Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus can be affected by vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel. Vulnerabilities include obtaining sensitive information, denial of service, elevation of privileges and remote execution of arbitrary code, as described by the CVEs in the "Vulnerability Details" section.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2022-0494
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the scsi_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/scsi_ioctl.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain kernel information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222611 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-2020-36558
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a race condition in VT_RESIZEX. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/231892 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-1353
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a kernel-info-leak issue in pfkey_register function in net/key/af_key.c. A local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to leak internal kernel information or cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/225506 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-24448
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an uninitialized data flaw in fs/nfs/dir.c. By using a specially-crafted application to set the O_DIRECTORY flag and attempt to open a regular file, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 3.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/218947 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2022-2078
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a buffer overflow in the nft_set_desc_concat_parse() function. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/230147 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-2586
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the nf_tables cross-table reference. By executing a specially-crafted program, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/233084 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-2964
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by multiple out-of-bounds reads and possible out-of-bounds writes flaw in the driver for the ASIX AX88179_178A-based USB 2.0/3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Devices. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service condition on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235652 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-0168
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the smb2_ioctl_query_info function in the fs/cifs/smb2ops.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 4.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234582 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-2639
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by an integer coercion error in the openvswitch kernel module. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges or cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/235135 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-1055
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a use-after-free exists in tc_new_tfilter. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges on the system.
CVSS Base score: 6.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/222851 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2022-36946
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c. By sending a specially-crafted request where the attacker truncates the packet below the header size, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/232324 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-29581
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper update of reference count in net/sched. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges as root.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/226762 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-1184
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the dx_insert_block() function in in fs/ext4/namei.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/234729 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-28390
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by a double-free flaw in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/223319 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2021-3640
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the sco_send_frame function. By using a specially-crafted payload, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to crash.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/206144 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2022-4379
DESCRIPTION: Linux Kernel is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the __nfs42_ssc_open() function in fs/nfs/nfs4file.c. By sending a specially-crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.
CVSS Base score: 7.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/244391 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Spectrum Protect Plus | 10.1.0 - 10.1.13 |
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Versions | Fixing Level | Platform | Link to Fix and Instructions |
| 10.1.0 - 10.1.13 | 10.1.14 | Linux | https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6942717 |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
17 Mar 2023: Initial Publication
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Modified date:
16 March 2023
UID
ibm16963936