USN-5164-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

23909

17 March 2022

17 March 2022

CLOSED

MEDIUM

CVE-2021-37159,CVE-2021-3744,CVE-2021-3764

Severity

medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that the Option USB High Speed Mobile device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle error conditions. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-37159) It was discovered that the AMD Cryptographic Coprocessor (CCP) driver in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764)

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2021-37159, CVE-2021-3744, CVE-2021-3764

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.13
    • 4.1.x versions prior to 4.1.13
    • 4.2.x versions prior to 4.2.8
    • 4.3.x versions prior to 4.3.5
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.41, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.213
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.21, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.10, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.4, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.8.x versions prior to 2.8.17
    • 2.9.x versions prior to 2.9.24
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.23
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.x versions prior to 2.7.46, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.213
    • 2.10.x versions prior to 2.10.26, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183
    • 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.14, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183
    • 2.12.x versions prior to 2.12.7, or later versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.183

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:
  • Platform Automation Toolkit
    • 4.0.13
    • 4.1.13
    • 4.2.8
    • 4.3.5
  • Isolation Segment
    • 2.7.41, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.213 or greater
    • 2.10.21, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater
    • 2.11.10, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater
    • 2.12.4, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater
  • Operations Manager
    • 2.8.17
    • 2.9.24
    • 2.10.23
  • VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
    • 2.7.46, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.213 or greater
    • 2.10.26, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater
    • 2.11.14, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater
    • 2.12.7, and upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.183 or greater

References

History

2022-03-17: Initial vulnerability report published.