The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-414557 advisory.

    The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by     injecting a frame with 802.11a rates.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by     injecting a frame with 802.11a rates. (CVE-2021-38206)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3205-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-3640: Fixed a Use-After-Free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() in the bluetooth     stack (bsc#1188172).
    - CVE-2021-3653: Missing validation of the `int_ctl` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to enable     AVIC support for the L2 guest. (bsc#1189399).
    - CVE-2021-3656: Missing validation of the the `virt_ext` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to     disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS for the L2 guest (bsc#1189400).
    - CVE-2021-3679: A lack of CPU resource in tracing module functionality was found in the way user uses     trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use     this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service (bnc#1189057).
    - CVE-2021-3732: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files (bsc#1189706).
    - CVE-2021-3739: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference when deleting device by invalid id (bsc#1189832 ).
    - CVE-2021-3743: Fixed OOB Read in qrtr_endpoint_post (bsc#1189883).
    - CVE-2021-3753: Fixed race out-of-bounds in virtual terminal handling (bsc#1190025).
    - CVE-2021-38160: Data corruption or loss could be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a     buf->len value exceeding the buffer size in drivers/char/virtio_console.c (bsc#1190117)
    - CVE-2021-38198: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow     page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault (bnc#1189262).
    - CVE-2021-38204: drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations     (bnc#1189291).
    - CVE-2021-38205: drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c made it easier for attackers to defeat an     ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer) (bnc#1189292).
    - CVE-2021-38207: drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (buffer overflow and lockup) by sending heavy network traffic for about ten minutes     (bnc#1189298).
    - CVE-2021-38166: Fixed an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a     single bucket in kernel/bpf/hashtab.c (bnc#1189233 ).
    - CVE-2021-38209: Fixed allowed observation of changes in any net namespace via     net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c (bnc#1189393).
    - CVE-2021-38206: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser inside the mac80211 subsystem     (bnc#1189296).
    - CVE-2021-34556: Fixed side-channel attack via a Speculative Store Bypass via unprivileged BPF program     that could have obtain sensitive information from kernel memory (bsc#1188983).
    - CVE-2021-35477: Fixed BPF stack frame pointer which could have been abused to disclose content of     arbitrary kernel memory (bsc#1188985).
    - CVE-2021-3759: Unaccounted ipc objects in Linux kernel could have lead to breaking memcg limits and DoS     attacks (bsc#1190115).
    - CVE-2020-12770: Fixed sg_remove_request call in a certain failure cases (bsc#1171420).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a     certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040. (CVE-2020-12770)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because the protection mechanism neglects     the possibility of uninitialized memory locations on the BPF stack. (CVE-2021-34556)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because a certain preempting store     operation does not necessarily occur before a store operation that has an attacker-controlled value.
    (CVE-2021-35477)

  - kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)

  - A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when     processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested     guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the int_ctl field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to     enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest     would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak     of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. (CVE-2021-3653) (CVE-2021-3656, CVE-2021-3732,     CVE-2021-3753)

  - A lack of CPU resource in the Linux kernel tracing module functionality in versions prior to 5.14-rc3 was     found in the way user uses trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with     CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
    (CVE-2021-3679)

  - ** DISPUTED ** In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss     can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE:
    the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the     length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior.
    (CVE-2021-38160)

  - In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds     write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without     the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability. (CVE-2021-38166)

  - arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access     permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault. (CVE-2021-38198)

  - drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.6 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain     situations. (CVE-2021-38204)

  - drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for     attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM     pointer). (CVE-2021-38205)

  - The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by     injecting a frame with 802.11a rates. (CVE-2021-38206)

  - drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and lockup) by sending heavy network traffic for about ten     minutes. (CVE-2021-38207)

  - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.2 allows observation of changes in     any net namespace because these changes are leaked into all other net namespaces. This is related to the     NF_SYSCTL_CT_MAX, NF_SYSCTL_CT_EXPECT_MAX, and NF_SYSCTL_CT_BUCKETS sysctls. (CVE-2021-38209)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3179-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-3640: Fixed a Use-After-Free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() in the bluetooth     stack (bsc#1188172).
    - CVE-2021-3653: Missing validation of the `int_ctl` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to enable     AVIC support for the L2 guest. (bsc#1189399).
    - CVE-2021-3656: Missing validation of the the `virt_ext` VMCB field and allows a malicious L1 guest to     disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS for the L2 guest (bsc#1189400).
    - CVE-2021-3679: A lack of CPU resource in tracing module functionality was found in the way user uses     trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use     this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service (bnc#1189057).
    - CVE-2021-3732: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files (bsc#1189706).
    - CVE-2021-3739: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference when deleting device by invalid id (bsc#1189832 ).
    - CVE-2021-3743: Fixed OOB Read in qrtr_endpoint_post (bsc#1189883).
    - CVE-2021-3753: Fixed race out-of-bounds in virtual terminal handling (bsc#1190025).
    - CVE-2021-38160: Data corruption or loss could be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a     buf->len value exceeding the buffer size in drivers/char/virtio_console.c (bsc#1190117)
    - CVE-2021-38198: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computes the access permissions of a shadow     page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault (bnc#1189262).
    - CVE-2021-38204: drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations     (bnc#1189291).
    - CVE-2021-38205: drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c made it easier for attackers to defeat an     ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM pointer) (bnc#1189292).
    - CVE-2021-38207: drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (buffer overflow and lockup) by sending heavy network traffic for about ten minutes     (bnc#1189298).
    - CVE-2021-38166: Fixed an integer overflow and out-of-bounds write when many elements are placed in a     single bucket in kernel/bpf/hashtab.c (bnc#1189233 ).
    - CVE-2021-38209: Fixed allowed observation of changes in any net namespace via     net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c (bnc#1189393).
    - CVE-2021-38206: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser inside the mac80211 subsystem     (bnc#1189296).
    - CVE-2021-34556: Fixed side-channel attack via a Speculative Store Bypass via unprivileged BPF program     that could have obtain sensitive information from kernel memory (bsc#1188983).
    - CVE-2021-35477: Fixed BPF stack frame pointer which could have been abused to disclose content of     arbitrary kernel memory (bsc#1188985).
    - CVE-2021-3759: Unaccounted ipc objects in Linux kernel could have lead to breaking memcg limits and DoS     attacks (bsc#1190115).
    - CVE-2020-12770: Fixed sg_remove_request call in a certain failure cases (bsc#1171420).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1 advisory.

  - An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.6.11. sg_write lacks an sg_remove_request call in a     certain failure case, aka CID-83c6f2390040. (CVE-2020-12770)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because the protection mechanism neglects     the possibility of uninitialized memory locations on the BPF stack. (CVE-2021-34556)

  - In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive information from     kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because a certain preempting store     operation does not necessarily occur before a store operation that has an attacker-controlled value.
    (CVE-2021-35477)

  - kernel: SVM nested virtualization issue in KVM (AVIC support) (CVE-2021-3653)

  - A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw occurs when     processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a nested     guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the int_ctl field, this issue could allow a malicious L1 to     enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2 guest     would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire system, leak     of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. (CVE-2021-3653) (CVE-2021-3656, CVE-2021-3732,     CVE-2021-3753)

  - A lack of CPU resource in the Linux kernel tracing module functionality in versions prior to 5.14-rc3 was     found in the way user uses trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with     CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service.
    (CVE-2021-3679)

  - ** DISPUTED ** In drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.4, data corruption or loss     can be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a buf->len value exceeding the buffer size. NOTE:
    the vendor indicates that the cited data corruption is not a vulnerability in any existing use case; the     length validation was added solely for robustness in the face of anomalous host OS behavior.
    (CVE-2021-38160)

  - In kernel/bpf/hashtab.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.8, there is an integer overflow and out-of-bounds     write when many elements are placed in a single bucket. NOTE: exploitation might be impractical without     the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability. (CVE-2021-38166)

  - arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h in the Linux kernel before 5.12.11 incorrectly computes the access     permissions of a shadow page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault. (CVE-2021-38198)

  - drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.6 allows physically proximate attackers to     cause a denial of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain     situations. (CVE-2021-38204)

  - drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3 makes it easier for     attackers to defeat an ASLR protection mechanism because it prints a kernel pointer (i.e., the real IOMEM     pointer). (CVE-2021-38205)

  - The mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13, when a device supporting only 5 GHz is used,     allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference in the radiotap parser) by     injecting a frame with 802.11a rates. (CVE-2021-38206)

  - drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.13 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and lockup) by sending heavy network traffic for about ten     minutes. (CVE-2021-38207)

  - net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_standalone.c in the Linux kernel before 5.12.2 allows observation of changes in     any net namespace because these changes are leaked into all other net namespaces. This is related to the     NF_SYSCTL_CT_MAX, NF_SYSCTL_CT_EXPECT_MAX, and NF_SYSCTL_CT_BUCKETS sysctls. (CVE-2021-38209)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5070-1 advisory.

    Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in     the Linux kernel allowed a guest VM to disable restrictions on VMLOAD/VMSAVE in a nested guest. An     attacker in a guest VM could use this to read or write portions of the host's physical memory.
    (CVE-2021-3656)

    Maxim Levitsky discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel     did not properly prevent a guest VM from enabling AVIC in nested guest VMs. An attacker in a guest VM     could use this to write to portions of the host's physical memory. (CVE-2021-3653)

    It was discovered that the Linux kernel did not properly enforce certain types of entries in the Secure     Boot Forbidden Signature Database (aka dbx) protection mechanism. An attacker could use this to bypass     UEFI Secure Boot restrictions. (CVE-2020-26541)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker who could     start and control a VM could possibly use this to expose sensitive information or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-22543)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger (bcm) protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-34693)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly compute the     access permissions for shadow pages in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service. (CVE-2021-38198)

    It was discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel for the PowerPC architecture contained a     null pointer dereference in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38200)

    Ben Greear discovered that the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer dereference     in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38206)

    It was discovered that the Xilinx LL TEMAC device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly calculate     the number of buffers to be used in certain situations. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-38207)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
266954	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-414557)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
224016	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-38206	Nessus	Misc.	medium
202866	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0058	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
153622	SUSE SLED15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153598	openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3205-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153542	SUSE SLES15: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-devel / kernel-devel-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153541	openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2021:3179-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
153174	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5070-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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