Security Bulletin: There are multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel used in IBM Elastic Storage System

Summary

There are security vulnerabilities in versions of Linux Kernel that are shipped with versions of IBM Elastic Storage System. A fix for these vulnerabilities is available.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-10774
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the sysctl subsystem. By reading the file /proc/sys/kernel/rh_features, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain uninitialized values from the kernel memory.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192481 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:CVE-2020-14351
**DESCRIPTION:**Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free memory flaw in the implementation of performance counters. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges and execute code in the context of the kernel…
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192489 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

IBM recommends that you fix this vulnerability by upgrading affected versions of IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 and 5000 to the following code levels or higher:

V6.0.2.1

https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Software%20defined%20storage&product=ibm/StorageSoftware/IBM+Elastic+Storage+Server+(ESS)&release=6.0.0&platform=All&function=all

Workarounds and Mitigations

None