656) - The Linux kernel before 3.15.4 on Intel processors does 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 allows 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. (bnc#885725). (CVE-2014-4699) Also the following non-security bugs have been fixed : - kernel: avoid page table walk on user space access (bnc#878407, LTC#110316). - spinlock: fix system hang with spin_retry <= 0 (bnc#874145, LTC#110189). - x86/UV: Set n_lshift based on GAM_GR_CONFIG MMR for UV3. (bnc#876176) - x86: Enable multiple CPUs in crash kernel. (bnc#846690) - x86/mce: Fix CMCI preemption bugs. (bnc#786450) - x86, CMCI: Add proper detection of end of CMCI storms. (bnc#786450) - futex: revert back to the explicit waiter counting code. (bnc#851603) - futex: avoid race between requeue and wake. (bnc#851603) - intel-iommu: fix off-by-one in pagetable freeing. (bnc#874577) - ia64: Change default PSR.ac from last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-07-17 plugin id 76557 published 2014-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76557 title SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 9488 / 9491 / 9493) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_11_KERNEL-121203.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel has been updated to 3.0.51 which fixes various bugs and security issues. It contains the following feature enhancements : - The cachefiles framework is now supported (FATE#312793, bnc#782369). The userland utilities were published seperately to support this feature. - The ipset netfilter modules are now supported (FATE#313309) The ipset userland utility will be published seperately to support this feature. - The tipc kernel module is now externally supported (FATE#305033). - Hyper-V KVP IP injection was implemented (FATE#314441). A seperate hyper-v package will be published to support this feature. - Intel Lynx Point PCH chipset support was added. (FATE#313409) - Enable various md/raid10 and DASD enhancements. (FATE#311379) These make it possible for RAID10 to cope with DASD devices being slow for various reasons - the affected device will be temporarily removed from the array. Also added support for reshaping of RAID10 arrays. mdadm changes will be published to support this feature. The following security issues have been fixed : - A race condition on hot adding memory could be used by local attackers to crash the system during hot adding new memory. (CVE-2012-5517) - A flaw has been found in the way Linux kernels KVM subsystem handled vcpu->arch.cr4 X86_CR4_OSXSAVE bit set upon guest enter. On hosts without the XSAVE feature and using qemu userspace an unprivileged local user could have used this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2012-4461) - The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel allowed host OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by making a KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl call after a virtual CPU already exists. (CVE-2012-1601) - Attempting an rds connection from the IP address of an IPoIB interface to itself causes a kernel panic due to a BUG_ON() being triggered. Making the test less strict allows rds-ping to work without crashing the machine. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the sytem. (CVE-2012-2372) - Dimitry Monakhov, one of the ext4 developers, has discovered a race involving asynchronous I/O and fallocate which can lead to the exposure of stale data --- that is, an extent which should have had the last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2013-01-25 plugin id 64180 published 2013-01-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/64180 title SuSE 11.2 Security Update : Linux kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 7123 / 7127) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-1529-1.NASL description A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61507 published 2012-08-13 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2012-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61507 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-1529-1) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2012-100.NASL description A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69590 published 2013-09-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69590 title Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-100)
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References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=822754
- https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1540.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54062
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
- https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c7b6a0a1d8d636852be130fa15fa8be10d4704e8