In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/xen: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call commit afd30525a659ac0ae0904f0cb4a2ca75522c3123 upstream. USERGS_SYSRET64 is used to return from a syscall via SYSRET, but a Xen PV guest will nevertheless use the IRET hypercall, as there is no sysret PV hypercall defined. So instead of testing all the prerequisites for doing a sysret and then mangling the stack for Xen PV again for doing an iret just use the iret exit from the beginning. This can easily be done via an ALTERNATIVE like it is done for the sysenter compat case already. It should be noted that this drops the optimization in Xen for not restoring a few registers when returning to user mode, but it seems as if the saved instructions in the kernel more than compensate for this drop (a kernel build in a Xen PV guest was slightly faster with this patch applied). While at it remove the stale sysret32 remnants. [ pawan: Brad Spengler and Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> reported a problem with the 5.10 backport commit edc702b4a820 ("x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before userspace transition"). When CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y, CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS is not executed in syscall_return_via_sysret path as USERGS_SYSRET64 is runtime patched to: .cpu_usergs_sysret64 = { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8, 0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 }, // swapgs; sysretq which is missing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS. It turns out dropping USERGS_SYSRET64 simplifies the code, allowing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS to be explicitly added to syscall_return_via_sysret path. Below is with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y and this patch applied: syscall_return_via_sysret: ... <+342>: swapgs <+345>: xchg %ax,%ax <+347>: verw -0x1a2(%rip) <------ <+354>: sysretq ]

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988744 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    x86/xen: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call

    commit afd30525a659ac0ae0904f0cb4a2ca75522c3123 upstream.

    USERGS_SYSRET64 is used to return from a syscall via SYSRET, but     a Xen PV guest will nevertheless use the IRET hypercall, as there     is no sysret PV hypercall defined.

    So instead of testing all the prerequisites for doing a sysret and     then mangling the stack for Xen PV again for doing an iret just use     the iret exit from the beginning.

    This can easily be done via an ALTERNATIVE like it is done for the     sysenter compat case already.

    It should be noted that this drops the optimization in Xen for not     restoring a few registers when returning to user mode, but it seems     as if the saved instructions in the kernel more than compensate for     this drop (a kernel build in a Xen PV guest was slightly faster with     this patch applied).

    While at it remove the stale sysret32 remnants.

      [ pawan: Brad Spengler and Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>                reported a problem with the 5.10 backport commit edc702b4a820                (x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before userspace transition).

               When CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y, CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS is not executed in                syscall_return_via_sysret path as USERGS_SYSRET64 is runtime                patched to:

            .cpu_usergs_sysret64    = { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8,                                         0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 }, // swapgs; sysretq

               which is missing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS. It turns out dropping                USERGS_SYSRET64 simplifies the code, allowing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS                to be explicitly added to syscall_return_via_sysret path. Below                is with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y and this patch applied:

               syscall_return_via_sysret:
               ...
               <+342>:   swapgs                <+345>:   xchg   %ax,%ax                <+347>:   verw   -0x1a2(%rip)  <------                <+354>:   sysretq       ]

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 Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-989540 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    x86/xen: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call

    commit afd30525a659ac0ae0904f0cb4a2ca75522c3123 upstream.

    USERGS_SYSRET64 is used to return from a syscall via SYSRET, but     a Xen PV guest will nevertheless use the IRET hypercall, as there     is no sysret PV hypercall defined.

    So instead of testing all the prerequisites for doing a sysret and     then mangling the stack for Xen PV again for doing an iret just use     the iret exit from the beginning.

    This can easily be done via an ALTERNATIVE like it is done for the     sysenter compat case already.

    It should be noted that this drops the optimization in Xen for not     restoring a few registers when returning to user mode, but it seems     as if the saved instructions in the kernel more than compensate for     this drop (a kernel build in a Xen PV guest was slightly faster with     this patch applied).

    While at it remove the stale sysret32 remnants.

      [ pawan: Brad Spengler and Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>                reported a problem with the 5.10 backport commit edc702b4a820                (x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before userspace transition).

               When CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y, CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS is not executed in                syscall_return_via_sysret path as USERGS_SYSRET64 is runtime                patched to:

            .cpu_usergs_sysret64    = { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8,                                         0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 }, // swapgs; sysretq

               which is missing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS. It turns out dropping                USERGS_SYSRET64 simplifies the code, allowing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS                to be explicitly added to syscall_return_via_sysret path. Below                is with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y and this patch applied:

               syscall_return_via_sysret:
               ...
               <+342>:   swapgs                <+345>:   xchg   %ax,%ax                <+347>:   verw   -0x1a2(%rip)  <------                <+354>:   sysretq       ]

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.

  - x86/xen: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call commit afd30525a659ac0ae0904f0cb4a2ca75522c3123 upstream.
    USERGS_SYSRET64 is used to return from a syscall via SYSRET, but a Xen PV guest will nevertheless use the     IRET hypercall, as there is no sysret PV hypercall defined. So instead of testing all the prerequisites     for doing a sysret and then mangling the stack for Xen PV again for doing an iret just use the iret exit     from the beginning. This can easily be done via an ALTERNATIVE like it is done for the sysenter compat     case already. It should be noted that this drops the optimization in Xen for not restoring a few registers     when returning to user mode, but it seems as if the saved instructions in the kernel more than compensate     for this drop (a kernel build in a Xen PV guest was slightly faster with this patch applied). While at it     remove the stale sysret32 remnants. [ pawan: Brad Spengler and Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>     reported a problem with the 5.10 backport commit edc702b4a820 (x86/entry_64: Add VERW just before     userspace transition). When CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y, CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS is not executed in     syscall_return_via_sysret path as USERGS_SYSRET64 is runtime patched to: .cpu_usergs_sysret64 = { 0x0f,     0x01, 0xf8, 0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 }, // swapgs; sysretq which is missing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS. It turns out     dropping USERGS_SYSRET64 simplifies the code, allowing CLEAR_CPU_BUFFERS to be explicitly added to     syscall_return_via_sysret path. Below is with CONFIG_PARAVIRT_XXL=y and this patch applied:
    syscall_return_via_sysret: ... <+342>: swapgs <+345>: xchg %ax,%ax <+347>: verw -0x1a2(%rip) <------     <+354>: sysretq ] (CVE-2021-4440)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-35965: Fix not validating setsockopt user input (bsc#1224579).
    - CVE-2024-35933: Fixed build regression (bsc#1224640).
    - CVE-2024-43883: Do not drop references before new references are gained (bsc#1229707).
    - CVE-2024-41062: Sync sock recv cb and release (bsc#1228576).
    - CVE-2024-42259: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (bsc#1229156)
    - CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229500).
    - CVE-2024-43863: Fix a deadlock in dma buf fence polling (bsc#1229497)
    - CVE-2024-41087: Fix double free on error (bsc#1228466).
    - CVE-2024-43907: Fix the null pointer dereference in apply_state_adjust_rules (bsc#1229787).
    - CVE-2024-43905: Fix the null pointer dereference for vega10_hwmgr (bsc#1229784).
    - CVE-2024-43893: Check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero (bsc#1229759).
    - CVE-2024-43900: Avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() (bsc#1229756).
    - CVE-2024-43902: Add null checker before passing variables (bsc#1229767).
    - CVE-2022-48920: Get rid of warning on transaction commit when using flushoncommit (bsc#1229658).
    - CVE-2024-26812: Struct virqfd kABI workaround (bsc#1222808).
    - CVE-2024-43882: Fixed ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage. (bsc#1229503)
    - CVE-2024-43866: Always drain health in shutdown callback (bsc#1229495).
    - CVE-2022-48910: Ensure we call ipv6_mc_down() at most once (bsc#1229632)
    - CVE-2023-52893: Fix null-deref in gsmi_get_variable (bsc#1229535)
    - CVE-2024-42155: Wipe copies of protected- and secure-keys (bsc#1228733).
    - CVE-2022-48875: Initialize struct pn533_out_arg properly (bsc#1229516).
    - CVE-2023-52907: Wait for out_urb's completion in pn533_usb_send_frame() (bsc#1229526).
    - CVE-2024-43871: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (bsc#1229490)
    - CVE-2024-42158: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings (bsc#1228720).
    - CVE-2024-43872: Fix soft lockup under heavy CEQE load (bsc#1229489)
    - CVE-2024-39489: Fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo (bsc#1227623)
    - CVE-2024-42226: Prevent potential failure in handle_tx_event() for Transfer events without TRB     (bsc#1228709).
    - CVE-2024-42236: Prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy() (bsc#1228964).
    - CVE-2024-42244: Fix crash on resume (bsc#1228967).
    - CVE-2024-43879: Handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() (bsc#1229482).
    - CVE-2024-27011: Fix memleak in map from abort path (bsc#1223803).
    - CVE-2024-36013: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() (bsc#1225578).
    - CVE-2024-41020: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path (bsc#1228427).
    - CVE-2024-41012: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (bsc#1228247).
    - CVE-2024-26668: Reject configurations that cause integer overflow (bsc#1222335).
    - CVE-2024-43819: Reject memory region operations for ucontrol VMs (bsc#1229290).
    - CVE-2024-42157: Wipe sensitive data on failure (bsc#1228727).
    - CVE-2021-47341: Fix use-after-free Read in kvm_vm_ioctl_unregister_coalesced_mmio (bsc#1224923).
    - CVE-2024-43839: Adjust 'name' buf size of bna_tcb and bna_ccb structures (bsc#1229301).
    - CVE-2022-48769: Avoid EFIv2 runtime services on Apple x86 machines (bsc#1226629).
    - CVE-2024-43856: Fix call order in dmam_free_coherent (bsc#1229346).
    - CVE-2024-36286: Acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() (bsc#1226801)
    - CVE-2024-26851: Add protection for bmp length out of range (bsc#1223074)
    - CVE-2024-40984: Revert 'ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.' (bsc#1227820).
    - CVE-2024-26677: Blacklist e7870cf13d20 (' Fix delayed ACKs to not set the reference serial number')     (bsc#1222387)
    - CVE-2024-42280: Fix a use after free in hfcmulti_tx() (bsc#1229388)
    - CVE-2024-42284: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (bsc#1229382)
    - CVE-2024-42312: Always initialize i_uid/i_gid (bsc#1229357)
    - CVE-2024-42310: Fix null pointer dereference in cdv_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229358)
    - CVE-2024-42309: Fix null pointer dereference in psb_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229359)
    - CVE-2024-43854: Initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (bsc#1229345)
    - CVE-2024-42322: Properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service (bsc#1229347)
    - CVE-2024-42301: Fix the array out-of-bounds risk (bsc#1229407).
    - CVE-2024-42285: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (bsc#1229381)
    - CVE-2024-43831: Handle invalid decoder vsi (bsc#1229309).
    - CVE-2024-42281: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size (bsc#1229386).
    - CVE-2024-42271: Fixed a use after free in iucv_sock_close(). (bsc#1229400)
    - CVE-2024-38618: Set lower bound of start tick time (bsc#1226754).
    - CVE-2024-41035: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor (bsc#1228485)
    - CVE-2024-42162: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats (bsc#1228706).
    - CVE-2023-52708: Fix error handling in mmc_spi_probe() (bsc#1225483).
    - CVE-2021-47549: Fix UAF in sata_fsl_port_stop when rmmod sata_fsl (bsc#1225508).
    - CVE-2021-47373: Fix potential VPE leak on error (bsc#1225190).
    - CVE-2021-47425: Fix resource leak in reconfiguration device addition (bsc#1225223).
    - CVE-2024-42246: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xs_tcp_setup_socket (bsc#1228989).
    - CVE-2024-41098: Fix null pointer dereference on error (bsc#1228467).
    - CVE-2021-4440: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call ( bsc#1227069).
    - CVE-2022-48786: Remove vsock from connected table when connect is interrupted by a signal (bsc#1227996).
    - CVE-2024-42232: Fixed a race between delayed_work() and ceph_monc_stop(). (bsc#1228959)
    - CVE-2024-35915: Fix uninit-value in nci_dev_up and nci_ntf_packet (bsc#1224479).
    - CVE-2024-38662: Cover verifier checks for mutating sockmap/sockhash (bsc#1226885).
    - CVE-2024-42110: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx() (bsc#1228501).
    - CVE-2024-42148: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487).
    - CVE-2024-42106: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 (bsc#1228493).
    - CVE-2022-48865: Fix kernel panic when enabling bearer (bsc#1228065).
    - CVE-2024-41068: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure (bsc#1228579).
    - CVE-2024-42082: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model() (bsc#1228482).
    - CVE-2024-42090: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER (bsc#1228449).
    - CVE-2024-42101: Fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes (bsc#1228495).
    - CVE-2024-42228: Using uninitialized value *size when calling amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc (bsc#1228667).
    - CVE-2021-47257: fix null deref in parse dev addr (bsc#1224896).


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 SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3252-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-35965: Fix not validating setsockopt user input (bsc#1224579).
    - CVE-2024-35933: Fixed a build regression (bsc#1224640).
    - CVE-2024-43883: Do not drop references before new references are gained (bsc#1229707).
    - CVE-2024-41062: Sync sock recv cb and release (bsc#1228576).
    - CVE-2024-42259: Fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (bsc#1229156)
    - CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229500).
    - CVE-2024-43863: Fix a deadlock in dma buf fence polling (bsc#1229497)
    - CVE-2024-41087: Fix double free on error (CVE-2024-41087,bsc#1228466).
    - CVE-2024-43907: Fix the null pointer dereference in apply_state_adjust_rules (bsc#1229787).
    - CVE-2024-43905: Fix the null pointer dereference for vega10_hwmgr (bsc#1229784).
    - CVE-2024-43893: Check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero (bsc#1229759).
    - CVE-2024-43900: Avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() (bsc#1229756).
    - CVE-2024-43902: Add null checker before passing variables (bsc#1229767).
    - CVE-2022-48920: Get rid of warning on transaction commit when using flushoncommit (bsc#1229658).
    - CVE-2024-26812: Struct virqfd kABI workaround (bsc#1222808).
    - CVE-2024-43882: Fixed ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage. (bsc#1229503)
    - CVE-2024-43866: Always drain health in shutdown callback (bsc#1229495).
    - CVE-2022-48910: Ensure we call ipv6_mc_down() at most once (bsc#1229632)
    - CVE-2023-52893: Fix null-deref in gsmi_get_variable (bsc#1229535)
    - CVE-2024-42155: Wipe copies of protected- and secure-keys (bsc#1228733).
    - CVE-2022-48875: Initialize struct pn533_out_arg properly (bsc#1229516).
    - CVE-2023-52907: Wait for out_urb's completion in pn533_usb_send_frame() (bsc#1229526).
    - CVE-2024-43871: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (bsc#1229490)
    - CVE-2024-42158: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings (bsc#1228720).
    - CVE-2024-43872: Fix soft lockup under heavy CEQE load (bsc#1229489)
    - CVE-2024-39489: Fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo (bsc#1227623)
    - CVE-2024-42226: Prevent potential failure in handle_tx_event() for Transfer events without TRB     (bsc#1228709).
    - CVE-2024-42236: Prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy() (bsc#1228964).
    - CVE-2024-42244: Fix crash on resume (bsc#1228967).
    - CVE-2024-43879: Handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he() (bsc#1229482).
    - CVE-2024-27011: Fix memleak in map from abort path (bsc#1223803).
    - CVE-2024-36013: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() (bsc#1225578).
    - CVE-2024-41020: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path (bsc#1228427).
    - CVE-2024-41012: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (bsc#1228247).
    - CVE-2024-26668: Reject configurations that cause integer overflow (bsc#1222335).
    - CVE-2024-43819: Reject memory region operations for ucontrol VMs (bsc#1229290 git-fixes).
    - CVE-2024-42157: Wipe sensitive data on failure (bsc#1228727 CVE-2024-42157 git-fixes).
    - CVE-2021-47341: Fix use-after-free Read in kvm_vm_ioctl_unregister_coalesced_mmio (bsc#1224923).
    - CVE-2024-43839: Adjust 'name' buf size of bna_tcb and bna_ccb structures (bsc#1229301).
    - CVE-2022-48769: Avoid EFIv2 runtime services on Apple x86 machines (bsc#1226629).
    - CVE-2024-43856: Fix call order in dmam_free_coherent (bsc#1229346).
    - CVE-2024-36286: Acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() (bsc#1226801)
    - CVE-2024-26851: Add protection for bmp length out of range (bsc#1223074)
    - CVE-2024-40984: Revert 'ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.' (bsc#1227820).
    - CVE-2024-26677: Blacklist e7870cf13d20 ('rxrpc: Fix delayed ACKs to not set the reference serial     number') (bsc#1222387)
    - CVE-2024-42280: Fix a use after free in hfcmulti_tx() (bsc#1229388)
    - CVE-2024-42284: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (bsc#1229382)
    - CVE-2024-42312: Always initialize i_uid/i_gid (bsc#1229357)
    - CVE-2024-42310: Fix null pointer dereference in cdv_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229358)
    - CVE-2024-42309: Fix null pointer dereference in psb_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229359)
    - CVE-2024-43854: Initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (bsc#1229345)
    - CVE-2024-42322: Properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service (bsc#1229347)
    - CVE-2024-42301: Fix the array out-of-bounds risk (bsc#1229407).
    - CVE-2024-42285: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (bsc#1229381)
    - CVE-2024-43831: Handle invalid decoder vsi (bsc#1229309).
    - CVE-2024-42281: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size (bsc#1229386).
    - CVE-2024-42271: Fixed a use after free in iucv_sock_close(). (bsc#1229400)
    - CVE-2024-38618: Set lower bound of start tick time (bsc#1226754).
    - CVE-2024-41035: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor (bsc#1228485)
    - CVE-2024-42162: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats (bsc#1228706).
    - CVE-2023-52708: Fix error handling in mmc_spi_probe() (bsc#1225483).
    - CVE-2021-47549: Fix UAF in sata_fsl_port_stop when rmmod sata_fsl (bsc#1225508).
    - CVE-2021-47373: Fix potential VPE leak on error (bsc#1225190).
    - CVE-2021-47425: Fix resource leak in reconfiguration device addition (bsc#1225223).
    - CVE-2024-42246: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xs_tcp_setup_socket (bsc#1228989).
    - CVE-2024-41098: Fix null pointer dereference on error (bsc#1228467).
    - CVE-2021-4440: Drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call (bsc#1227069).
    - CVE-2022-48786: Remove vsock from connected table when connect is interrupted by a signal (bsc#1227996).
    - CVE-2024-42232: Fixed a race between delayed_work() and ceph_monc_stop(). (bsc#1228959)
    - CVE-2024-35915: Fix uninit-value in nci_dev_up and nci_ntf_packet (git-fixes CVE-2024-35915     bsc#1224479).
    - CVE-2024-38662: Cover verifier checks for mutating sockmap/sockhash (bsc#1226885).
    - CVE-2024-42110: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx() (bsc#1228501).
    - CVE-2024-42148: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487).
    - CVE-2024-42106: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 (bsc#1228493).
    - CVE-2022-48865: Fix kernel panic when enabling bearer (bsc#1228065).
    - CVE-2024-41068: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure (bsc#1228579).
    - CVE-2024-42082: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model() (bsc#1228482).
    - CVE-2024-42090: Fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER (bsc#1228449).
    - CVE-2024-42101: Fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes (bsc#1228495).
    - CVE-2024-42228: Using uninitialized value *size when calling amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc (bsc#1228667).
    - CVE-2021-47257: Fix null deref in parse dev addr (bsc#1224896).
    - CVE-2022-48751: Transitional solution for clcsock race issue (bsc#1226653).


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 SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-43907: drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer dereference in apply_state_adjust_rules     (bsc#1229787).
    - CVE-2024-43905: drm/amd/pm: fix the null pointer dereference for vega10_hwmgr (bsc#1229784).
    - CVE-2024-43902: Add null checker before passing variables (bsc#1229767).
    - CVE-2024-43900: Avoid use-after-free in load_firmware_cb() (bsc#1229756).
    - CVE-2024-43893: Check uartclk for zero to avoid divide by zero (bsc#1229759).
    - CVE-2024-43883: Do not drop references before new references are gained (bsc#1229707).
    - CVE-2024-43882: Fixed ToCToU between perm check and set-uid/gid usage. (bsc#1229503)
    - CVE-2024-43879: wifi: cfg80211: handle 2x996 RU allocation in cfg80211_calculate_bitrate_he()     (bsc#1229482).
    - CVE-2024-43872: RDMA/hns: Fix soft lockup under heavy CEQE load (bsc#1229489).
    - CVE-2024-43871: devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (bsc#1229490).
    - CVE-2024-43866: net/mlx5: Always drain health in shutdown callback (bsc#1229495).
    - CVE-2024-43863: drm/vmwgfx: Fix a deadlock in dma buf fence polling (bsc#1229497).
    - CVE-2024-43861: Fix memory leak for not ip packets (bsc#1229500).
    - CVE-2024-43856: dma: fix call order in dmam_free_coherent (bsc#1229346).
    - CVE-2024-43854: block: initialize integrity buffer to zero before writing it to media (bsc#1229345)
    - CVE-2024-43839: bna: adjust 'name' buf size of bna_tcb and bna_ccb structures (bsc#1229301).
    - CVE-2024-43831: media: mediatek: vcodec: Handle invalid decoder vsi (bsc#1229309).
    - CVE-2024-43819: Reject memory region operations for ucontrol VMs (bsc#1229290 git-fixes).
    - CVE-2024-42322: ipvs: properly dereference pe in ip_vs_add_service (bsc#1229347)
    - CVE-2024-42312: sysctl: always initialize i_uid/i_gid (bsc#1229357)
    - CVE-2024-42310: drm/gma500: fix null pointer dereference in cdv_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229358).
    - CVE-2024-42309: drm/gma500: fix null pointer dereference in psb_intel_lvds_get_modes (bsc#1229359).
    - CVE-2024-42301: dev/parport: fix the array out-of-bounds risk (bsc#1229407).
    - CVE-2024-42285: RDMA/iwcm: Fix a use-after-free related to destroying CM IDs (bsc#1229381).
    - CVE-2024-42284: tipc: Return non-zero value from tipc_udp_addr2str() on error (bsc#1229382)
    - CVE-2024-42281: bpf: Fix a segment issue when downgrading gso_size (bsc#1229386).
    - CVE-2024-42280: Fix a use after free in hfcmulti_tx() (bsc#1229388)
    - CVE-2024-42271: Fixed a use after free in iucv_sock_close(). (bsc#1229400)
    - CVE-2024-42259: drm/i915/gem: fix Virtual Memory mapping boundaries calculation (bsc#1229156).
    - CVE-2024-42246: net, sunrpc: Remap EPERM in case of connection failure in xs_tcp_setup_socket     (bsc#1228989).
    - CVE-2024-42244: usb: serial: mos7840: fix crash on resume (bsc#1228967).
    - CVE-2024-42236: usb: gadget: configfs: prevent OOB read/write in usb_string_copy() (bsc#1228964).
    - CVE-2024-42232: Fixed a race between delayed_work() and ceph_monc_stop(). (bsc#1228959)
    - CVE-2024-42228: Using uninitialized value *size when calling amdgpu_vce_cs_reloc (bsc#1228667).
    - CVE-2024-42226: usb: xhci: prevent potential failure in handle_tx_event() for Transfer events without     TRB (bsc#1228709).
    - CVE-2024-42162: gve: Account for stopped queues when reading NIC stats (bsc#1228706).
    - CVE-2024-42158: s390/pkey: Use kfree_sensitive() to fix Coccinelle warnings (bsc#1228720).
    - CVE-2024-42157: s390/pkey: Wipe sensitive data on failure (bsc#1228727).
    - CVE-2024-42155: s390/pkey: Wipe copies of protected- and secure-keys (bsc#1228733).
    - CVE-2024-42148: bnx2x: Fix multiple UBSAN array-index-out-of-bounds (bsc#1228487).
    - CVE-2024-42110: net: ntb_netdev: Move ntb_netdev_rx_handler() to call netif_rx() from __netif_rx()     (bsc#1228501).
    - CVE-2024-42106: inet_diag: Initialize pad field in struct inet_diag_req_v2 (bsc#1228493).
    - CVE-2024-42101: drm/nouveau: fix null pointer dereference in nouveau_connector_get_modes (bsc#1228495).
    - CVE-2024-42090: pinctrl: fix deadlock in create_pinctrl() when handling -EPROBE_DEFER (bsc#1228449).
    - CVE-2024-42082: xdp: Remove WARN() from __xdp_reg_mem_model() (bsc#1228482).
    - CVE-2024-41098: ata: libata-core: Fix null pointer dereference on error (bsc#1228467).
    - CVE-2024-41087: Fix double free on error (CVE-2024-41087,bsc#1228466).
    - CVE-2024-41068: s390/sclp: Fix sclp_init() cleanup on failure (bsc#1228579).
    - CVE-2024-41062: bluetooth/l2cap: sync sock recv cb and release (bsc#1228576).
    - CVE-2024-41035: usb: core: Fix duplicate endpoint bug by clearing reserved bits in the descriptor     (bsc#1228485).
    - CVE-2024-41020: filelock: Fix fcntl/close race recovery compat path (bsc#1228427).
    - CVE-2024-41012: filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (bsc#1228247).
    - CVE-2024-40984: ACPICA: Revert 'ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.'     (bsc#1227820).
    - CVE-2024-39489: ipv6: sr: fix memleak in seg6_hmac_init_algo (bsc#1227623)
    - CVE-2024-38662: selftests/bpf: Cover verifier checks for mutating sockmap/sockhash (bsc#1226885).
    - CVE-2024-38618: ALSA: timer: Set lower bound of start tick time (bsc#1226754).
    - CVE-2024-36286: netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu()     (bsc#1226801)
    - CVE-2024-36270: Fix reference in patches.suse/netfilter-tproxy-bail-out-if-IP-has-been-disabled-on.patch     (bsc#1226798)
    - CVE-2024-36013: Fix slab-use-after-free in l2cap_connect() (bsc#1225578).
    - CVE-2024-35965: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix not validating setsockopt user input (bsc#1224579).
    - CVE-2024-35933: Bluetooth: btintel: Fix null ptr deref in btintel_read_version (bsc#1224640).
    - CVE-2024-35915: nfc: nci: Fix uninit-value in nci_dev_up and nci_ntf_packet (bsc#1224479).
    - CVE-2024-27011: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memleak in map from abort path (bsc#1223803).
    - CVE-2024-26851: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: Add protection for bmp length out of range (bsc#1223074)
    - CVE-2024-26812: kABI: vfio: struct virqfd kABI workaround (bsc#1222808).
    - CVE-2024-26677: Blacklist e7870cf13d20 (' Fix delayed ACKs to not set the reference serial number')     (bsc#1222387)
    - CVE-2024-26668: netfilter: nft_limit: reject configurations that cause integer overflow (bsc#1222335).
    - CVE-2023-52907: nfc: pn533: Wait for out_urb's completion in pn533_usb_send_frame() (bsc#1229526).
    - CVE-2023-52893: gsmi: fix null-deref in gsmi_get_variable (bsc#1229535).
    - CVE-2023-52708: mmc: mmc_spi: fix error handling in mmc_spi_probe() (bsc#1225483).
    - CVE-2022-48920: Get rid of warning on transaction commit when using flushoncommit (bsc#1229658).
    - CVE-2022-48910: net: ipv6: ensure we call ipv6_mc_down() at most once (bsc#1229632).
    - CVE-2022-48875: wifi: mac80211: sdata can be NULL during AMPDU start (bsc#1229516).
    - CVE-2022-48865: Fix kernel panic when enabling bearer (bsc#1228065).
    - CVE-2022-48822: usb: f_fs: fix use-after-free for epfile (bsc#1228040).
    - CVE-2022-48786: vsock: remove vsock from connected table when connect is interrupted by a signal     (bsc#1227996).
    - CVE-2022-48769: efi: runtime: avoid EFIv2 runtime services on Apple x86 machines (bsc#1226629).
    - CVE-2022-48751: net/smc: transitional solution for clcsock race issue (bsc#1226653).
    - CVE-2021-47549: sata_fsl: fix UAF in sata_fsl_port_stop when rmmod sata_fsl (bsc#1225508).
    - CVE-2021-47425: i2c: acpi: fix resource leak in reconfiguration device addition (bsc#1225223).
    - CVE-2021-47373: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Fix potential VPE leak on error (bsc#1225190).
    - CVE-2021-47341: KVM: mmio: Fix use-after-free Read in kvm_vm_ioctl_unregister_coalesced_mmio     (bsc#1224923).
    - CVE-2021-47289: ACPI: fix NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1224984).
    - CVE-2021-47257: net: ieee802154: fix null deref in parse dev addr (bsc#1224896).
    - CVE-2021-4440: x86/xen: drop USERGS_SYSRET64 paravirt call (bsc#1227069).



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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
273984	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-988744)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
273425	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989540)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
239850	TencentOS Server 4: kernel (TSSA-2024:0980)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	high
224247	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-4440	Nessus	Misc.	high
207334	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3251-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
207332	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3252-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
206954	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:3189-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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