In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: clear MSIX permission entry on shutdown Add disabling/clearing of MSIX permission entries on device shutdown to mirror the enabling of the MSIX entries on probe. Current code left the MSIX enabled and the pasid entries still programmed at device shutdown.

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

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: clear MSIX permission     entry on shutdown Add disabling/clearing of MSIX permission entries on device shutdown to mirror the     enabling of the MSIX entries on probe. Current code left the MSIX enabled and the pasid entries still     programmed at device shutdown. (CVE-2021-46918)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
229760	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-46918	Nessus	Misc.	medium
201152	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2024-1873)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
201140	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2024-1859)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high

Detections

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CVE-2021-46918

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Tenable Plugins

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