Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-2117 - Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Subverting Environment Variable Values The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
- Footprinting An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
- Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible) An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
- Browser Fingerprinting An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
- Session Credential Falsification through Prediction This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
Nessus
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-3589.NASL description Description of changes: [2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek] - atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23703990] {CVE-2016-2117} - mlx4_core: add module parameter to disable background init (Mukesh Kacker) [Orabug: 23292107] - NFSv4: Don last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92677 published 2016-08-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92677 title Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3589) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2016-3589. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(92677); script_version("2.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2117"); script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3589)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Description of changes: [2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek] - atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23703990] {CVE-2016-2117} - mlx4_core: add module parameter to disable background init (Mukesh Kacker) [Orabug: 23292107] - NFSv4: Don't decode fs_locations if we didn't ask for them... (Trond Myklebust) [Orabug: 23633714] - mm/slab: Improve performance of slabinfo stats gathering (Aruna Ramakrishna) [Orabug: 23050884] - offload ib subnet manager port and node get info query handling. (Rama Nichanamatlu) [Orabug: 22521735]" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-August/006222.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2016-August/006223.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-debug-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:kernel-uek-firmware"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/05/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/08/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/08/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "linux_alt_patch_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); include("ksplice.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 5 / 6", "Oracle Linux " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu); if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves")) { rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r"); cve_list = make_list("CVE-2016-2117"); if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list)) { audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2016-3589"); } else { __rpm_report = ksplice_reporting_text(); } } kernel_major_minor = get_kb_item("Host/uname/major_minor"); if (empty_or_null(kernel_major_minor)) exit(1, "Unable to determine kernel major-minor level."); expected_kernel_major_minor = "2.6"; if (kernel_major_minor != expected_kernel_major_minor) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "running kernel level " + expected_kernel_major_minor + ", it is running kernel level " + kernel_major_minor); flag = 0; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL5", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL5", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.283.1.el5uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-2.6.39-400.283.1.el6uek")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "affected kernel"); }NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1183-1.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 kernel was updated to 4.4.58 to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new/improved features : - Improved support for Hyper-V - Support for Matrox G200eH3 - Support for tcp_westwood The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel was too late in obtaining a certain lock and consequently could not ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003). - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1031579). - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data, which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031440). - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031052). - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function (bnc#1030213). - CVE-2017-7374: Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely (bnc#1032006). - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415). - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190). - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls (bnc#1027189). - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066). - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722). - CVE-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697). - CVE-2017-6347: The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel had incorrect expectations about skb data layout, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, as demonstrated by use of the MSG_MORE flag in conjunction with loopback UDP transmission (bnc#1027179). - CVE-2016-9191: The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel mishandled certain drain operations, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application (bnc#1008842). - CVE-2017-2596: The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel improperly emulated the VMXON instruction, which allowed KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references (bnc#1022785). - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024). 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100023 published 2017-05-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100023 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1183-1) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2016-2574.NASL description An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es) : * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94537 published 2016-11-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94537 title RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2016:2574) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3007-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Multiple race conditions where discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91569 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91569 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3007-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1491.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-13 plugin id 124815 published 2019-05-13 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/124815 title EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1491) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2016-0100.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2016-0100 for details. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 93679 published 2016-09-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93679 title OracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0100) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-3587.NASL description Description of changes: [4.1.12-37.6.1.el7uek] - vfs: rename: check backing inode being equal (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197} - vfs: add vfs_select_inode() helper (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197} - ovl: verify upper dentry before unlink and rename (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197} - ovl: fix getcwd() failure after unsuccessful rmdir (Rui Wang) [Orabug: 24010060] {CVE-2016-6198} {CVE-2016-6197} - xen: use same main loop for counting and remapping pages (Juergen Gross) [Orabug: 24012238] - Revert last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92656 published 2016-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92656 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : kernel-uek (ELSA-2016-3587) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-418.NASL description The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.56 fix various security issues and bugs. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52 (bnc#1030573). - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415). - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting the HDLC line discipline (bnc#1027565). - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190). - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls (bnc#1027189). - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1025235). - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722). - CVE-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697). - CVE-2017-6347: The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel has incorrect expectations about skb data layout, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, as demonstrated by use of the MSG_MORE flag in conjunction with loopback UDP transmission (bnc#1027179). - CVE-2016-9191: The cgroup offline implementation in the Linux kernel mishandled certain drain operations, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) by leveraging access to a container environment for executing a crafted application, as demonstrated by trinity (bnc#1008842). - CVE-2017-2596: The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allowed KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references (bnc#1022785). The following non-security bugs were fixed : - ACPI: Do not create a platform_device for IOAPIC/IOxAPIC (bsc#1028819). - ACPI, ioapic: Clear on-stack resource before using it (bsc#1028819). - ACPI: Remove platform devices from a bus on removal (bsc#1028819). - add mainline tag to one hyperv patch - bnx2x: allow adding VLANs while interface is down (bsc#1027273). - btrfs: backref: Fix soft lockup in __merge_refs function (bsc#1017641). - btrfs: incremental send, do not delay rename when parent inode is new (bsc#1028325). - btrfs: incremental send, do not issue invalid rmdir operations (bsc#1028325). - btrfs: qgroup: Move half of the qgroup accounting time out of commit trans (bsc#1017461). - btrfs: send, fix failure to rename top level inode due to name collision (bsc#1028325). - btrfs: serialize subvolume mounts with potentially mismatching rw flags (bsc#951844 bsc#1024015) - crypto: algif_hash - avoid zero-sized array (bnc#1007962). - cxgb4vf: do not offload Rx checksums for IPv6 fragments (bsc#1026692). - drivers: hv: vmbus: Prevent sending data on a rescinded channel (fate#320485, bug#1028217). - drm/i915: Add intel_uncore_suspend / resume functions (bsc#1011913). - drm/i915: Listen for PMIC bus access notifications (bsc#1011913). - drm/mgag200: Added support for the new device G200eH3 (bsc#1007959, fate#322780) - ext4: fix fencepost in s_first_meta_bg validation (bsc#1029986). - Fix kABI breakage of dccp in 4.4.56 (stable-4.4.56). - futex: Add missing error handling to FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (bsc#969755). - futex: Fix potential use-after-free in FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI (bsc#969755). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Acquire P-Unit access on bus acquire (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Call pmic_bus_access_notifier_chain (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Fix race when resetting the semaphore (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware-baytrail: Only check iosf_mbi_available() for shared hosts (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Disable pm for PMIC i2c-bus even if there is no _SEM method (bsc#1011913). - i2c-designware: increase timeout (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Never suspend i2c-busses used for accessing the system PMIC (bsc#1011913). - i2c: designware: Rename accessor_flags to flags (bsc#1011913). - kABI: protect struct iscsi_conn (kabi). - kABI: protect struct se_node_acl (kabi). - kABI: restore can_rx_register parameters (kabi). - kgr/module: make a taint flag module-specific (fate#313296). - kgr: remove all arch-specific kgraft header files (fate#313296). - l2tp: fix address test in __l2tp_ip6_bind_lookup() (bsc#1028415). - l2tp: fix lookup for sockets not bound to a device in l2tp_ip (bsc#1028415). - l2tp: fix racy socket lookup in l2tp_ip and l2tp_ip6 bind() (bsc#1028415). - l2tp: hold socket before dropping lock in l2tp_ip(, 6)_recv() (bsc#1028415). - l2tp: lock socket before checking flags in connect() (bsc#1028415). - md/raid1: add rcu protection to rdev in fix_read_error (References: bsc#998106,bsc#1020048,bsc#982783). - md/raid1: fix a use-after-free bug (bsc#998106,bsc#1020048,bsc#982783). - md/raid1: handle flush request correctly (bsc#998106,bsc#1020048,bsc#982783). - md/raid1: Refactor raid1_make_request (bsc#998106,bsc#1020048,bsc#982783). - mm: fix set pageblock migratetype in deferred struct page init (bnc#1027195). - mm/page_alloc: Remove useless parameter of __free_pages_boot_core (bnc#1027195). - module: move add_taint_module() to a header file (fate#313296). - net/ena: change condition for host attribute configuration (bsc#1026509). - net/ena: change driver last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-03 plugin id 99156 published 2017-04-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99156 title openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-418) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3607.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2015-7515, CVE-2016-2184, CVE-2016-2185, CVE-2016-2186, CVE-2016-2187, CVE-2016-3136, CVE-2016-3137, CVE-2016-3138, CVE-2016-3140 Ralf Spenneberg of OpenSource Security reported that various USB drivers do not sufficiently validate USB descriptors. This allowed a physically present user with a specially designed USB device to cause a denial of service (crash). - CVE-2016-0821 Solar Designer noted that the list last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91886 published 2016-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91886 title Debian DSA-3607-1 : linux - security update NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2016-0092.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - mlx4: Increase SYNC_TPT command timeout (Mukesh Kacker) [Orabug: 22895790] - neigh: do not modify unlinked entries (Julian Anastasov) [Orabug: 23072705] - mm/slab: Improve performance of slabinfo stats gathering (Aruna Ramakrishna) [Orabug: 23720437] - atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23703901] (CVE-2016-2117) (CVE-2016-2117) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92659 published 2016-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92659 title OracleVM 3.3 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0092) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2998-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Andy Lutomirski discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91560 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91560 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-trusty vulnerabilities (USN-2998-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-2574.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2016:2574 : An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es) : * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94697 published 2016-11-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94697 title Oracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2016-2574) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2016-2574.NASL description An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es) : * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95321 published 2016-11-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95321 title CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2016:2574) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-3588.NASL description Description of changes: [3.8.13-118.9.1.el7uek] - mlx4: Increase SYNC_TPT command timeout (Mukesh Kacker) [Orabug: 22895790] - neigh: do not modify unlinked entries (Julian Anastasov) [Orabug: 23072705] - mm/slab: Improve performance of slabinfo stats gathering (Aruna Ramakrishna) [Orabug: 23720437] - atl2: Disable unimplemented scatter/gather feature (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 23703901] {CVE-2016-2117} {CVE-2016-2117} last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92657 published 2016-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92657 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3588) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2989-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Andy Lutomirski discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91425 published 2016-06-01 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91425 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-2989-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3003-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91565 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91565 title Ubuntu 15.10 : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3003-1) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2016-3596.NASL description The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update for the Unbreakable Enterprise kernel package(s). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 93148 published 2016-08-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93148 title Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2016-3596) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1247-1.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - 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-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel incorrectly enabled scatter/gather I/O, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697). - CVE-2016-3070: The trace_writeback_dirty_page implementation in include/trace/events/writeback.h in the Linux kernel improperly interacted with mm/migrate.c, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a certain page move (bnc#979215). - CVE-2016-5243: The tipc_nl_compat_link_dump function in net/tipc/netlink_compat.c in the Linux kernel did not properly copy a certain string, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading a Netlink message (bnc#983212). - 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-2016-9588: arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel mismanages the #BP and #OF exceptions, which allowed guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by declining to handle an exception thrown by an L2 guest (bnc#1015703). - CVE-2016-10044: The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict execute access, which made it easier for local users to bypass intended SELinux W^X policy restrictions, and consequently gain privileges, via an io_setup system call (bnc#1023992). - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415). - CVE-2016-10208: The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups, which allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bnc#1023377). - CVE-2017-2671: The ping_unhash function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel is too late in obtaining a certain lock and consequently cannot ensure that disconnect function calls are safe, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging access to the protocol value of IPPROTO_ICMP in a socket system call (bnc#1031003). - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged context (bnc#1026914). - CVE-2017-5897: The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access (bnc#1023762). - CVE-2017-5970: The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that made crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options (bnc#1024938). - CVE-2017-5986: Race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and panic) via a multithreaded application that peels off an association in a certain buffer-full state (bnc#1025235). - CVE-2017-6074: The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel mishandled DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that made an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call (bnc#1026024). - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722). - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190). - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls (bnc#1027189). - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly managed lock dropping, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178). - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1027066). - CVE-2017-7187: The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function (bnc#1030213). - CVE-2017-7261: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not check for a zero value of certain levels data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (ZERO_SIZE_PTR dereference, and GPF and possibly panic) via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031052). - CVE-2017-7294: The vmw_surface_define_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c in the Linux kernel did not validate addition of certain levels data, which allowed local users to trigger an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write, and cause a denial of service (system hang or crash) or possibly gain privileges, via a crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD* device (bnc#1031440). - CVE-2017-7308: The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate certain block-size data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1031579). - CVE-2017-7616: Incorrect error handling in the set_mempolicy and mbind compat syscalls in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized stack data by triggering failure of a certain bitmap operation (bnc#1033336). 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100150 published 2017-05-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100150 title SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2017-0057.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0057 for details. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99163 published 2017-04-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99163 title OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2016-0158.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - mm, gup: close FOLL MAP_PRIVATE race (Linus Torvalds) [Orabug: 24928646] (CVE-2016-5195) - HID: hiddev: validate num_values for HIDIOCGUSAGES, HIDIOCSUSAGES commands (Scott Bauer) [Orabug: 24798694] (CVE-2016-5829) - Revert last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94929 published 2016-11-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94929 title OracleVM 3.2 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2016-0158) (Dirty COW) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2016-2584.NASL description An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements. Security Fix(es) : * It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 94547 published 2016-11-04 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/94547 title RHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2016:2584) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20161103_KERNEL_ON_SL7_X.NASL description Security Fix(es) : - It was found that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2016-12-15 plugin id 95841 published 2016-12-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95841 title Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3005-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Multiple race conditions where discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91567 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91567 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities (USN-3005-1) NASL family OracleVM Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLEVM_OVMSA-2016-0091.NASL description The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - vfs: rename: check backing inode being equal (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] (CVE-2016-6198) (CVE-2016-6197) - vfs: add vfs_select_inode helper (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] (CVE-2016-6198) (CVE-2016-6197) - ovl: verify upper dentry before unlink and rename (Miklos Szeredi) [Orabug: 24010060] (CVE-2016-6198) (CVE-2016-6197) - ovl: fix getcwd failure after unsuccessful rmdir (Rui Wang) [Orabug: 24010060] (CVE-2016-6198) (CVE-2016-6197) - xen: use same main loop for counting and remapping pages (Juergen Gross) [Orabug: 24012238] - Revert last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92658 published 2016-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92658 title OracleVM 3.4 : kernel-uek (OVMSA-2016-0091) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3001-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91563 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91563 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-vivid vulnerabilities (USN-3001-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3004-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91566 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91566 title Ubuntu 15.10 : linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3004-1) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1486.NASL description 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 : - It was found that the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal() function of the Linux kernel last seen 2020-03-19 modified 2019-05-13 plugin id 124810 published 2019-05-13 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/124810 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1486) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2016-1020.NASL description According to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2017-05-01 plugin id 99783 published 2017-05-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99783 title EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2016-1020) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-419.NASL description The openSUSE Leap 42.1 kernel was updated to 4.1.39 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-5669: The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the address calculated by a certain rounding operation, which allowed local users to map page zero, and consequently bypass a protection mechanism that exists for the mmap system call, by making crafted shmget and shmat system calls in a privileged context (bnc#1026914). - CVE-2017-6348: The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly manages lock dropping, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices (bnc#1027178). - CVE-2017-7184: The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel did not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52 (bnc#1030573). - CVE-2016-10200: Race condition in the L2TPv3 IP Encapsulation feature in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) by making multiple bind system calls without properly ascertaining whether a socket has the SOCK_ZAPPED status, related to net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c and net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c (bnc#1028415). - CVE-2017-2636: Race condition in drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) by setting the HDLC line discipline (bnc#1027565). - CVE-2017-6345: The LLC subsystem in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a certain destructor exists in required circumstances, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG_ON) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls (bnc#1027190). - CVE-2017-6346: Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that made PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls (bnc#1027189). - CVE-2017-6347: The ip_cmsg_recv_checksum function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel has incorrect expectations about skb data layout, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, as demonstrated by use of the MSG_MORE flag in conjunction with loopback UDP transmission (bnc#1027179). - CVE-2017-6353: net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986 (bnc#1025235). - CVE-2017-6214: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag (bnc#1026722). - CVE-2016-2117: The atl2_probe function in drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atlx/atl2.c in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O, which allowed remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by reading packet data (bnc#968697). - CVE-2016-10208: The ext4_fill_super function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel did not properly validate meta block groups, which allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bnc#1023377). - CVE-2017-2596: The nested_vmx_check_vmptr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel improperly emulates the VMXON instruction, which allowed KVM L1 guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory consumption) by leveraging the mishandling of page references (bnc#1022785). - CVE-2017-2583: The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel improperly emulates a last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-03 plugin id 99157 published 2017-04-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99157 title openSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2017-419) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3000-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91562 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91562 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-utopic vulnerabilities (USN-3000-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2017-1360-1.NASL description The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to 3.12.74 to receive various security and bugfixes. Notable new/improved features : - Improved support for Hyper-V - Support for the tcp_westwood TCP scheduling algorithm The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-8106: The handle_invept function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel allowed privileged KVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a single-context INVEPT instruction with a NULL EPT pointer (bsc#1035877). - CVE-2017-6951: The keyring_search_aux function in security/keys/keyring.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a request_key system call for the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 100320 published 2017-05-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100320 title SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3002-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Jason A. Donenfeld discovered multiple out-of-bounds reads in the OZMO USB over wifi device drivers in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2015-4004) Ralf Spenneberg discovered that the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91564 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91564 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-wily vulnerabilities (USN-3002-1) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3006-1.NASL description Justin Yackoski discovered that the Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver in the Linux kernel incorrectly enables scatter/gather I/O. A remote attacker could use this to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory. (CVE-2016-2117) Jann Horn discovered that eCryptfs improperly attempted to use the mmap() handler of a lower filesystem that did not implement one, causing a recursive page fault to occur. A local unprivileged attacker could use to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-1583) Multiple race conditions where discovered in the Linux kernel last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91568 published 2016-06-10 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91568 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3006-1)
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312298
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/16/7
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f43bfaeddc79effbf3d0fcb53ca477cca66f3db8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3000-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2998-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3002-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3003-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3001-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3004-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2989-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3005-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3007-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3006-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84500
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html