* A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation handled simultaneous connections between the same hosts. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-5077, Important)

* An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Frame Buffer device implementation mapped kernel memory to user space via the mmap syscall. A local user able to access a frame buffer device file (/dev/fb*) could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2013-2596, Important)

* A flaw was found in the way the ipc_rcu_putref() function in the Linux kernel's IPC implementation handled reference counter decrementing. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger an Out of Memory (OOM) condition and, potentially, crash the system. (CVE-2013-4483, Moderate)

* It was found that the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel when a netlink message was received were not sufficient. A local, unprivileged user could potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged process and altering the output of this process. (CVE-2014-0181, Moderate)

* It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in the Linux kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not properly handle page locking in certain cases, which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in the mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3122, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages() function handled IOMMU mapping failures. A privileged user in a guest with an assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the host.
(CVE-2014-3601, Moderate)

* Multiple use-after-free flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use either of these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, Moderate)

* A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled reference counting when performing unmount operations on symbolic links. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger a use-after-free error, resulting in a system crash or privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-5045, Moderate)

* An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function of the Linux kernel's LZO implementation processed Literal Runs. A local attacker could, in extremely rare cases, use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2014-4608, Low)

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS received a roll up update to fix several security and non-security issues.

The following security issues have been fixed :

  - CVE-2013-1860: Heap-based buffer overflow in the     wdm_in_callback function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c     in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 allows physically     proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted     cdc-wdm USB device. (bnc#806431)

  - CVE-2013-4162: The udp_v6_push_pending_frames function     in net/ipv6/udp.c in the IPv6 implementation in the     Linux kernel through 3.10.3 makes an incorrect function     call for pending data, which allows local users to cause     a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted     application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a     setsockopt system call. (bnc#831058)

  - CVE-2014-0203: The __do_follow_link function in     fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.33 does not     properly handle the last pathname component during use     of certain filesystems, which allows local users to     cause a denial of service (incorrect free operations and     system crash) via an open system call. (bnc#883526)

  - CVE-2014-3144: The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2)     BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementations in the     sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux     kernel through 3.14.3 do not check whether a certain     length value is sufficiently large, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer underflow     and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE:
    the affected code was moved to the __skb_get_nlattr and
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest functions before the vulnerability     was announced. (bnc#877257)

  - CVE-2014-3145: The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension     implementation in the sk_run_filter function in     net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3     uses the reverse order in a certain subtraction, which     allows local users to cause a denial of service     (over-read and system crash) via crafted BPF     instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the
    __skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the vulnerability     was announced. (bnc#877257)

  - CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel     through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with     certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain     potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel     memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large     value of a syscall number. (bnc#880484)

  - CVE-2014-4508: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux     kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when     syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag     is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service     (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number,     as demonstrated by number 1000. (bnc#883724)

  - CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler     functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to     obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by     leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control     implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does     not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows     local users to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
    (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check     authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands,     which allows local users to remove kernel controls and     cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system     crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an     ioctl call. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly     maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allows local     users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and     limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access     for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl     calls. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in     sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation     in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to     cause a denial of service by leveraging     /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values     in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the     snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function. (bnc#883795)

  - CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in     net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2     does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet. (bnc#885422)

  - CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel before 3.15.4 on Intel     processors does not properly restrict use of a     non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the     case of a system call that does not use IRET, which     allows local users to leverage a race condition and gain     privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault),     via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork     system calls. (bnc#885725)

  - CVE-2014-4943: The PPPoL2TP feature in     net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6     allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging     data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an     inet socket. (bnc#887082)

  - CVE-2014-5077: The sctp_assoc_update function in     net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.8,     when SCTP authentication is enabled, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer     dereference and OOPS) by starting to establish an     association between two endpoints immediately after an     exchange of INIT and INIT ACK chunks to establish an     earlier association between these endpoints in the     opposite direction. (bnc#889173)

  - CVE-2013-7266: The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in     drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before     3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is     consistent with the size of an associated data     structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2)     recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

  - CVE-2013-7267: The atalk_recvmsg function in     net/appletalk/ddp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4     updates a certain length value without ensuring that an     associated data structure has been initialized, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

  - CVE-2013-7268: The ipx_recvmsg function in     net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4     updates a certain length value without ensuring that an     associated data structure has been initialized, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

  - CVE-2013-7269: The nr_recvmsg function in     net/netrom/af_netrom.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4     updates a certain length value without ensuring that an     associated data structure has been initialized, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

  - CVE-2013-7270: The packet_recvmsg function in     net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4     updates a certain length value before ensuring that an     associated data structure has been initialized, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

  - CVE-2013-7271: The x25_recvmsg function in     net/x25/af_x25.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4     updates a certain length value without ensuring that an     associated data structure has been initialized, which     allows local users to obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3)     recvmsg system call. (bnc#854722)

The following bugs have been fixed :

  - mac80211: Fix AP powersave TX vs. wakeup race     (bnc#871797).

  - tcp: Allow to disable cwnd moderation in TCP_CA_Loss     state (bnc#879921).

  - tcp: Adapt selected parts of RFC 5682 and PRR logic     (bnc#879921).

  - flock: Fix allocation and BKL (bnc#882809).

  - sunrpc: Close a rare race in xs_tcp_setup_socket     (bnc#794824, bnc#884530).

  - isofs: Fix unbounded recursion when processing relocated     directories (bnc#892490).

  - bonding: Fix a race condition on cleanup in     bond_send_unsolicited_na() (bnc#856756).

  - block: Fix race between request completion and timeout     handling (bnc#881051).

  - Fix kABI breakage due to addition of user_ctl_lock     (bnc#883795).

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

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP4 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs have been fixed :

CVE-2015-2041: A information leak in the llc2_timeout_table was fixed (bnc#919007).

CVE-2014-9322: arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel did not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allowed local users to gain privileges by triggering an IRET instruction that leads to access to a GS Base address from the wrong space (bnc#910251).

CVE-2014-9090: The do_double_fault function in arch/x86/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a modify_ldt system call, as demonstrated by sigreturn_32 in the 1-clock-tests test suite (bnc#907818).

CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel did not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet (bnc#885422).

CVE-2014-3673: The SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a malformed ASCONF chunk, related to net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c and net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c (bnc#902346).

CVE-2014-3185: Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in the Linux kernel allowed physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response (bnc#896391).

CVE-2014-3184: The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel might have allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c (bnc#896390).

CVE-2014-1874: The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context (bnc#863335).

CVE-2014-0181: The Netlink implementation in the Linux kernel did not provide a mechanism for authorizing socket operations based on the opener of a socket, which allowed local users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify network configurations by using a Netlink socket for the (1) stdout or (2) stderr of a setuid program (bnc#875051).

CVE-2013-4299: Interpretation conflict in drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information or modify data via a crafted mapping to a snapshot block device (bnc#846404).

CVE-2013-2147: The HP Smart Array controller disk-array driver and Compaq SMART2 controller disk-array driver in the Linux kernel did not initialize certain data structures, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via (1) a crafted IDAGETPCIINFO command for a /dev/ida device, related to the ida_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/cpqarray.c or (2) a crafted CCISS_PASSTHRU32 command for a /dev/cciss device, related to the cciss_ioctl32_passthru function in drivers/block/cciss.c (bnc#823260).

CVE-2012-6657: The sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c in the Linux kernel did not ensure that a keepalive action is associated with a stream socket, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the ability to create a raw socket (bnc#896779).

CVE-2012-3400: Heap-based buffer overflow in the udf_load_logicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem (bnc#769784).

CVE-2012-2319: Multiple buffer overflows in the hfsplus filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to gain privileges via a crafted HFS plus filesystem, a related issue to CVE-2009-4020 (bnc#760902).

CVE-2012-2313: The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allowed local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call (bnc#758813).

CVE-2011-4132: The cleanup_journal_tail function in the Journaling Block Device (JBD) functionality in the Linux kernel 2.6 allowed local users to cause a denial of service (assertion error and kernel oops) via an ext3 or ext4 image with an 'invalid log first block value' (bnc#730118).

CVE-2011-4127: The Linux kernel did not properly restrict SG_IO ioctl calls, which allowed local users to bypass intended restrictions on disk read and write operations by sending a SCSI command to (1) a partition block device or (2) an LVM volume (bnc#738400).

CVE-2011-1585: The cifs_find_smb_ses function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the associations between users and sessions, which allowed local users to bypass CIFS share authentication by leveraging a mount of a share by a different user (bnc#687812).

CVE-2011-1494: Integer overflow in the _ctl_do_mpt_command function in drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel might have allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an ioctl call specifying a crafted value that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (bnc#685402).

CVE-2011-1495: drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_ctl.c in the Linux kernel did not validate (1) length and (2) offset values before performing memory copy operations, which might allow local users to gain privileges, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted ioctl call, related to the _ctl_do_mpt_command and _ctl_diag_read_buffer functions (bnc#685402).

CVE-2011-1493: Array index error in the rose_parse_national function in net/rose/rose_subr.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by composing FAC_NATIONAL_DIGIS data that specifies a large number of digipeaters, and then sending this data to a ROSE socket (bnc#681175).

CVE-2011-4913: The rose_parse_ccitt function in net/rose/rose_subr.c in the Linux kernel did not validate the FAC_CCITT_DEST_NSAP and FAC_CCITT_SRC_NSAP fields, which allowed remote attackers to (1) cause a denial of service (integer underflow, heap memory corruption, and panic) via a small length value in data sent to a ROSE socket, or (2) conduct stack-based buffer overflow attacks via a large length value in data sent to a ROSE socket (bnc#681175).

CVE-2011-4914: The ROSE protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not verify that certain data-length values are consistent with the amount of data sent, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted data to a ROSE socket (bnc#681175).

CVE-2011-1476: Integer underflow in the Open Sound System (OSS) subsystem in the Linux kernel on unspecified non-x86 platforms allowed local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer (bnc#681999).

CVE-2011-1477: Multiple array index errors in sound/oss/opl3.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges by leveraging write access to /dev/sequencer (bnc#681999).

CVE-2011-1163: The osf_partition function in fs/partitions/osf.c in the Linux kernel did not properly handle an invalid number of partitions, which might allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel heap memory via vectors related to partition-table parsing (bnc#679812).

CVE-2011-1090: The __nfs4_proc_set_acl function in fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c in the Linux kernel stored NFSv4 ACL data in memory that is allocated by kmalloc but not properly freed, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted attempt to set an ACL (bnc#677286).

CVE-2014-9584: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not validate a length value in the Extensions Reference (ER) System Use Field, which allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted iso9660 image (bnc#912654).

CVE-2014-9420: The rock_continue function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict the number of Rock Ridge continuation entries, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, and system crash or hang) via a crafted iso9660 image (bnc#911325).

CVE-2014-5471: Stack consumption vulnerability in the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (uncontrolled recursion, and system crash or reboot) via a crafted iso9660 image with a CL entry referring to a directory entry that has a CL entry (bnc#892490).

CVE-2014-5472: The parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal function in fs/isofs/rock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (unkillable mount process) via a crafted iso9660 image with a self-referential CL entry (bnc#892490).

CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number (bnc#880484).

CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access (bnc#883795).

CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allowed local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call (bnc#883795).

CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl calls (bnc#883795).

CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access (bnc#883795).

CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function (bnc#883795).

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

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1392 advisory.

    - [kernel] futex: Fix errors in nested key ref-counting (Denys Vlasenko) [1094458] {CVE-2014-0205}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux Kernel was updated to fix various bugs and security issues.

CVE-2014-4699: The Linux kernel on Intel processors did not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allowed local users to leverage a race condition and gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault), via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork system calls.

CVE-2014-4667: The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel did not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet.

CVE-2014-4171: mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel did not properly implement the interaction between range notification and hole punching, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (i_mutex hold) by using the mmap system call to access a hole, as demonstrated by interfering with intended shmem activity by blocking completion of (1) an MADV_REMOVE madvise call or (2) an FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE fallocate call.

CVE-2014-4508: arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allowed local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.

CVE-2014-4656: Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function.

CVE-2014-4655: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl calls.

CVE-2014-4654: The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allowed local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call.

CVE-2014-4653: sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel did not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4652: Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVE-2014-4014: The capabilities implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly consider that namespaces are inapplicable to inodes, which allowed local users to bypass intended chmod restrictions by first creating a user namespace, as demonstrated by setting the setgid bit on a file with group ownership of root.

CVE-2014-2309: The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel did not properly count the addition of routes, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets.

CVE-2014-3917: kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allowed local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.

CVE-2014-0131: Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel allowed attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

CVE-2014-3144: The (1) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR and (2) BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementations in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel did not check whether a certain length value is sufficiently large, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (integer underflow and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions.

CVE-2014-3145: The BPF_S_ANC_NLATTR_NEST extension implementation in the sk_run_filter function in net/core/filter.c in the Linux kernel used the reverse order in a certain subtraction, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (over-read and system crash) via crafted BPF instructions. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the
__skb_get_nlattr_nest function before the vulnerability was announced.

Additional Bug fixed :

  - HID: logitech-dj: Fix USB 3.0 issue (bnc#788080).

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1083 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux     operating system.

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation handled     simultaneous connections between the same hosts. A remote attacker could     use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-5077, Important)

    * Multiple use-after-free flaws and an integer overflow flaw were found in     the way the Linux kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local, privileged user could use     either of these flaws to crash the system. (CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-4654,     CVE-2014-4655, CVE-2014-4656, Moderate)

    * An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Advanced     Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) implementation handled access of the user     control's state. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to leak     kernel memory to user space. (CVE-2014-4652, Low)

    This update also fixes the following bug:

    * Prior to this update, the netconsole module was unavailable on MRG     Realtime kernels due to locking issues that disabled it. These locking     issues have been corrected, allowing the netconsole module to be re-enabled     and functional on Realtime kernels. (BZ#1088923)

    Users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which upgrade the     kernel-rt kernel to version kernel-rt-3.10.33-rt32.45 and correct these     issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1392 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux     operating system.

    * A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's     Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) implementation handled     simultaneous connections between the same hosts. A remote attacker could     use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-5077, Important)

    * An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Frame     Buffer device implementation mapped kernel memory to user space via the     mmap syscall. A local user able to access a frame buffer device file     (/dev/fb*) could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the     system. (CVE-2013-2596, Important)

    * A flaw was found in the way the ipc_rcu_putref() function in the Linux     kernel's IPC implementation handled reference counter decrementing.
    A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to trigger an Out of Memory     (OOM) condition and, potentially, crash the system. (CVE-2013-4483,     Moderate)

    * It was found that the permission checks performed by the Linux kernel     when a netlink message was received were not sufficient. A local,     unprivileged user could potentially bypass these restrictions by passing a     netlink socket as stdout or stderr to a more privileged process and     altering the output of this process. (CVE-2014-0181, Moderate)

    * It was found that the try_to_unmap_cluster() function in the Linux     kernel's Memory Managment subsystem did not properly handle page locking in     certain cases, which could potentially trigger the BUG_ON() macro in the     mlock_vma_page() function. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw     to crash the system. (CVE-2014-3122, Moderate)

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's kvm_iommu_map_pages()     function handled IOMMU mapping failures. A privileged user in a guest with     an assigned host device could use this flaw to crash the host.
    (CVE-2014-3601, Moderate)

    * Multiple use-after-free flaws were found in the way the Linux kernel's     Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) implementation handled user     controls. A local, privileged user could use either of these flaws to crash     the system. (CVE-2014-4653, CVE-2014-4654, CVE-2014-4655, Moderate)

    * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS subsystem handled     reference counting when performing unmount operations on symbolic links.
    A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all available     memory on the system or, potentially, trigger a use-after-free error,     resulting in a system crash or privilege escalation. (CVE-2014-5045,     Moderate)

    * An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo1x_decompress_safe()     function of the Linux kernel's LZO implementation processed Literal Runs.
    A local attacker could, in extremely rare cases, use this flaw to crash the     system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2014-4608, Low)

    Red Hat would like to thank Vladimir Davydov of Parallels for reporting     CVE-2013-4483, Jack Morgenstein of Mellanox for reporting CVE-2014-3601,     Vasily Averin of Parallels for reporting CVE-2014-5045, and Don A.
    Bailey from Lab Mouse Security for reporting CVE-2014-4608. The security     impact of the CVE-2014-3601 issue was discovered by Michael Tsirkin of     Red Hat.

    This update also fixes several hundred bugs and adds numerous enhancements.
    Refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Release Notes for information on     the most significant of these changes, and the Technical Notes for further     information, both linked to in the References.

    All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 users are advised to install these updated     packages, which correct these issues, and fix the bugs and add the     enhancements noted in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Release Notes and     Technical Notes. The system must be rebooted for this update to     take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in the Linux kernel :

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a long station-name string, related to the (1) wvlan_uil_put_info and (2) wvlan_set_station_nickname functions (CVE-2013-4514).

Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation (CVE-2014-0131).

The rd_build_device_space function in drivers/target/target_core_rd.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from ramdisk_mcp memory by leveraging access to a SCSI initiator (CVE-2014-4027).

Multiple integer overflows in the lzo1x_decompress_safe function in lib/lzo/lzo1x_decompress_safe.c in the LZO decompressor in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Literal Run (CVE-2014-4608).

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access (CVE-2014-4652).

sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access (CVE-2014-4653).

The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not check authorization for SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE commands, which allows local users to remove kernel controls and cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for an ioctl call (CVE-2014-4654).

The snd_ctl_elem_add function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly maintain the user_ctl_count value, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and limit bypass) by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access for a large number of SNDRV_CTL_IOCTL_ELEM_REPLACE ioctl calls (CVE-2014-4655).

Multiple integer overflows in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allow local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access, related to (1) index values in the snd_ctl_add function and (2) numid values in the snd_ctl_remove_numid_conflict function (CVE-2014-4656).

The sctp_association_free function in net/sctp/associola.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not properly manage a certain backlog value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket outage) via a crafted SCTP packet (CVE-2014-4667).

The Linux kernel before 3.15.4 on Intel processors does not properly restrict use of a non-canonical value for the saved RIP address in the case of a system call that does not use IRET, which allows local users to leverage a race condition and gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (double fault), via a crafted application that makes ptrace and fork system calls (CVE-2014-4699).

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket (CVE-2014-4943).

The updated packages provides a solution for these security issues.

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates : please see Oracle VM Security Advisory OVMSA-2017-0057 for details.

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

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's mmap(2), madvise(2), and fallocate(2) system     calls interacted with each other while operating on     virtual memory file system files. A local user could     use this flaw to cause a denial of     service.(CVE-2014-4171)

  - An information leak flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled access of the user control's     state. A local, privileged user could use this flaw to     leak kernel memory to user space.(CVE-2014-4652)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4653)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4654)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4655)

  - An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-4656)

  - An integer underflow flaw was found in the way the     Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol     (SCTP) implementation processed certain COOKIE_ECHO     packets. By sending a specially crafted SCTP packet, a     remote attacker could use this flaw to prevent     legitimate connections to a particular SCTP server     socket to be made.(CVE-2014-4667)

  - 'It was found that the Linux kernel's ptrace subsystem     allowed a traced process' instruction pointer to be set     to a non-canonical memory address without forcing the     non-sysret code path when returning to user space. A     local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to crash     the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges     on the system.

  - Note: The CVE-2014-4699 issue only affected systems     using an Intel CPU.(CVE-2014-4699)'

  - A flaw was found in the way the pppol2tp_setsockopt()     and pppol2tp_getsockopt() functions in the Linux     kernel's PPP over L2TP implementation handled requests     with a non-SOL_PPPOL2TP socket option level. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their     privileges on the system.(CVE-2014-4943)

  - A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's VFS     subsystem handled reference counting when performing     unmount operations on symbolic links. A local,     unprivileged user could use this flaw to exhaust all     available memory on the system or, potentially, trigger     a use-after-free error, resulting in a system crash or     privilege escalation.(CVE-2014-5045)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol     (SCTP) implementation handled simultaneous connections     between the same hosts. A remote attacker could use     this flaw to crash the system.(CVE-2014-5077)

  - It was found that the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal()     function of the Linux kernel's ISOFS implementation did     not correctly check relocated directories when     processing Rock Ridge child link (CL) tags. An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted ISO image to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-5471)

  - It was found that the parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal()     function of the Linux kernel's ISOFS implementation did     not correctly check relocated directories when     processing Rock Ridge child link (CL) tags. An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted ISO image to crash the system or,     potentially, escalate their privileges on the     system.(CVE-2014-5472)

  - A stack overflow flaw caused by infinite recursion was     found in the way the Linux kernel's Universal Disk     Format (UDF) file system implementation processed     indirect Information Control Blocks (ICBs). An attacker     with physical access to the system could use a     specially crafted UDF image to crash the     system.(CVE-2014-6410)

  - Buffer overflow in net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used     in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     corruption and panic) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via a long unencrypted auth     ticket.(CVE-2014-6416)

  - net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel     before 3.16.3, does not properly consider the     possibility of kmalloc failure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long     unencrypted auth ticket.(CVE-2014-6417)

  - net/ceph/auth_x.c in Ceph, as used in the Linux kernel     before 3.16.3, does not properly validate auth replies,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified     other impact via crafted data from the IP address of a     Ceph Monitor.(CVE-2014-6418)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way     the Linux kernel's Common Internet File System (CIFS)     implementation handled mounting of file system shares.
    A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash a client     system that would mount a file system share from a     malicious server.(CVE-2014-7145)

  - A denial of service flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's XFS file system implementation ordered     directory hashes under certain conditions. A local     attacker could use this flaw to corrupt the file system     by creating directories with colliding hash values,     potentially resulting in a system crash.(CVE-2014-7283)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally,     an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace     syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2014-7825)

  - An out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7825, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's perf subsystem. A local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system. Additionally,     an out-of-bounds memory access flaw, CVE-2014-7826, was     found in the syscall tracing functionality of the Linux     kernel's ftrace subsystem. On a system with ftrace     syscall tracing enabled, a local, unprivileged user     could use this flaw to crash the system, or escalate     their privileges.(CVE-2014-7826)

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

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

  - sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure     possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free)     and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
    (CVE-2014-4653)

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-001951 advisory.

    sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 does not ensure     possession of a read/write lock, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free)     and obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Security fixes :

  - A race condition flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's KVM subsystem handled PIT (Programmable     Interval Timer) emulation. A guest user who has access     to the PIT I/O ports could use this flaw to crash the     host. (CVE-2014-3611, Important)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the     Linux kernel's Stream Control Transmission Protocol     (SCTP) implementation handled simultaneous connections     between the same hosts. A remote attacker could use this     flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2014-5077, Important)

  - It was found that the Linux kernel's KVM subsystem did     not handle the VM exits gracefully for the invept     (Invalidate Translations Derived from EPT) and invvpid     (Invalidate Translations Based on VPID) instructions. On     hosts with an Intel processor and invept/invppid VM exit     support, an unprivileged guest user could use these     instructions to crash the guest. (CVE-2014-3645,     CVE-2014-3646, Moderate)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the way the Linux     kernel's Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)     implementation handled user controls. A local,     privileged user could use this flaw to crash the system.
    (CVE-2014-4653, Moderate)

Bug fixes :

  - A known issue that could prevent Chelsio adapters using     the cxgb4 driver from being initialized on IBM POWER8     systems has been fixed. These adapters can now be used     on IBM POWER8 systems as expected.

  - When bringing a hot-added CPU online, the kernel did not     initialize a CPU mask properly, which could result in a     kernel panic. This update corrects the bug by ensuring     that the CPU mask is properly initialized and the     correct NUMA node selected.

  - The kernel could fail to bring a CPU online if the     hardware supported both, the acpi-cpufreq and     intel_pstate modules. This update ensures that the     acpi-cpufreq module is not loaded in the intel_pstate     module is loaded.

  - Due to a bug in the time accounting of the kernel     scheduler, a divide error could occur when hot adding a     CPU. To fix this problem, the kernel scheduler time     accounting has been reworked.

  - The kernel did not handle exceptions caused by an     invalid floating point control (FPC) register, resulting     in a kernel oops. This problem has been fixed by placing     the label to handle these exceptions to the correct     place in the code.

  - A previous change to the kernel for the PowerPC     architecture changed implementation of the     compat_sys_sendfile() function. Consequently, the 64-bit     sendfile() system call stopped working for files larger     than 2 GB on PowerPC. This update restores previous     behavior of sendfile() on PowerPC, and it again process     files bigger than 2 GB as expected.

  - Previously, the kernel scheduler could schedule a CPU     topology update even though the topology did not change.
    This could negatively affect the CPU load balancing,     cause degradation of the system performance, and     eventually result in a kernel oops. This problem has     been fixed by skipping the CPU topology update if the     topology has not actually changed.

  - Previously, recovery of a double-degraded RAID6 array     could, under certain circumstances, result in data     corruption. This could happen because the md driver was     using an optimization that is safe to use only for     single-degraded arrays. This update ensures that this     optimization is skipped during the recovery of     double-degraded RAID6 arrays.

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

ID	名称	产品	系列	发布时间	最近更新时间	严重程度
78845	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20141014)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	2014/11/4	2022/9/16	high
83640	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2014:1138-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2015/5/20	2021/1/19	medium
83723	SUSE SLES10 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2015:0812-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2015/5/20	2021/1/6	high
78618	Oracle Linux 6 : kernel (ELSA-2014-1392)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	2014/10/22	2026/2/9	high
76988	openSUSE Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2014:0957-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2014/8/4	2021/1/19	medium
77298	RHEL 6 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2014:1083)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2014/8/21	2025/4/15	medium
78409	RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2014:1392)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2014/10/14	2025/8/15	high
77074	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDVSA-2014:155)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	2014/8/8	2021/1/6	medium
99163	OracleVM 3.3 : Unbreakable / etc (OVMSA-2017-0057) (Dirty COW)	Nessus	OracleVM Local Security Checks	2017/4/3	2025/12/26	critical
124805	EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1481)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	2019/5/13	2021/2/19	high
218264	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-4653	Nessus	Misc.	2025/3/4	2025/9/30	high
286510	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-001951)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	2026/1/15	2026/1/15	high
78851	Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL7.x x86_64 (20141028)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	2014/11/4	2021/1/14	medium

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