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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel affect PowerKVM

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## Summary PowerKVM is affected by vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel. IBM has now addressed these vulnerabilities. ## Vulnerability Details **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-11600_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-11600>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by out-of-bound access in thenet/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c. By using XFRM_MSG_MIGRATE xfrm Netlink message, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129316_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/129316>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-1000364_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-1000364>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a a stack memory allocation flaw that allows the stack guard page to be "jumped" or bypassed. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127503_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/127503>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-7895_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-7895>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation at the end of buffer in NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to trigger pointer-arithmetic errors or other unspecified impact on the system. CVSS Base Score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125803_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125803>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-7645_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-7645>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the NFSv2/NFSv3 server in the nfsd subsystem. By using a long RPC reply, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash. CVSS Base Score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125910_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/125910>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-7308_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-7308>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly validate certain block-size data by the packet_set_ring function. By using specially crafted system calls, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123998_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123998>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-6214_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-6214>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the tcp_splice_read() function. By sending a specially crafted TCP packet, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop and consume an overly large amount of CPU resources. CVSS Base Score: 7.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122320_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122320>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-5986_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-5986>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in the sctp_wait_for_sndbuf function in net/sctp/socket.c. By using a specially-crafted multithreaded application, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause an assertion failure and kernel panic. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122172_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122172>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-2636_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-2636>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition in the n_hdlc Linux kernel driver (drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c). By using a specially-crafted application, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain privileges on the system. CVSS Base Score: 7.8 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122898_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/122898>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-2618_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-2618>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an off-by-one in the selinux_setprocattr when clearing SELinux attributes on /proc/pid/attr files. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an empty (null) write to cause the system to crash. CVSS Base Score: 5.5 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132346_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/132346>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2017-2583_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-2583>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel, built with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (CONFIG_KVM) support, could allow a remote attacker from within the local network to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an incorrect segment selector(SS) value error when loading values into the SS register in long mode. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system or cause the guest to crash. CVSS Base Score: 5 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121310_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/121310>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2016-10208_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-10208>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to properly validate meta block groups by the ext4_fill_super function. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially crafted EXT4 image to corrupt memory triggering an out-of-bounds read and cause the system to crash. CVSS Base Score: 4.6 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123370_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/123370>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2016-9793_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-9793>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the sock_setsockopt function in net/core/sock.c. By using a specially-crafted setsockopt system call, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash. CVSS Base Score: 7.8 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120231_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/120231>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2016-8650_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-8650>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by the failure to ensure that memory is allocated for limb data by mpi_powm function. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an add_key system call for an RSA key with a zero exponent to cause the system to panic. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119408_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119408>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2016-8646_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-8646>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the hash_accept function in crypto/algif_hash.c. By attempting to trigger use of in-kernel hash algorithms for a socket, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel OOPS. CVSS Base Score: 6.2 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119509_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119509>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) **CVEID:** [_CVE-2016-7910_](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2016-7910>)** DESCRIPTION:** Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free in the disk_seqf_stop function. By leveraging the execution of a certain stop operation, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system with elevated privileges. CVSS Base Score: 8.4 CVSS Temporal Score: See [_https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119531_](<https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/119531>) for the current score CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) ## Affected Products and Versions PowerKVM 3.1 ## Remediation/Fixes Customers can update PowerKVM systems by using "yum update". Fix images are made available via Fix Central. For version 3.1, see [_https://ibm.biz/BdHggw_](<https://ibm.biz/BdHggw>). This issue is addressed starting with v3.1.0.2 update 10. Customers running v2.1 are encouraged to upgrade to v3.1. ## Workarounds and Mitigations none ##


Affected Software


CPE Name Name Version
powerkvm 3.1

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