Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-7757 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
linux
CWE-772
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-03-08
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Linux
3618

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • HTTP DoS
    An attacker performs flooding at the HTTP level to bring down only a particular web application rather than anything listening on a TCP/IP connection. This denial of service attack requires substantially fewer packets to be sent which makes DoS harder to detect. This is an equivalent of SYN flood in HTTP. The idea is to keep the HTTP session alive indefinitely and then repeat that hundreds of times. This attack targets resource depletion weaknesses in web server software. The web server will wait to attacker's responses on the initiated HTTP sessions while the connection threads are being exhausted.

Nessus

  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4265.NASL
    descriptionDescription of changes: [4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek] - hugetlbfs: fix kernel BUG at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:447! (Mike Kravetz) [Orabug: 28839992] - scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events() (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 27927687] {CVE-2018-7757} - KVM: vmx: shadow more fields that are read/written on every vmexits (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 28581045] - vhost/scsi: Use common handling code in request queue handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573] - vhost/scsi: Extract common handling code from control queue handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573] - vhost/scsi: Respond to control queue operations (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573] [4.1.12-124.20.8.el7uek] - scsi: lpfc: devloss timeout race condition caused NULL pointer reference (James Smart) [Orabug: 27994179] - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race condition between iocb timeout and initialisation (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 28013813] - i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724] - i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724] - xen-swiotlb: use actually allocated size on check physical continuous (Joe Jin) [Orabug: 28258102] - Revert
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118814
    published2018-11-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118814
    titleOracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4265)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2018-4265.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(118814);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:39");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13168", "CVE-2018-7757");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4265)");
  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:

[4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek]
- hugetlbfs: fix kernel BUG at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:447! (Mike Kravetz) 
[Orabug: 28839992]
- scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events() (Jason Yan) 
[Orabug: 27927687]  {CVE-2018-7757}
- KVM: vmx: shadow more fields that are read/written on every vmexits 
(Paolo Bonzini)  [Orabug: 28581045]
- vhost/scsi: Use common handling code in request queue handler (Bijan 
Mottahedeh)  [Orabug: 28775573]
- vhost/scsi: Extract common handling code from control queue handler 
(Bijan Mottahedeh)  [Orabug: 28775573]
- vhost/scsi: Respond to control queue operations (Bijan Mottahedeh) 
[Orabug: 28775573]

[4.1.12-124.20.8.el7uek]
- scsi: lpfc: devloss timeout race condition caused NULL pointer 
reference (James Smart)  [Orabug: 27994179]
- scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race condition between iocb timeout and 
initialisation (Ben Hutchings)  [Orabug: 28013813]
- i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count (Alexander Duyck) 
[Orabug: 28228724]
- i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status (Alexander 
Duyck)  [Orabug: 28228724]
- xen-swiotlb: use actually allocated size on check physical continuous 
(Joe Jin)  [Orabug: 28258102]
- Revert 'Revert 'xen-swiotlb: fix the check condition for 
xen_swiotlb_free_coherent'' (Dongli Zhang)  [Orabug: 28258102]
- net/mlx4_en: fix potential use-after-free with dma_unmap_page (Sarah 
Newman)  [Orabug: 28376051]
- ocfs2: fix ocfs2 read block panic (Junxiao Bi)  [Orabug: 28580543]
- block: fix bdi vs gendisk lifetime mismatch (Dan Williams)  [Orabug: 
28645416]
- e1000e: Fix link check race condition (Benjamin Poirier)  [Orabug: 
28716958]
- Revert 'e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up' (Benjamin 
Poirier)  [Orabug: 28716958]
- e1000e: Avoid missed interrupts following ICR read (Benjamin Poirier) 
[Orabug: 28716958]
- e1000e: Fix queue interrupt re-raising in Other interrupt (Benjamin 
Poirier)  [Orabug: 28716958]
- Partial revert 'e1000e: Avoid receiver overrun interrupt bursts' 
(Benjamin Poirier)  [Orabug: 28716958]
- e1000e: Remove Other from EIAC (Benjamin Poirier)  [Orabug: 28716958]
- Fix error code in nfs_lookup_verify_inode() (Lance Shelton)  [Orabug: 
28789030]
- workqueue: Allow modifying low level unbound workqueue cpumask (Lai 
Jiangshan)  [Orabug: 28813166]
- workqueue: Create low-level unbound workqueues cpumask (Frederic 
Weisbecker)  [Orabug: 28813166]
- scsi: sg: mitigate read/write abuse (Jann Horn)  [Orabug: 28824718] 
{CVE-2017-13168}"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-November/008210.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2018-November/008211.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected unbreakable enterprise kernel packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  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:6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 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:"^(6|7)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 6 / 7", "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 && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Oracle Linux", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);

if (get_one_kb_item("Host/ksplice/kernel-cves"))
{
  rm_kb_item(name:"Host/uptrack-uname-r");
  cve_list = make_list("CVE-2017-13168", "CVE-2018-7757");  
  if (ksplice_cves_check(cve_list))
  {
    audit(AUDIT_PATCH_INSTALLED, "KSplice hotfix for ELSA-2018-4265");
  }
  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 = "4.1";
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:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL6", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL6", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.21.1.el6uek")) flag++;

if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-debug-devel-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-devel-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-doc-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) flag++;
if (rpm_exists(release:"EL7", rpm:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12") && rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"kernel-uek-firmware-4.1.12-124.21.1.el7uek")) 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 familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3698-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that the nested KVM implementation in the Linux kernel in some situations did not properly prevent second level guests from reading and writing the hardware CR8 register. A local attacker in a guest could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-12154) Fan Wu, Haoran Qiu, and Shixiong Zhao discovered that the associative array implementation in the Linux kernel sometimes did not properly handle adding a new entry. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-12193) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the ALSA subsystem of the Linux kernel when creating and deleting a port via ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-15265) It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) Julian Stecklina and Thomas Prescher discovered that FPU register states (such as MMX, SSE, and AVX registers) which are lazily restored are potentially vulnerable to a side channel attack. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-3665) Wang Qize discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the SMBus driver for ACPI Embedded Controllers in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel pointer addresses). (CVE-2018-5750) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the futex implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-6927) It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110900
    published2018-07-03
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110900
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS : linux vulnerabilities (USN-3698-1)
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0132.NASL
    descriptionAn update of 'linux-esx', 'rsync', 'linux' packages of Photon OS has been released.
    last seen2019-02-21
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id111934
    published2018-08-17
    reporterTenable
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=111934
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Linux / Rsync PHSA-2018-1.0-0132 (deprecated)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20181030_KERNEL_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    descriptionSecurity Fix(es) : - A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) - kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time /posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344) - kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781) - kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) - kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405) - kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830) - kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861) - kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661) - kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero- length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805) - kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208) - kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120) - kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130) - kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344) - kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803) - kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848) - kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878) - kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026) - kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913) - kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232) - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092) - kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094) - kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118) - kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740) - kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757) - kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322) - kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879) - kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881) - kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883) - kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940)
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2018-11-27
    plugin id119187
    published2018-11-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119187
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20181030)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-1080-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2017-5715: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis (bnc#1068032). Enhancements and bugfixes over the previous fixes have been added to this kernel. - CVE-2018-10087: The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c might have allowed local users to cause a denial of service by triggering an attempted use of the -INT_MIN value (bnc#1089608). - CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file (bnc#1084536). - CVE-2018-7566: There was a buffer overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user (bnc#1083483). - CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bnc#1088260). - CVE-2018-8822: Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code (bnc#1086162). - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver. (bnc#1072865). - CVE-2017-18203: The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy during creation and removal of DM devices (bnc#1083242). - CVE-2017-16911: The vhci_hcd driver allowed allows local attackers to disclose kernel memory addresses. Successful exploitation requires that a USB device is attached over IP (bnc#1078674). - CVE-2017-18208: The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping (bnc#1083494). - CVE-2017-16644: The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device (bnc#1067118). - CVE-2018-6927: The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a negative wake or requeue value (bnc#1080757). - CVE-2017-16914: The
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109360
    published2018-04-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109360
    titleSUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1080-1) (Spectre)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2018-3083.NASL
    descriptionAn 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) : * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344) * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781) * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405) * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830) * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861) * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661) * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805) * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208) * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120) * kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130) * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344) * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803) * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848) * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878) * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026) * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913) * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094) * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118) * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740) * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757) * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322) * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879) * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881) * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883) * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940) Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118525
    published2018-10-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118525
    titleRHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2018:3083)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1369.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2017-0861 Robb Glasser reported a potential use-after-free in the ALSA (sound) PCM core. We believe this was not possible in practice. CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from the kernel and all other processes running on the system. This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 2 (branch target injection) and is mitigated for the x86 architecture (amd64 and i386) by using the
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2018-05-03
    plugin id109531
    published2018-05-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109531
    titleDebian DLA-1369-1 : linux security update (Spectre)
  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2018-1_0-0132_LINUX.NASL
    descriptionAn update of the linux package has been released.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id121837
    published2019-02-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121837
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2018-1.0-0132
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3654-1.NASL
    descriptionJann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639) Tuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17975) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the F2FS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18193) It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Hisilicon HNS Ethernet Device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18222) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate that rules containing jumps contained user-defined chains. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1065) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1068) It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that a double free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when setting up a request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7480) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the x86 machine check handler in the Linux kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7995) Eyal Itkin discovered that the USB displaylink video adapter driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate mmap offsets sent from userspace. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8781) Silvio Cesare discovered a buffer overwrite existed in the NCPFS implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker controlling a malicious NCPFS server could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110048
    published2018-05-23
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110048
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, vulnerabilities (USN-3654-1) (Spectre)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3003-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 kernel was updated to 4.4.156 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-16597: Incorrect access checking in overlayfs mounts could have been used by local attackers to modify or truncate files in the underlying filesystem (bnc#1106512). CVE-2018-14613: Prevent invalid pointer dereference in io_ctl_map_page() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, caused by a lack of block group item validation in check_leaf_item (bsc#1102896) CVE-2018-14617: Prevent NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory (bsc#1102870) CVE-2018-16276: Incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver in yurex_read allowed local attackers to use user access read/writes to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges (bsc#1106095) CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file (bnc#1084536) CVE-2018-7480: The blkcg_init_queue function allowed local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure (bsc#1082863). CVE-2018-17182: The vmacache_flush_all function in mm/vmacache.c mishandled sequence number overflows. An attacker can trigger a use-after-free (and possibly gain privileges) via certain thread creation, map, unmap, invalidation, and dereference operations (bnc#1108399). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117933
    published2018-10-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117933
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:3003-1)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4269.NASL
    descriptionDescription of changes: [2.6.39-400.303.1.el6uek] - scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events() (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 27927686] {CVE-2018-7757}
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118852
    published2018-11-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118852
    titleOracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4269)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3084-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. CVE-2018-10853: A flaw was found in the way the KVM hypervisor emulated instructions such as sgdt/sidt/fxsave/fxrstor. It did not check current privilege(CPL) level while emulating unprivileged instructions. An unprivileged guest user/process could use this flaw to potentially escalate privileges inside guest (bnc#1097104). CVE-2018-10876: A flaw was found in Linux kernel in the ext4 filesystem code. A use-after-free is possible in ext4_ext_remove_space() function when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image. (bnc#1099811) CVE-2018-10877: Linux kernel ext4 filesystem is vulnerable to an out-of-bound access in the ext4_ext_drop_refs() function when operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image. (bnc#1099846) CVE-2018-10878: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118034
    published2018-10-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118034
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:3084-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-2BCE10900E.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.15.8 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-03-14
    plugin id108307
    published2018-03-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108307
    titleFedora 27 : kernel (2018-2bce10900e)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-3083.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:3083 : 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) : * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344) * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781) * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405) * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830) * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861) * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661) * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805) * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208) * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120) * kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130) * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344) * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803) * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848) * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878) * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026) * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913) * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094) * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118) * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740) * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757) * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322) * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879) * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881) * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883) * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940) Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118770
    published2018-11-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118770
    titleOracle Linux 7 : kernel (ELSA-2018-3083)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1062.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Missing check in fs/inode.c:inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members.(CVE-2018-13405) - A null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in the Linux kernel allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.(CVE-2018-1130) - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, before 4.16.6 where the cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.(CVE-2018-10940) - The madvise_willneed function in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.(CVE-2017-18208) - fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service.(CVE-2018-1120) - Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory exhaustion) via multiple read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory.(CVE-2018-7757) - A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2019-02-25
    plugin id122414
    published2019-02-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122414
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1062)
  • NASL familyVirtuozzo Local Security Checks
    NASL idVIRTUOZZO_VZA-2018-041.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc packages installed, the Virtuozzo installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The do_get_mempolicy() function in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110694
    published2018-06-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110694
    titleVirtuozzo 6 : parallels-server-bm-release / vzkernel / etc (VZA-2018-041)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1085.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2018-05-02
    plugin id109483
    published2018-05-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109483
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1085)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3697-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex() syscall implementation for 64 bit Linux kernels did not properly initialize memory returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-11508) Wang Qize discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the SMBus driver for ACPI Embedded Controllers in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel pointer addresses). (CVE-2018-5750) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the futex implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-6927) It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110898
    published2018-07-03
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110898
    titleUbuntu 17.10 : linux, linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities (USN-3697-1)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3656-1.NASL
    descriptionTuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17975) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the F2FS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18193) It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Hisilicon HNS Ethernet Device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18222) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate that rules containing jumps contained user-defined chains. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1065) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1068) It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that a double free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when setting up a request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7480) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the x86 machine check handler in the Linux kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7995) Eyal Itkin discovered that the USB displaylink video adapter driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate mmap offsets sent from userspace. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8781) Silvio Cesare discovered a buffer overwrite existed in the NCPFS implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker controlling a malicious NCPFS server could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110051
    published2018-05-23
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110051
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities (USN-3656-1)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2018-3096.NASL
    descriptionAn 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) : * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344) * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781) * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405) * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830) * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861) * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661) * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805) * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208) * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120) * kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130) * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344) * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803) * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848) * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878) * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026) * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913) * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094) * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118) * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740) * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757) * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322) * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879) * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881) * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883) * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940) Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118528
    published2018-10-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118528
    titleRHEL 7 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2018:3096)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4187.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2015-9016 Ming Lei reported a race condition in the multiqueue block layer (blk-mq). On a system with a driver using blk-mq (mtip32xx, null_blk, or virtio_blk), a local user might be able to use this for denial of service or possibly for privilege escalation. - CVE-2017-0861 Robb Glasser reported a potential use-after-free in the ALSA (sound) PCM core. We believe this was not possible in practice. - CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from the kernel and all other processes running on the system. This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 2 (branch target injection) and is mitigated for the x86 architecture (amd64 and i386) by using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109517
    published2018-05-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109517
    titleDebian DSA-4187-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-1221-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 GA LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-1087: And an unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside a guest. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-8897: An unprivileged system user could use incorrect set up interrupt stacks to crash the Linux kernel resulting in DoS issue. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-8781: The udl_fb_mmap function in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c had an integer-overflow vulnerability allowing local users with access to the udldrmfb driver to obtain full read and write permissions on kernel physical pages, resulting in a code execution in kernel space (bnc#1090643). - CVE-2018-10124: The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c might allow local users to cause a denial of service via an INT_MIN argument (bnc#1089752). - CVE-2018-10087: The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c might allow local users to cause a denial of service by triggering an attempted use of the -INT_MIN value (bnc#1089608). - CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file (bnc#1084536 1087209). - CVE-2017-13220: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream kernel bluez was fixed. (bnc#1076537). - CVE-2017-11089: A buffer overread was observed in nl80211_set_station when user space application sends attribute NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE with data of size less than 4 bytes (bnc#1088261). - CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bnc#1088260). - CVE-2018-8822: Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code (bnc#1086162). - CVE-2017-18203: The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy during creation and removal of DM devices (bnc#1083242). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109758
    published2018-05-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109758
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1221-1)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-1172-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-1087: And an unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside a guest. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-8897: An unprivileged system user could use incorrect set up interrupt stacks to crash the Linux kernel resulting in DoS issue. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-10124: The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c might allow local users to cause a denial of service via an INT_MIN argument (bnc#1089752). - CVE-2018-10087: The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c might allow local users to cause a denial of service by triggering an attempted use of the -INT_MIN value (bnc#1089608). - CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file (bnc#1084536 1087209). - CVE-2018-7566: A Buffer Overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user was fixed (bnc#1083483). - CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bnc#1088260). - CVE-2018-8822: Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code (bnc#1086162). - CVE-2017-13166: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel v4l2 video driver. (bnc#1072865). - CVE-2017-18203: The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c allow local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy during creation and removal of DM devices (bnc#1083242). - CVE-2017-16911: The vhci_hcd driver allowed allows local attackers to disclose kernel memory addresses. Successful exploitation requires that a USB device is attached over IP (bnc#1078674). - CVE-2017-18208: The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping (bnc#1083494). - CVE-2017-16644: The hdpvr_probe function in drivers/media/usb/hdpvr/hdpvr-core.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (improper error handling and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device (bnc#1067118). - CVE-2018-6927: The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a negative wake or requeue value (bnc#1080757). - CVE-2017-16914: The
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109646
    published2018-05-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109646
    titleSUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2018-1260.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117569
    published2018-09-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117569
    titleEulerOS Virtualization 2.5.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2018-1260)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3697-2.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) Jann Horn discovered that the 32 bit adjtimex() syscall implementation for 64 bit Linux kernels did not properly initialize memory returned to user space in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-11508) Wang Qize discovered that an information disclosure vulnerability existed in the SMBus driver for ACPI Embedded Controllers in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel pointer addresses). (CVE-2018-5750) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that an integer overflow error existed in the futex implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-6927) It was discovered that an information leak vulnerability existed in the floppy driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-7755) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110899
    published2018-07-03
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110899
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS : linux-oem vulnerabilities (USN-3697-2)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-1220-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-1087: And an unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to potentially escalate their privileges inside a guest. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-8897: An unprivileged system user could use incorrect set up interrupt stacks to crash the Linux kernel resulting in DoS issue. (bsc#1087088) - CVE-2018-8781: The udl_fb_mmap function in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c had an integer-overflow vulnerability allowing local users with access to the udldrmfb driver to obtain full read and write permissions on kernel physical pages, resulting in a code execution in kernel space (bnc#1090643). - CVE-2018-10124: The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c might allow local users to cause a denial of service via an INT_MIN argument (bnc#1089752). - CVE-2018-10087: The kernel_wait4 function in kernel/exit.c in might allow local users to cause a denial of service by triggering an attempted use of the -INT_MIN value (bnc#1089608). - CVE-2018-7757: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via many read accesses to files in the /sys/class/sas_phy directory, as demonstrated by the /sys/class/sas_phy/phy-1:0:12/invalid_dword_count file (bnc#1084536). - CVE-2017-13220: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream kernel bluez was fixed. (bnc#1076537). - CVE-2017-11089: A buffer overread is observed in nl80211_set_station when user space application sends attribute NL80211_ATTR_LOCAL_MESH_POWER_MODE with data of size less than 4 bytes (bnc#1088261). - CVE-2017-0861: Use-after-free vulnerability in the snd_pcm_info function in the ALSA subsystem allowed attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors (bnc#1088260). - CVE-2018-8822: Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code (bnc#1086162). - CVE-2017-18203: The dm_get_from_kobject function in drivers/md/dm.c allowed local users to cause a denial of service (BUG) by leveraging a race condition with __dm_destroy during creation and removal of DM devices (bnc#1083242). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109757
    published2018-05-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109757
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2018-2948.NASL
    descriptionAn update for kernel-alt 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-alt packages provide the Linux kernel version 4.x. Security Fix(es) : * An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of Load & Store instructions (a commonly used performance optimization). It relies on the presence of a precisely-defined instruction sequence in the privileged code as well as the fact that memory read from address to which a recent memory write has occurred may see an older value and subsequently cause an update into the microprocessor
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118513
    published2018-10-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118513
    titleRHEL 7 : kernel-alt (RHSA-2018:2948) (Spectre)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3654-2.NASL
    descriptionUSN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. (CVE-2018-3639) Tuba Yavuz discovered that a double-free error existed in the USBTV007 driver of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17975) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the F2FS implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2017-18193) It was discovered that a buffer overflow existed in the Hisilicon HNS Ethernet Device driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18222) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not validate that rules containing jumps contained user-defined chains. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1065) It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1068) It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability existed in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-1130) It was discovered that the SCTP Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate userspace provided payload lengths in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2018-5803) It was discovered that a double free error existed in the block layer subsystem of the Linux kernel when setting up a request queue. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7480) It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the SAS driver subsystem of the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-7757) It was discovered that a race condition existed in the x86 machine check handler in the Linux kernel. A local privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-7995) Eyal Itkin discovered that the USB displaylink video adapter driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate mmap offsets sent from userspace. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8781) Silvio Cesare discovered a buffer overwrite existed in the NCPFS implementation in the Linux kernel. A remote attacker controlling a malicious NCPFS server could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-8822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110049
    published2018-05-23
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110049
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS : linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities (USN-3654-2) (Spectre)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1512.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_message_alloc_sgs() function does not validate a value that is used during DMA page allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write (related to the rds_rdma_extra_size() function in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id124834
    published2019-05-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124834
    titleEulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1512)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0095-1.NASL
    descriptionThe SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to 4.4.162 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : CVE-2018-18281: The mremap() syscall performs TLB flushes after dropping pagetable locks. If a syscall such as ftruncate() removes entries from the pagetables of a task that is in the middle of mremap(), a stale TLB entry can remain for a short time that permits access to a physical page after it has been released back to the page allocator and reused. (bnc#1113769). CVE-2018-18710: An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940 and CVE-2018-16658 (bnc#1113751). CVE-2018-18690: A local attacker able to set attributes on an xfs filesystem could make this filesystem non-operational until the next mount by triggering an unchecked error condition during an xfs attribute change, because xfs_attr_shortform_addname in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr.c mishandled ATTR_REPLACE operations with conversion of an attr from short to long form (bnc#1105025). CVE-2018-18386: drivers/tty/n_tty.c allowed local attackers (who are able to access pseudo terminals) to hang/block further usage of any pseudo terminal devices due to an EXTPROC versus ICANON confusion in TIOCINQ (bnc#1094825). CVE-2018-9516: In hid_debug_events_read of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. (bnc#1108498). CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack-based buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-01-16
    plugin id121208
    published2019-01-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/121208
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2019:0095-1)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2018-3083.NASL
    descriptionAn 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) : * A flaw named FragmentSmack was found in the way the Linux kernel handled reassembly of fragmented IPv4 and IPv6 packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger time and calculation expensive fragment reassembly algorithm by sending specially crafted packets which could lead to a CPU saturation and hence a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2018-5391) * kernel: out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function in kernel/time/ posix-timers.c (CVE-2017-18344) * kernel: Integer overflow in udl_fb_mmap() can allow attackers to execute code in kernel space (CVE-2018-8781) * kernel: MIDI driver race condition leads to a double-free (CVE-2018-10902) * kernel: Missing check in inode_init_owner() does not clear SGID bit on non-directories for non-members (CVE-2018-13405) * kernel: AIO write triggers integer overflow in some protocols (CVE-2015-8830) * kernel: Use-after-free in snd_pcm_info function in ALSA subsystem potentially leads to privilege escalation (CVE-2017-0861) * kernel: Handling of might_cancel queueing is not properly pretected against race (CVE-2017-10661) * kernel: Salsa20 encryption algorithm does not correctly handle zero-length inputs allowing local attackers to cause denial of service (CVE-2017-17805) * kernel: Inifinite loop vulnerability in madvise_willneed() function allows local denial of service (CVE-2017-18208) * kernel: fuse-backed file mmap-ed onto process cmdline arguments causes denial of service (CVE-2018-1120) * kernel: a NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash (CVE-2018-1130) * kernel: drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-5344) * kernel: Missing length check of payload in _sctp_make_chunk() function allows denial of service (CVE-2018-5803) * kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/ wmi.c:wmi_set_ie() may lead to memory corruption (CVE-2018-5848) * kernel: out-of-bound write in ext4_init_block_bitmap function with a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10878) * kernel: Improper validation in bnx2x network card driver can allow for denial of service attacks via crafted packet (CVE-2018-1000026) * kernel: Information leak when handling NM entries containing NUL (CVE-2016-4913) * kernel: Mishandling mutex within libsas allowing local Denial of Service (CVE-2017-18232) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_process_freed_data() when mounting crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1092) * kernel: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash() causes crash with crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-1094) * kernel: vhost: Information disclosure in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() (CVE-2018-1118) * kernel: Denial of service in resv_map_release function in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2018-7740) * kernel: Memory leak in the sas_smp_get_phy_events function in drivers/scsi/ libsas/sas_expander.c (CVE-2018-7757) * kernel: Invalid pointer dereference in xfs_ilock_attr_map_shared() when mounting crafted xfs image allowing denial of service (CVE-2018-10322) * kernel: use-after-free detected in ext4_xattr_set_entry with a crafted file (CVE-2018-10879) * kernel: out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10881) * kernel: stack-out-of-bounds write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata function (CVE-2018-10883) * kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c (CVE-2018-10940) Red Hat would like to thank Juha-Matti Tilli (Aalto University - Department of Communications and Networking and Nokia Bell Labs) for reporting CVE-2018-5391; Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative for reporting CVE-2018-10902; Qualys Research Labs for reporting CVE-2018-1120; Evgenii Shatokhin (Virtuozzo Team) for reporting CVE-2018-1130; and Wen Xu for reporting CVE-2018-1092 and CVE-2018-1094.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118990
    published2018-11-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118990
    titleCentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2018:3083)
  • NASL familyOracleVM Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLEVM_OVMSA-2018-0273.NASL
    descriptionThe remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : - hugetlbfs: fix kernel BUG at fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c:447! (Mike Kravetz) - scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 27927687] (CVE-2018-7757) - KVM: vmx: shadow more fields that are read/written on every vmexits (Paolo Bonzini) [Orabug: 28581045] - vhost/scsi: Use common handling code in request queue handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573] - vhost/scsi: Extract common handling code from control queue handler (Bijan Mottahedeh) [Orabug: 28775573] - vhost/scsi: Respond to control queue operations (Bijan Mottahedeh) - scsi: lpfc: devloss timeout race condition caused null pointer reference (James Smart) [Orabug: 27994179] - scsi: qla2xxx: Fix race condition between iocb timeout and initialisation (Ben Hutchings) [Orabug: 28013813] - i40e: Add programming descriptors to cleaned_count (Alexander Duyck) - i40e: Fix memory leak related filter programming status (Alexander Duyck) [Orabug: 28228724] - xen-swiotlb: use actually allocated size on check physical continuous (Joe Jin) [Orabug: 28258102] - Revert
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id119010
    published2018-11-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119010
    titleOracleVM 3.4 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2018-0273)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-4268.NASL
    descriptionDescription of changes: kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.26.1.el7uek] - netfilter: xt_TCPMSS: add more sanity tests on tcph->doff (Eric Dumazet) [Orabug: 27896807] {CVE-2017-18017} - scsi: libsas: fix memory leak in sas_smp_get_phy_events() (Jason Yan) [Orabug: 27927692] {CVE-2018-7757}
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118851
    published2018-11-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118851
    titleOracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2018-4268)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4188.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks. - CVE-2017-5715 Multiple researchers have discovered a vulnerability in various processors supporting speculative execution, enabling an attacker controlling an unprivileged process to read memory from arbitrary addresses, including from the kernel and all other processes running on the system. This specific attack has been named Spectre variant 2 (branch target injection) and is mitigated for the x86 architecture (amd64 and i386) by using the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109518
    published2018-05-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109518
    titleDebian DSA-4188-1 : linux - security update (Spectre)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1532.NASL
    descriptionAccording 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 : - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-03-19
    modified2019-05-14
    plugin id124985
    published2019-05-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124985
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1532)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1184.NASL
    descriptionThe openSUSE Leap 42.3 kernel was updated to 4.4.159 to receive various security and bugfixes. The following security bugs were fixed : - CVE-2018-13096: A denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and BUG) can occur upon encountering an abnormal bitmap size when mounting a crafted f2fs image (bnc#1100062). - CVE-2018-13097: There is an out-of-bounds read or a divide-by-zero error for an incorrect user_block_count in a corrupted f2fs image, leading to a denial of service (BUG) (bnc#1100061). - CVE-2018-13098: A denial of service (slab out-of-bounds read and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which FI_EXTRA_ATTR is set in an inode (bnc#1100060). - CVE-2018-13099: A denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and BUG) can occur for a modified f2fs filesystem image in which an inline inode contains an invalid reserved blkaddr (bnc#1100059). - CVE-2018-13100: An issue was discovered in fs/f2fs/super.c which did not properly validate secs_per_zone in a corrupted f2fs image, as demonstrated by a divide-by-zero error (bnc#1100056). - CVE-2018-14613: There is an invalid pointer dereference in io_ctl_map_page() when mounting and operating a crafted btrfs image, because of a lack of block group item validation in check_leaf_item in fs/btrfs/tree-checker.c (bnc#1102896). - CVE-2018-14617: There is a NULL pointer dereference and panic in hfsplus_lookup() in fs/hfsplus/dir.c when opening a file (that is purportedly a hard link) in an hfs+ filesystem that has malformed catalog data, and is mounted read-only without a metadata directory (bnc#1102870). - CVE-2018-14633: A security flaw was found in the chap_server_compute_md5() function in the ISCSI target code in the Linux kernel in a way an authentication request from an ISCSI initiator is processed. An unauthenticated remote attacker can cause a stack-based buffer overflow and smash up to 17 bytes of the stack. The attack requires the iSCSI target to be enabled on the victim host. Depending on how the target
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-10-18
    plugin id118194
    published2018-10-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118194
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : the Linux Kernel (openSUSE-2018-1184)

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2018:2948
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2018:3083
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2018:3096
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References