The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2021-3348: Fixed a use-after-free in nbd_add_socket() that could be triggered by local attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O request (bnc#1181504).

CVE-2021-3347: A use-after-free was discovered in the PI futexes during fault handling, allowing local users to execute code in the kernel (bnc#1181349).

CVE-2020-27835: A use-after-free in the infiniband hfi1 driver was found, specifically in the way user calls Ioctl after open dev file and fork. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system (bnc#1179878).

CVE-2020-25211: Fixed a buffer overflow in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter() which could be triggered by a local attackers by injecting conntrack netlink configuration (bnc#1176395).

CVE-2020-25639: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference via nouveau ioctl (bnc#1176846).

CVE-2020-29569: Fixed a potential privilege escalation and information leaks related to the PV block backend, as used by Xen (bnc#1179509).

CVE-2020-29568: Fixed a denial of service issue, related to processing watch events (bnc#1179508).

CVE-2020-0444: Fixed a bad kfree due to a logic error in audit_data_to_entry (bnc#1180027).

CVE-2020-0465: Fixed multiple missing bounds checks in hid-multitouch.c that could have led to local privilege escalation (bnc#1180029).

CVE-2020-0466: Fixed a use-after-free due to a logic error in do_epoll_ctl and ep_loop_check_proc of eventpoll.c (bnc#1180031).

CVE-2020-4788: Fixed an issue with IBM Power9 processors could have allowed a local user to obtain sensitive information from the data in the L1 cache under extenuating circumstances (bsc#1177666).

CVE-2020-15436: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in fs/block_dev.c which could have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (bsc#1179141).

CVE-2020-27068: Fixed an out-of-bounds read due to a missing bounds check in the nl80211_policy policy of nl80211.c (bnc#1180086).

CVE-2020-27777: Fixed a privilege escalation in the Run-Time Abstraction Services (RTAS) interface, affecting guests running on top of PowerVM or KVM hypervisors (bnc#1179107).

CVE-2020-27786: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in the MIDI implementation (bnc#1179601).

CVE-2020-27825: Fixed a race in the trace_open and buffer resize calls (bsc#1179960).

CVE-2020-29371: Fixed uninitialized memory leaks to userspace (bsc#1179429).

CVE-2020-29660: Fixed a locking inconsistency in the tty subsystem that may have allowed a read-after-free attack against TIOCGSID (bnc#1179745).

CVE-2020-29661: Fixed a locking issue in the tty subsystem that allowed a use-after-free attack against TIOCSPGRP (bsc#1179745).

CVE-2020-28974: Fixed a slab-out-of-bounds read in fbcon which could have been used by local attackers to read privileged information or potentially crash the kernel (bsc#1178589).

CVE-2020-28915: Fixed a buffer over-read in the fbcon code which could have been used by local attackers to read kernel memory (bsc#1178886).

CVE-2020-25669: Fixed a use-after-free read in sunkbd_reinit() (bsc#1178182).

CVE-2020-15437: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which could have allowed local users to cause a denial of service(bsc#1179140).

CVE-2020-36158: Fixed a potential remote code execution in the Marvell mwifiex driver (bsc#1180559).

CVE-2020-28374: Fixed a Linux SCSI target issue (bsc#1178372).

CVE-2019-20934: Fixed a use-after-free in show_numa_stats() because NUMA fault statistics were inappropriately freed (bsc#1179663).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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

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

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. A kernel pointer leak can be used to determine     the address of the iscsi_transport structure. When an     iSCSI transport is registered with the iSCSI subsystem,     the transport's handle is available to unprivileged     users via the sysfs file system, at     /sys/class/iscsi_transport/$TRANSPORT_NAME/handle. When     read, the show_transport_handle function (in     drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c) is called, which     leaks the handle. This handle is actually the pointer     to an iscsi_transport struct in the kernel module's     global variables.(CVE-2021-27363)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. Certain iSCSI data structures do not have     appropriate length constraints or checks, and can     exceed the PAGE_SIZE value. An unprivileged user can     send a Netlink message that is associated with iSCSI,     and has a length up to the maximum length of a Netlink     message.(CVE-2021-27365)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.11.3. drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c is     adversely affected by the ability of an unprivileged     user to craft Netlink messages.(CVE-2021-27364)

  - Overlayfs did not properly perform permission checking     when copying up files in an overlayfs and could be     exploited from within a user namespace, if, for     example, unprivileged user namespaces were allowed. It     was possible to have a file not readable by an     unprivileged user to be copied to a mountpoint     controlled by the user, like a removable device. This     was introduced in kernel version 4.19 by commit d1d04ef     ('ovl: stack file ops'). This was fixed in kernel     version 5.8 by commits 56230d9 ('ovl: verify     permissions in ovl_path_open()'), 48bd024 ('ovl: switch     to mounter creds in readdir') and 05acefb ('ovl: check     permission to open real file'). Additionally, commits     130fdbc ('ovl: pass correct flags for opening real     directory') and 292f902 ('ovl: call secutiry hook in     ovl_real_ioctl()') in kernel 5.8 might also be desired     or necessary. These additional commits introduced a     regression in overlay mounts within user namespaces     which prevented access to files with ownership outside     of the user namespace. This regression was mitigated by     subsequent commit b6650da ('ovl: do not fail because of     O_NOATIMEi') in kernel 5.11.(CVE-2020-16120)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of string matching within a packet. A privileged user     (with root or CAP_NET_ADMIN) when inserting iptables     rules could insert a rule which can panic the     system.(CVE-2021-20177)

  - fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.10.8,     when there is an NFS export of a subdirectory of a     filesystem, allows remote attackers to traverse to     other parts of the filesystem via READDIRPLUS. NOTE:
    some parties argue that such a subdirectory export is     not intended to prevent this attack see also the     exports(5) no_subtree_check default     behavior.(CVE-2021-3178)

  - nbd_add_socket in drivers/block/nbd.c in the Linux     kernel through 5.10.12 has an ndb_queue_rq     use-after-free that could be triggered by local     attackers (with access to the nbd device) via an I/O     request at a certain point during device setup, aka     CID-b98e762e3d71.(CVE-2021-3348)

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through     5.10.11. PI futexes have a kernel stack use-after-free     during fault handling, allowing local users to execute     code in the kernel, aka     CID-34b1a1ce1458.(CVE-2021-3347)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The marvell wifi     driver could allow a local attacker to execute     arbitrary code via a long SSID value in     mwifiex_cmd_802_11_ad_hoc_start function. The highest     threat from this vulnerability is to data     confidentiality and integrity as well as system     availability.(CVE-2020-36158)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation     of the Linux SCSI target host, where an authenticated     attacker could write to any block on the exported SCSI     device backing store. This flaw allows an authenticated     attacker to send LIO block requests to the Linux system     to overwrite data on the backing store. The highest     threat from this vulnerability is to integrity. In     addition, this flaw affects the tcmu-runner package,     where the affected SCSI command is     called.(CVE-2020-28374)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
146470	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:0434-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/12/2021	2/9/2023	critical
148634	EulerOS Virtualization 2.9.1 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2021-1715)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	4/15/2021	1/4/2024	high

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