CVE-2018-1118

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file.

This kernel update is based on the upstream 4.14.56 and fixes at least the following security issues:

kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, escalate their privileges in the guest (CVE-2018-1087).

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file (CVE-2018-1118).

In some circumstances, some operating systems or hypervisors may not expect or properly handle an Intel architecture hardware debug exception. The error appears to be due to developer interpretation of existing documentation for certain Intel architecture interrupt/exception instructions, namely MOV SS and POP SS. An authenticated attacker may be able to read sensitive data in memory or control low-level operating system functions (CVE-2018-8897).

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 File System. A use-after-free in ext4_ext_remove_space() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10876).

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 (CVE-2018-10877).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and so a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact by when renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10879).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem code. A stack-out-of-bounds write in ext4_update_inline_data() is possible when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image. An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service (CVE-2018-10880).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info function and so a denial of service and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10881).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 File System. An out-of-bound write when unmounting a crafted ext4 image in fs/jbd2/transaction.c. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2018-10882).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 File System. An out-of-bound write in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() that kernel cannot handle when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) (CVE-2018-10883).

In the Linux kernel 4.13 through 4.16.11, ext4_read_inline_data() in fs/ext4/inline.c performs a memcpy with an untrusted length value in certain circumstances involving a crafted filesystem that stores the system.data extended attribute value in a dedicated inode (CVE-2018-11412).

The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.4 allows local users to create files with an unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a directory is SGID to a certain group and is writable by a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the non-member can trigger creation of a plain file whose group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was…

This kernel-tmb update is based on the upstream 4.14.62 and fixes at least the following security issues:

kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, escalate their privileges in the guest (CVE-2018-1087).

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file (CVE-2018-1118).

Security researchers from FICORA have identified a remote denial of service attack against the Linux kernel caused by inefficient implementation of TCP segment reassembly, named "SegmentSmack". A remote attacker could consume a lot of CPU resources in the kernel networking stack with just a low bandwidth or single host attack by using lots of small TCP segments packets. Usually large botnets are needed for similar effect. The rate needed for this denial of service attack to be effective is several magnitudes lower than the usual packet processing capability of the machine, as the attack exploits worst case behaviour of existing algorithms (CVE-2018-5390). In the function sbusfb_ioctl_helper() in drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15, an integer signedness error allows arbitrary information leakage for the FBIOPUTCMAP_SPARC and FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC commands (CVE-2018-6412).

In some circumstances, some operating systems or hypervisors may not expect or properly handle an Intel architecture hardware debug exception. The error appears to be due to developer interpretation of existing documentation for certain Intel architecture interrupt/exception instructions, namely MOV SS and POP SS. An authenticated attacker may be able to read sensitive data in memory or control low-level operating system functions (CVE-2018-8897).

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840).

The kvm functions that were used in the emulation of fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt and sidt were originally meant for task switching, and as such they did not check privilege levels. This allowed guest userspace to guest kernel write (CVE-2018-10853).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 File System. A use-after-free in ext4_ext_remove_space() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10876).

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 (CVE-2018-10877).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and so a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact by when renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10879).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem code. A stack-out-of-bounds write in ext4_update_inline_data() is possible when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image. An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service (CVE-2018-10880).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info function and so a denial of service and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10881).

A flaw was…

This kernel-linus update is based on the upstream 4.14.62 and fixes at least the following security issues:

kernel KVM before versions kernel 4.16, kernel 4.16-rc7, kernel 4.17-rc1, kernel 4.17-rc2 and kernel 4.17-rc3 is vulnerable to a flaw in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, the processor did not deliver interrupts and exceptions, rather they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged KVM guest user could use this flaw to crash the guest or, potentially, escalate their privileges in the guest (CVE-2018-1087).

Linux kernel vhost since version 4.8 does not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system in the vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg() function. This can allow local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file (CVE-2018-1118).

Security researchers from FICORA have identified a remote denial of service attack against the Linux kernel caused by inefficient implementation of TCP segment reassembly, named "SegmentSmack". A remote attacker could consume a lot of CPU resources in the kernel networking stack with just a low bandwidth or single host attack by using lots of small TCP segments packets. Usually large botnets are needed for similar effect. The rate needed for this denial of service attack to be effective is several magnitudes lower than the usual packet processing capability of the machine, as the attack exploits worst case behaviour of existing algorithms (CVE-2018-5390). In the function sbusfb_ioctl_helper() in drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15, an integer signedness error allows arbitrary information leakage for the FBIOPUTCMAP_SPARC and FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC commands (CVE-2018-6412).

In some circumstances, some operating systems or hypervisors may not expect or properly handle an Intel architecture hardware debug exception. The error appears to be due to developer interpretation of existing documentation for certain Intel architecture interrupt/exception instructions, namely MOV SS and POP SS. An authenticated attacker may be able to read sensitive data in memory or control low-level operating system functions (CVE-2018-8897).

Linux kernel is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow in the fs/ext4/xattr.c:ext4_xattr_set_entry() function. An attacker could exploit this by operating on a mounted crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10840).

The kvm functions that were used in the emulation of fxrstor, fxsave, sgdt and sidt were originally meant for task switching, and as such they did not check privilege levels. This allowed guest userspace to guest kernel write (CVE-2018-10853).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 File System. A use-after-free in ext4_ext_remove_space() when mounting and operating a crafted ext4 image (CVE-2018-10876).

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 (CVE-2018-10877).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause a use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry function and so a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact by when renaming a file in a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10879).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem code. A stack-out-of-bounds write in ext4_update_inline_data() is possible when mounting and writing to a crafted ext4 image. An attacker could use this to cause a system crash and a denial of service (CVE-2018-10880).

A flaw was found in Linux kernel ext4 filesystem. A local user can cause an out-of-bound access in ext4_get_group_info function and so a denial of service and a system crash by mounting and operating on a crafted ext4 filesystem image (CVE-2018-10881).

A flaw was…

These are all security issues fixed in the kernel-devel-5.14.6-1.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

These are all security issues fixed in the kernel-devel-longterm-6.6.17-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following new feature was added:

• NVDIMM memory error notification (ACPI 6.2)

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2018-13406: An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function could have result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used (bnc#1100418)
• CVE-2018-13053: The alarm_timer_nsleep function had an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe was not used (bnc#1099924)
• CVE-2018-9385: Prevent overread of the 'driver_override' buffer (bsc#1100491)
• CVE-2018-13405: The inode_init_owner function allowed local users to create files with an unintended group ownership allowing attackers to escalate privileges by making a plain file executable and SGID (bnc#1100416)
• CVE-2017-5753: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis (bsc#1068032)
• CVE-2018-1118: Linux kernel vhost did not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system. This could have allowed local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file (bsc#1092472)
• CVE-2018-12233: A memory corruption bug in JFS could have been triggered by calling setxattr twice with two different extended attribute names on the same file. This vulnerability could be triggered by an unprivileged user with the ability to create files and execute programs (bsc#1097234)
• CVE-2018-5848: In the function wmi_set_ie(), the length validation code did not handle unsigned integer overflow properly. As a result, a large value of the 'ie_len' argument could have caused a buffer overflow (bnc#1097356)
• CVE-2018-1000204: Prevent infoleak caused by incorrect handling of the SG_IO ioctl (bsc#1096728)
• CVE-2018-3639: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and speculative execution of memory reads the addresses of all prior memory writes are known may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis, aka Speculative Store Bypass (SSB), Variant 4 (bsc#1087082)
• CVE-2018-1120: By mmap()ing a FUSE-backed file onto a process's memory containing command line arguments (or environment strings), an attacker could have caused utilities from psutils or procps (such as ps, w) to block indefinitely (denial of service) or for some controlled time (as a synchronization primitive for other attacks) (bsc#1093158)
• CVE-2018-1094: The ext4_fill_super function did not always initialize the crc32c checksum driver, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (ext4_xattr_inode_hash NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087007)
• CVE-2018-1092: The ext4_iget function mishandled the case of a root directory with a zero i_links_count, which allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (ext4_process_freed_data NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted ext4 image (bsc#1087012)
• 1093: The ext4_valid_block_bitmap function allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) via a crafted ext4 image because balloc.c and ialloc.c do not validate bitmap block numbers (bsc#1087095)
• CVE-2018-1000200: Prevent NULL pointer dereference which could have resulted in an out of memory (OOM) killing of large mlocked processes (bsc#1090150)
• CVE-2018-1130: NULL pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls (bsc#1092904)
• CVE-2018-5803: Prevent error in the '_sctp_make_chunk()' function when handling SCTP packets…

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 kernel-azure was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

• CVE-2018-5390 aka 'SegmentSmack': A remote attacker even with relatively low bandwidth could have caused lots of CPU usage by triggering the worst case scenario during IP and/or TCP fragment reassembly (bsc#1102340)
• CVE-2017-18344: The timer_create syscall implementation didn't properly validate input, which could have lead to out-of-bounds access. This allowed userspace applications to read arbitrary kernel memory in some setups. (bsc#1102851)
• CVE-2018-13406: An integer overflow in the uvesafb_setcmap function could have result in local attackers being able to crash the kernel or potentially elevate privileges because kmalloc_array is not used (bnc#1100418)
• CVE-2018-13053: The alarm_timer_nsleep function had an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe was not used (bnc#1099924)
• CVE-2018-13405: The inode_init_owner function allowed local users to create files with an unintended group ownership allowing attackers to escalate privileges by making a plain file executable and SGID (bnc#1100416)
• CVE-2017-5753: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis (bsc#1068032)
• CVE-2018-1118: Linux kernel vhost did not properly initialize memory in messages passed between virtual guests and the host operating system. This could have allowed local privileged users to read some kernel memory contents when reading from the /dev/vhost-net device file (bsc#1092472)

The following non-security bugs were fixed:

• 1wire: family module autoload fails because of upper/lower case mismatch (bsc#1051510)
• 8139too: Use disable_irq_nosync() in rtl8139_poll_controller() (networking-stable-18_05_15)
• acpi / LPSS: Add missing prv_offset setting for byt/cht PWM devices (bsc#1051510)
• acpi / processor: Finish making acpi_processor_ppc_has_changed() void (bsc#1051510)
• acpi / watchdog: properly initialize resources (bsc#1051510)
• acpi, APEI, EINJ: Subtract any matching Register Region from Trigger resources (bsc#1051510)
• acpi, nfit: Fix scrub idle detection (bsc#1094119)
• acpi/nfit: fix cmd_rc for acpi_nfit_ctl to always return a value (bsc#1051510)
• acpi: Add helper for deactivating memory region (bsc#1100132)
• ahci: Disable LPM on Lenovo 50 series laptops with a too old BIOS (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda - Handle pm failure during hotplug (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132 - use ARRAY_SIZE (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Delete pointless assignments to struct auto_pin_cfg fields (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Delete redundant UNSOL event requests (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Do not test for QUIRK_NONE (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Fix DMic data rate for Alienware M17x R4 (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Restore PCM Analog Mic-In2 (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: Restore behavior of QUIRK_ALIENWARE (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/ca0132: make array ca0132_alt_chmaps static (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/realtek - Add Panasonic CF-SZ6 headset jack quirk (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/realtek - Add a quirk for FSC ESPRIMO U9210 (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/realtek - Fix pop noise on Lenovo P50 and co (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/realtek - Fix the problem of two front mics on more machines (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda/realtek - Yet another Clevo P950 quirk entry (bsc#1101143)
• alsa: hda/realtek - two more lenovo models need fixup of MIC_LOCATION (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: hda: add mute led support for HP ProBook 455 G5 (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: rawmidi: Change resized buffers atomically (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: seq: Fix UBSAN warning at SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_QUERY_NEXT_CLIENT ioctl (bsc#1051510)
• alsa: timer: Fix UBSAN warning at SNDRV_TIMER_IOCTL_NEXT_DEVICE ioctl (bsc#1051510)
• alx: take rtnl before calling __alx_open…

It was discovered that the VirtIO subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-1118)

Seunghun Han discovered an information leak in the ACPI handling code in the Linux kernel when handling early termination of ACPI table loading. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive informal (kernel address locations). (CVE-2017-13695)

USN-3762-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

It was discovered that the VirtIO subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-1118)

Seunghun Han discovered an information leak in the ACPI handling code in the Linux kernel when handling early termination of ACPI table loading. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive informal (kernel address locations). (CVE-2017-13695)