In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling __set_fixmap() with FIXMAP_PAGE_CLEAR as flags. Today, powerpc __set_fixmap() calls map_kernel_page(). map_kernel_page() is not happy when called a second time for the same page. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:194 set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty #682 NIP: c0017cd4 LR: c00187f0 CTR: 00000010 REGS: e1011d50 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty) MSR: 00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI> CR: 42000208 XER: 00000000 GPR00: c0165fec e1011e10 c14c0000 c0ee2550 ff800000 c0f3d000 00000000 c001686c GPR08: 00001000 b00045a9 00000001 c0f58460 c0f50000 00000000 c0007e10 00000000 GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR24: 00000000 00000000 c0ee2550 00000000 c0f57000 00000ff8 00000000 ff800000 NIP [c0017cd4] set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8 LR [c00187f0] map_kernel_page+0x9c/0x100 Call Trace: [e1011e10] [c0736c68] vsnprintf+0x358/0x6c8 (unreliable) [e1011e30] [c0165fec] __set_fixmap+0x30/0x44 [e1011e40] [c0c13bdc] early_iounmap+0x11c/0x170 [e1011e70] [c0c06cb0] ioremap_legacy_serial_console+0x88/0xc0 [e1011e90] [c0c03634] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x178 [e1011ef0] [c0c0385c] kernel_init_freeable+0xb4/0x250 [e1011f20] [c0007e34] kernel_init+0x24/0x140 [e1011f30] [c0016268] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Instruction dump: 7fe3fb78 48019689 80010014 7c630034 83e1000c 5463d97e 7c0803a6 38210010 4e800020 81250000 712a0001 41820008 <0fe00000> 9421ffe0 93e1001c 48000030 Implement unmap_kernel_page() which clears an existing pte.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988714 advisory.

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

    powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap

    Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling __set_fixmap()     with FIXMAP_PAGE_CLEAR as flags.

    Today, powerpc __set_fixmap() calls map_kernel_page().

    map_kernel_page() is not happy when called a second time     for the same page.

            WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:194 set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8             CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty #682             NIP:  c0017cd4 LR: c00187f0 CTR: 00000010             REGS: e1011d50 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted  (5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty)             MSR:  00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 42000208  XER: 00000000

            GPR00: c0165fec e1011e10 c14c0000 c0ee2550 ff800000 c0f3d000 00000000 c001686c             GPR08: 00001000 b00045a9 00000001 c0f58460 c0f50000 00000000 c0007e10 00000000             GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000             GPR24: 00000000 00000000 c0ee2550 00000000 c0f57000 00000ff8 00000000 ff800000             NIP [c0017cd4] set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8             LR [c00187f0] map_kernel_page+0x9c/0x100             Call Trace:
            [e1011e10] [c0736c68] vsnprintf+0x358/0x6c8 (unreliable)             [e1011e30] [c0165fec] __set_fixmap+0x30/0x44             [e1011e40] [c0c13bdc] early_iounmap+0x11c/0x170             [e1011e70] [c0c06cb0] ioremap_legacy_serial_console+0x88/0xc0             [e1011e90] [c0c03634] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x178             [e1011ef0] [c0c0385c] kernel_init_freeable+0xb4/0x250             [e1011f20] [c0007e34] kernel_init+0x24/0x140             [e1011f30] [c0016268] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64             Instruction dump:
            7fe3fb78 48019689 80010014 7c630034 83e1000c 5463d97e 7c0803a6 38210010             4e800020 81250000 712a0001 41820008 <0fe00000> 9421ffe0 93e1001c 48000030

    Implement unmap_kernel_page() which clears an existing pte.

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-2025-987532 advisory.

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

    powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap

    Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling __set_fixmap()     with FIXMAP_PAGE_CLEAR as flags.

    Today, powerpc __set_fixmap() calls map_kernel_page().

    map_kernel_page() is not happy when called a second time     for the same page.

            WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:194 set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8             CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty #682             NIP:  c0017cd4 LR: c00187f0 CTR: 00000010             REGS: e1011d50 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted  (5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty)             MSR:  00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI>  CR: 42000208  XER: 00000000

            GPR00: c0165fec e1011e10 c14c0000 c0ee2550 ff800000 c0f3d000 00000000 c001686c             GPR08: 00001000 b00045a9 00000001 c0f58460 c0f50000 00000000 c0007e10 00000000             GPR16: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000             GPR24: 00000000 00000000 c0ee2550 00000000 c0f57000 00000ff8 00000000 ff800000             NIP [c0017cd4] set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8             LR [c00187f0] map_kernel_page+0x9c/0x100             Call Trace:
            [e1011e10] [c0736c68] vsnprintf+0x358/0x6c8 (unreliable)             [e1011e30] [c0165fec] __set_fixmap+0x30/0x44             [e1011e40] [c0c13bdc] early_iounmap+0x11c/0x170             [e1011e70] [c0c06cb0] ioremap_legacy_serial_console+0x88/0xc0             [e1011e90] [c0c03634] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x178             [e1011ef0] [c0c0385c] kernel_init_freeable+0xb4/0x250             [e1011f20] [c0007e34] kernel_init+0x24/0x140             [e1011f30] [c0016268] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64             Instruction dump:
            7fe3fb78 48019689 80010014 7c630034 83e1000c 5463d97e 7c0803a6 38210010             4e800020 81250000 712a0001 41820008 <0fe00000> 9421ffe0 93e1001c 48000030

    Implement unmap_kernel_page() which clears an existing pte.

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.

  - powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap Unmapping a fixmap entry is done by calling __set_fixmap()     with FIXMAP_PAGE_CLEAR as flags. Today, powerpc __set_fixmap() calls map_kernel_page(). map_kernel_page()     is not happy when called a second time for the same page. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at     arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable.c:194 set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted     5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty #682 NIP: c0017cd4 LR: c00187f0 CTR: 00000010 REGS: e1011d50     TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc3-s3k-dev-01993-g350ff07feb7d-dirty) MSR: 00029032 <EE,ME,IR,DR,RI> CR:
    42000208 XER: 00000000 GPR00: c0165fec e1011e10 c14c0000 c0ee2550 ff800000 c0f3d000 00000000 c001686c     GPR08: 00001000 b00045a9 00000001 c0f58460 c0f50000 00000000 c0007e10 00000000 GPR16: 00000000 00000000     00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 GPR24: 00000000 00000000 c0ee2550 00000000 c0f57000     00000ff8 00000000 ff800000 NIP [c0017cd4] set_pte_at+0xc/0x1e8 LR [c00187f0] map_kernel_page+0x9c/0x100     Call Trace: [e1011e10] [c0736c68] vsnprintf+0x358/0x6c8 (unreliable) [e1011e30] [c0165fec]
    __set_fixmap+0x30/0x44 [e1011e40] [c0c13bdc] early_iounmap+0x11c/0x170 [e1011e70] [c0c06cb0]     ioremap_legacy_serial_console+0x88/0xc0 [e1011e90] [c0c03634] do_one_initcall+0x80/0x178 [e1011ef0]     [c0c0385c] kernel_init_freeable+0xb4/0x250 [e1011f20] [c0007e34] kernel_init+0x24/0x140 [e1011f30]     [c0016268] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Instruction dump: 7fe3fb78 48019689 80010014 7c630034 83e1000c     5463d97e 7c0803a6 38210010 4e800020 81250000 712a0001 41820008 <0fe00000> 9421ffe0 93e1001c 48000030     Implement unmap_kernel_page() which clears an existing pte. (CVE-2021-47623)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6991 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (CVE-2023-52489)

    * kernel: hwmon: (mlxreg-fan) Return non-zero value when fan current state is enforced from sysfs     (CVE-2021-47393)

    * kernel: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereferencing in smc_vlan_by_tcpsk() (CVE-2021-47559)

    * kernel: ACPICA: Revert ACPICA: avoid Info: mapping multiple BARs. Your kernel is fine.
    (CVE-2024-40984)

    * kernel: net/sched: act_api: fix possible infinite loop in tcf_idr_check_alloc() (CVE-2024-40995)

    * kernel: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap (CVE-2021-47623)

    * kernel: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create (CVE-2022-48773)

    * kernel: vsock: remove vsock from connected table when connect is interrupted by a signal     (CVE-2022-48786)

    * kernel: perf: Fix list corruption in perf_cgroup_switch() (CVE-2022-48799)

    * kernel: SUNRPC: lock against ->sock changing during sysfs read (CVE-2022-48816)

    * kernel: mm: prevent derefencing NULL ptr in pfn_section_valid() (CVE-2024-41055)

    * kernel: wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing (CVE-2024-41071)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47086: phonet/pep: refuse to enable an unbound pipe (bsc#1220952).
    - CVE-2021-47103: net: sock: preserve kabi for sock (bsc#1221010).
    - CVE-2021-47186: ipc: check for null after calling kmemdup (bsc#1222702).
    - CVE-2021-47546: Kabi fix for ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress (bsc#1225504).
    - CVE-2021-47547: net: tulip: de4x5: fix the problem that the array 'lp->phy' may be out of bound     (bsc#1225505).
    - CVE-2021-47588: sit: do not call ipip6_dev_free() from sit_init_net() (bsc#1226568).
    - CVE-2021-47590: mptcp: fix deadlock in __mptcp_push_pending() (bsc#1226565).
    - CVE-2021-47591: mptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support (bsc#1226570).
    - CVE-2021-47593: mptcp: clear 'kern' flag from fallback sockets (bsc#1226551).
    - CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init() (bsc#1226574).
    - CVE-2021-47599: btrfs: use latest_dev in btrfs_show_devname (bsc#1226571)
    - CVE-2021-47606: net: netlink: af_netlink: Prevent empty skb by adding a check on len (bsc#1226555).
    - CVE-2021-47623: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap (bsc#1227919).
    - CVE-2022-48785: ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6_get_lladdr() (bsc#1227927)
    - CVE-2022-48810: ipmr,ip6mr: acquire RTNL before calling ip[6]mr_free_table() on failure path     (bsc#1227936).
    - CVE-2022-48850: net-sysfs: add check for netdevice being present to speed_show (bsc#1228071)
    - CVE-2022-48855: sctp: fix kernel-infoleak for SCTP sockets (bsc#1228003).
    - CVE-2023-52435: net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment() (bsc#1220138).
    - CVE-2023-52573: net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference (bsc#1220869)
    - CVE-2023-52580: net/core: Fix ETH_P_1588 flow dissector (bsc#1220876).
    - CVE-2023-52751: smb: client: fix use-after-free in smb2_query_info_compound() (bsc#1225489).
    - CVE-2023-52775: net/smc: avoid data corruption caused by decline (bsc#1225088).
    - CVE-2023-52812: drm/amd: check num of link levels when update pcie param (bsc#1225564).
    - CVE-2023-52857: drm/mediatek: Fix coverity issue with unintentional integer overflow (bsc#1225581).
    - CVE-2023-52863: hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1225586).
    - CVE-2024-26585: Fixed race between tx work scheduling and socket close (bsc#1220187).
    - CVE-2024-26615: net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump (bsc#1220942).
    - CVE-2024-26633: ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() (bsc#1221647).
    - CVE-2024-26635: llc: Drop support for ETH_P_TR_802_2 (bsc#1221656).
    - CVE-2024-26636: llc: make llc_ui_sendmsg() more robust against bonding changes (bsc#1221659).
    - CVE-2024-26641: ip6_tunnel: make sure to pull inner header in __ip6_tnl_rcv() (bsc#1221654).
    - CVE-2024-26661: drm/amd/display: Add NULL test for 'timing generator' in (bsc#1222323)
    - CVE-2024-26663: tipc: Check the bearer type before calling tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() (bsc#1222326).
    - CVE-2024-26665: tunnels: fix out of bounds access when building IPv6 PMTU error (bsc#1222328).
    - CVE-2024-26802: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (bsc#1222799).
    - CVE-2024-26863: hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node() (bsc#1223021).
    - CVE-2024-26961: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (bsc#1223652).
    - CVE-2024-27015: netfilter: flowtable: incorrect pppoe tuple (bsc#1223806).
    - CVE-2024-27019: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_obj_type_get() (bsc#1223813)
    - CVE-2024-27020: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_expr_type_get() (bsc#1223815)
    - CVE-2024-27025: nbd: null check for nla_nest_start (bsc#1223778)
    - CVE-2024-27065: netfilter: nf_tables: do not compare internal table flags on updates (bsc#1223836).
    - CVE-2024-27402: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use (bsc#1224414).
    - CVE-2024-27437: vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ (bsc#1222625).
    - CVE-2024-35805: dm snapshot: fix lockup in dm_exception_table_exit (bsc#1224743).
    - CVE-2024-35819: soc: fsl: qbman: Use raw spinlock for cgr_lock (bsc#1224683).
    - CVE-2024-35837: net: mvpp2: clear BM pool before initialization (bsc#1224500).
    - CVE-2024-35853: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix memory leak during rehash (bsc#1224604).
    - CVE-2024-35889: idpf: fix kernel panic on unknown packet types (bsc#1224517).
    - CVE-2024-35890: gro: fix ownership transfer (bsc#1224516).
    - CVE-2024-35893: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (bsc#1224512)
    - CVE-2024-35899: netfilter: nf_tables: flush pending destroy work before exit_net release (bsc#1224499)
    - CVE-2024-35934: net/smc: reduce rtnl pressure in smc_pnet_create_pnetids_list() (bsc#1224641)
    - CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks (bsc#1224700)
    - CVE-2024-35961: net/mlx5: Restore mistakenly dropped parts in register devlink flow (bsc#1224585).
    - CVE-2024-35995: ACPI: CPPC: Fix access width used for PCC registers (bsc#1224557).
    - CVE-2024-36000: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (bsc#1224548).
    - CVE-2024-36004: i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (bsc#1224545)
    - CVE-2024-36901: ipv6: prevent NULL dereference in ip6_output() (bsc#1225711)
    - CVE-2024-36902: ipv6: fib6_rules: avoid possible NULL dereference in fib6_rule_action() (bsc#1225719).
    - CVE-2024-36909: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Do not free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted     (bsc#1225744).
    - CVE-2024-36910: uio_hv_generic: Do not free decrypted memory (bsc#1225717).
    - CVE-2024-36911: hv_netvsc: Do not free decrypted memory (bsc#1225745).
    - CVE-2024-36912: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl (bsc#1225752).
    - CVE-2024-36913: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails (bsc#1225753).
    - CVE-2024-36914: drm/amd/display: Skip on writeback when it's not applicable (bsc#1225757).
    - CVE-2024-36919: scsi: bnx2fc: Remove spin_lock_bh while releasing resources after upload (bsc#1225767).
    - CVE-2024-36923: fs/9p: fix uninitialized values during inode evict (bsc#1225815).
    - CVE-2024-36939: nfs: Handle error of rpc_proc_register() in nfs_net_init() (bsc#1225838).
    - CVE-2024-36946: phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation (bsc#1225851).
    - CVE-2024-36974: net/sched: taprio: always validate TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PRIOMAP (bsc#1226519).
    - CVE-2024-38555: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (bsc#1226607).
    - CVE-2024-38558: net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6 (bsc#1226783).
    - CVE-2024-38570: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (bsc#1226775).
    - CVE-2024-38586: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets (bsc#1226750).
    - CVE-2024-38598: md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size (bsc#1226757).
    - CVE-2024-38628: usb: gadget: u_audio: Fix race condition use of controls after free during gadget unbind     (bsc#1226911).
    - CVE-2024-39276: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() (bsc#1226993).
    - CVE-2024-39371: io_uring: check for non-NULL file pointer in io_file_can_poll() (bsc#1226990).
    - CVE-2024-39463: 9p: add missing locking around taking dentry fid list (bsc#1227090).
    - CVE-2024-39472: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup (bsc#1227432).
    - CVE-2024-39482: bcache: fix variable length array abuse in btree_iter (bsc#1227447).
    - CVE-2024-39487: bonding: Fix out-of-bounds read in bond_option_arp_ip_targets_set() (bsc#1227573)
    - CVE-2024-39490: ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core (bsc#1227626).
    - CVE-2024-39493: crypto: qat - Fix ADF_DEV_RESET_SYNC memory leak (bsc#1227620).
    - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name (bsc#1227716).
    - CVE-2024-39497: drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE) (bsc#1227722)
    - CVE-2024-39502: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() (bsc#1227755).
    - CVE-2024-39506: liquidio: Adjust a NULL pointer handling path in lio_vf_rep_copy_packet (bsc#1227729).
    - CVE-2024-39507: net: hns3: fix kernel crash problem in concurrent scenario (bsc#1227730).
    - CVE-2024-39508: io_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker->flags (bsc#1227732).
    - CVE-2024-40901: scsi: mpt3sas: Avoid test/set_bit() operating in non-allocated memory (bsc#1227762).
    - CVE-2024-40906: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (bsc#1227763).
    - CVE-2024-40908: bpf: Set run context for rawtp test_run callback (bsc#1227783).
    - CVE-2024-40909: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free() (bsc#1227798).
    - CVE-2024-40919: bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send()     (bsc#1227779).
    - CVE-2024-40923: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure (bsc#1227786).
    - CVE-2024-40931: mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect (bsc#1227780).
    - CVE-2024-40935: cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD (bsc#1227797).
    - CVE-2024-40937: gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any() (bsc#1227836).
    - CVE-2024-40940: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail (bsc#1227800).
    - CVE-2024-40943: ocfs2: fix races between hole punching and AIO+DIO (bsc#1227849).
    - CVE-2024-40953: KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin() (bsc#1227806).
    - CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails (bsc#1227808)
    - CVE-2024-40958: netns: Make get_net_ns() handle zero refcount net (bsc#1227812).
    - CVE-2024-40959: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() (bsc#1227884).
    - CVE-2024-40960: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() (bsc#1227813).
    - CVE-2024-40961: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() (bsc#1227814).
    - CVE-2024-40966: kABI: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc (bsc#1227886).
    - CVE-2024-40967: serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty (bsc#1227891).
    - CVE-2024-40970: Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac (bsc#1227899).
    - CVE-2024-40972: ext4: fold quota accounting into ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create() (bsc#1227910).
    - CVE-2024-40977: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery (bsc#1227950).
    - CVE-2024-40982: ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent() (bsc#1227865).
    - CVE-2024-40989: KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown (bsc#1227823).
    - CVE-2024-40994: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store (bsc#1227829).
    - CVE-2024-40998: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()     (bsc#1227866).
    - CVE-2024-40999: net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency (bsc#1227913).
    - CVE-2024-41006: netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry() (bsc#1227862).
    - CVE-2024-41009: selftests/bpf: Add more ring buffer test coverage (bsc#1228020).
    - CVE-2024-41012: filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (bsc#1228247).
    - CVE-2024-41013: xfs: do not walk off the end of a directory data block (bsc#1228405).
    - CVE-2024-41014: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (bsc#1228408).
    - CVE-2024-41015: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_check_dir_entry() (bsc#1228409).
    - CVE-2024-41016: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_xattr_find_entry() (bsc#1228410).
    - CVE-2024-41017: jfs: do not walk off the end of ealist (bsc#1228403).
    - CVE-2024-41040: net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash (bsc#1228518)
    - CVE-2024-41041: udp: Set SOCK_RCU_FREE earlier in udp_lib_get_port() (bsc#1228520)
    - CVE-2024-41044: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets (bsc#1228530).
    - CVE-2024-41048: skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg (bsc#1228565)
    - CVE-2024-41057: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie() (bsc#1228462).
    - CVE-2024-41058: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in fscache_withdraw_volume() (bsc#1228459).
    - CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228561).
    - CVE-2024-41063: Bluetooth: hci_core: cancel all works upon hci_unregister_dev() (bsc#1228580)
    - CVE-2024-41064: powerpc/eeh: avoid possible crash when edev->pdev changes (bsc#1228599).
    - CVE-2024-41066: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak (bsc#1228640).
    - CVE-2024-41069: ASoC: topology: Fix route memory corruption (bsc#1228644).
    - CVE-2024-41070: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group() (bsc#1228581).
    - CVE-2024-41071: wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing     (bsc#1228625).
    - CVE-2024-41078: btrfs: qgroup: fix quota root leak after quota disable failure (bsc#1228655).
    - CVE-2024-41081: ila: block BH in ila_output() (bsc#1228617)
    - CVE-2024-41090: tap: add missing verification for short frame (bsc#1228328).
    - CVE-2024-41091: tun: add missing verification for short frame (bsc#1228327).
    - CVE-2024-42070: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers     (bsc#1228470)
    - CVE-2024-42079: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (bsc#1228672).
    - CVE-2024-42093: net/dpaa2: Avoid explicit cpumask var allocation on stack (bsc#1228680).
    - CVE-2024-42096: x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc() (bsc#1228633).
    - CVE-2024-42122: drm/amd/display: Add NULL pointer check for kzalloc (bsc#1228591)
    - CVE-2024-42124: scsi: qedf: Make qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible (bsc#1228705)
    - CVE-2024-42145: IB/core: Implement a limit on UMAD receive List (bsc#1228743)
    - CVE-2024-42161: bpf: Avoid uninitialized value in BPF_CORE_READ_BITFIELD (bsc#1228756).
    - CVE-2024-42224: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list (bsc#1228723)
    - CVE-2024-42230: powerpc/pseries: Fix scv instruction crash with kexec (bsc#1194869).


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 SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47086: phonet/pep: refuse to enable an unbound pipe (bsc#1220952).
    - CVE-2021-47103: net: sock: preserve kabi for sock (bsc#1221010).
    - CVE-2021-47186: tipc: check for null after calling kmemdup (bsc#1222702).
    - CVE-2021-47546: Kabi fix for ipv6: fix memory leak in fib6_rule_suppress (bsc#1225504).
    - CVE-2021-47547: net: tulip: de4x5: fix the problem that the array 'lp->phy' may be out of bound     (bsc#1225505).
    - CVE-2021-47588: sit: do not call ipip6_dev_free() from sit_init_net() (bsc#1226568).
    - CVE-2021-47590: mptcp: fix deadlock in __mptcp_push_pending() (bsc#1226565).
    - CVE-2021-47591: mptcp: remove tcp ulp setsockopt support (bsc#1226570).
    - CVE-2021-47593: mptcp: clear 'kern' flag from fallback sockets (bsc#1226551).
    - CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init() (bsc#1226574).
    - CVE-2021-47599: btrfs: use latest_dev in btrfs_show_devname (bsc#1226571)
    - CVE-2021-47606: net: netlink: af_netlink: Prevent empty skb by adding a check on len (bsc#1226555).
    - CVE-2021-47623: powerpc/fixmap: Fix VM debug warning on unmap (bsc#1227919).
    - CVE-2022-48785: ipv6: mcast: use rcu-safe version of ipv6_get_lladdr() (bsc#1227927)
    - CVE-2022-48810: ipmr,ip6mr: acquire RTNL before calling ip[6]mr_free_table() on failure path     (bsc#1227936).
    - CVE-2022-48850: net-sysfs: add check for netdevice being present to speed_show (bsc#1228071)
    - CVE-2022-48855: sctp: fix kernel-infoleak for SCTP sockets (bsc#1228003).
    - CVE-2023-52435: net: prevent mss overflow in skb_segment() (bsc#1220138).
    - CVE-2023-52573: net: rds: Fix possible NULL-pointer dereference (bsc#1220869)
    - CVE-2023-52580: net/core: Fix ETH_P_1588 flow dissector (bsc#1220876).
    - CVE-2023-52751: smb: client: fix use-after-free in smb2_query_info_compound() (bsc#1225489).
    - CVE-2023-52775: net/smc: avoid data corruption caused by decline (bsc#1225088).
    - CVE-2023-52812: drm/amd: check num of link levels when update pcie param (bsc#1225564).
    - CVE-2023-52857: drm/mediatek: Fix coverity issue with unintentional integer overflow (bsc#1225581).
    - CVE-2023-52863: hwmon: (axi-fan-control) Fix possible NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1225586).
    - CVE-2024-26585: Fixed race between tx work scheduling and socket close (bsc#1220187).
    - CVE-2024-26615: net/smc: fix illegal rmb_desc access in SMC-D connection dump (bsc#1220942).
    - CVE-2024-26633: ip6_tunnel: fix NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT handling in ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim() (bsc#1221647).
    - CVE-2024-26635: llc: Drop support for ETH_P_TR_802_2 (bsc#1221656).
    - CVE-2024-26636: llc: make llc_ui_sendmsg() more robust against bonding changes (bsc#1221659).
    - CVE-2024-26641: ip6_tunnel: make sure to pull inner header in __ip6_tnl_rcv() (bsc#1221654).
    - CVE-2024-26661: drm/amd/display: Add NULL test for 'timing generator' in (bsc#1222323)
    - CVE-2024-26663: tipc: Check the bearer type before calling tipc_udp_nl_bearer_add() (bsc#1222326).
    - CVE-2024-26665: tunnels: fix out of bounds access when building IPv6 PMTU error (bsc#1222328).
    - CVE-2024-26802: stmmac: Clear variable when destroying workqueue (bsc#1222799).
    - CVE-2024-26863: hsr: Fix uninit-value access in hsr_get_node() (bsc#1223021).
    - CVE-2024-26961: mac802154: fix llsec key resources release in mac802154_llsec_key_del (bsc#1223652).
    - CVE-2024-27015: netfilter: flowtable: incorrect pppoe tuple (bsc#1223806).
    - CVE-2024-27019: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_obj_type_get() (bsc#1223813)
    - CVE-2024-27020: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix potential data-race in __nft_expr_type_get() (bsc#1223815)
    - CVE-2024-27025: nbd: null check for nla_nest_start (bsc#1223778)
    - CVE-2024-27065: netfilter: nf_tables: do not compare internal table flags on updates (bsc#1223836).
    - CVE-2024-27402: phonet/pep: fix racy skb_queue_empty() use (bsc#1224414).
    - CVE-2024-27437: vfio/pci: Disable auto-enable of exclusive INTx IRQ (bsc#1222625).
    - CVE-2024-35805: dm snapshot: fix lockup in dm_exception_table_exit (bsc#1224743).
    - CVE-2024-35819: soc: fsl: qbman: Use raw spinlock for cgr_lock (bsc#1224683).
    - CVE-2024-35837: net: mvpp2: clear BM pool before initialization (bsc#1224500).
    - CVE-2024-35853: mlxsw: spectrum_acl_tcam: Fix memory leak during rehash (bsc#1224604).
    - CVE-2024-35889: idpf: fix kernel panic on unknown packet types (bsc#1224517).
    - CVE-2024-35890: gro: fix ownership transfer (bsc#1224516).
    - CVE-2024-35893: net/sched: act_skbmod: prevent kernel-infoleak (bsc#1224512)
    - CVE-2024-35899: netfilter: nf_tables: flush pending destroy work before exit_net release (bsc#1224499)
    - CVE-2024-35934: net/smc: reduce rtnl pressure in smc_pnet_create_pnetids_list() (bsc#1224641)
    - CVE-2024-35949: btrfs: make sure that WRITTEN is set on all metadata blocks (bsc#1224700)
    - CVE-2024-35961: net/mlx5: Restore mistakenly dropped parts in register devlink flow (bsc#1224585).
    - CVE-2024-35979: raid1: fix use-after-free for original bio in raid1_write_request() (bsc#1224572).
    - CVE-2024-35995: ACPI: CPPC: Fix access width used for PCC registers (bsc#1224557).
    - CVE-2024-36000: mm/hugetlb: fix missing hugetlb_lock for resv uncharge (bsc#1224548).
    - CVE-2024-36004: i40e: Do not use WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for workqueue (bsc#1224545)
    - CVE-2024-36901: ipv6: prevent NULL dereference in ip6_output() (bsc#1225711)
    - CVE-2024-36902: ipv6: fib6_rules: avoid possible NULL dereference in fib6_rule_action() (bsc#1225719).
    - CVE-2024-36909: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Do not free ring buffers that couldn't be re-encrypted     (bsc#1225744).
    - CVE-2024-36910: uio_hv_generic: Do not free decrypted memory (bsc#1225717).
    - CVE-2024-36911: hv_netvsc: Do not free decrypted memory (bsc#1225745).
    - CVE-2024-36912: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Track decrypted status in vmbus_gpadl (bsc#1225752).
    - CVE-2024-36913: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Leak pages if set_memory_encrypted() fails (bsc#1225753).
    - CVE-2024-36914: drm/amd/display: Skip on writeback when it's not applicable (bsc#1225757).
    - CVE-2024-36919: scsi: bnx2fc: Remove spin_lock_bh while releasing resources after upload (bsc#1225767).
    - CVE-2024-36923: fs/9p: fix uninitialized values during inode evict (bsc#1225815).
    - CVE-2024-36939: nfs: Handle error of rpc_proc_register() in nfs_net_init() (bsc#1225838).
    - CVE-2024-36946: phonet: fix rtm_phonet_notify() skb allocation (bsc#1225851).
    - CVE-2024-36974: net/sched: taprio: always validate TCA_TAPRIO_ATTR_PRIOMAP (bsc#1226519).
    - CVE-2024-38555: net/mlx5: Discard command completions in internal error (bsc#1226607).
    - CVE-2024-38558: net: openvswitch: fix overwriting ct original tuple for ICMPv6 (bsc#1226783).
    - CVE-2024-38570: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (bsc#1226775).
    - CVE-2024-38586: r8169: Fix possible ring buffer corruption on fragmented Tx packets (bsc#1226750).
    - CVE-2024-38598: md: fix resync softlockup when bitmap size is less than array size (bsc#1226757).
    - CVE-2024-38628: usb: gadget: u_audio: Fix race condition use of controls after free during gadget unbind     (bsc#1226911).
    - CVE-2024-39276: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() (bsc#1226993).
    - CVE-2024-39371: io_uring: check for non-NULL file pointer in io_file_can_poll() (bsc#1226990).
    - CVE-2024-39463: 9p: add missing locking around taking dentry fid list (bsc#1227090).
    - CVE-2024-39472: xfs: fix log recovery buffer allocation for the legacy h_size fixup (bsc#1227432).
    - CVE-2024-39482: bcache: fix variable length array abuse in btree_iter (bsc#1227447).
    - CVE-2024-39487: bonding: Fix out-of-bounds read in bond_option_arp_ip_targets_set() (bsc#1227573)
    - CVE-2024-39490: ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core (bsc#1227626).
    - CVE-2024-39493: crypto: qat - Fix ADF_DEV_RESET_SYNC memory leak (bsc#1227620).
    - CVE-2024-39494: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name (bsc#1227716).
    - CVE-2024-39497: drm/shmem-helper: Fix BUG_ON() on mmap(PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE) (bsc#1227722)
    - CVE-2024-39502: ionic: fix use after netif_napi_del() (bsc#1227755).
    - CVE-2024-39506: liquidio: Adjust a NULL pointer handling path in lio_vf_rep_copy_packet (bsc#1227729).
    - CVE-2024-39507: net: hns3: fix kernel crash problem in concurrent scenario (bsc#1227730).
    - CVE-2024-39508: io_uring/io-wq: Use set_bit() and test_bit() at worker->flags (bsc#1227732).
    - CVE-2024-40901: scsi: mpt3sas: Avoid test/set_bit() operating in non-allocated memory (bsc#1227762).
    - CVE-2024-40906: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (bsc#1227763).
    - CVE-2024-40908: bpf: Set run context for rawtp test_run callback (bsc#1227783).
    - CVE-2024-40909: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free() (bsc#1227798).
    - CVE-2024-40919: bnxt_en: Adjust logging of firmware messages in case of released token in __hwrm_send()     (bsc#1227779).
    - CVE-2024-40923: vmxnet3: disable rx data ring on dma allocation failure (bsc#1227786).
    - CVE-2024-40931: mptcp: ensure snd_una is properly initialized on connect (bsc#1227780).
    - CVE-2024-40935: cachefiles: flush all requests after setting CACHEFILES_DEAD (bsc#1227797).
    - CVE-2024-40937: gve: Clear napi->skb before dev_kfree_skb_any() (bsc#1227836).
    - CVE-2024-40940: net/mlx5: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of flow rules creation fail (bsc#1227800).
    - CVE-2024-40943: ocfs2: fix races between hole punching and AIO+DIO (bsc#1227849).
    - CVE-2024-40953: KVM: Fix a data race on last_boosted_vcpu in kvm_vcpu_on_spin() (bsc#1227806).
    - CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails (bsc#1227808)
    - CVE-2024-40958: netns: Make get_net_ns() handle zero refcount net (bsc#1227812).
    - CVE-2024-40959: xfrm6: check ip6_dst_idev() return value in xfrm6_get_saddr() (bsc#1227884).
    - CVE-2024-40960: ipv6: prevent possible NULL dereference in rt6_probe() (bsc#1227813).
    - CVE-2024-40961: ipv6: prevent possible NULL deref in fib6_nh_init() (bsc#1227814).
    - CVE-2024-40966: kABI: tty: add the option to have a tty reject a new ldisc (bsc#1227886).
    - CVE-2024-40967: serial: imx: Introduce timeout when waiting on transmitter empty (bsc#1227891).
    - CVE-2024-40970: Avoid hw_desc array overrun in dw-axi-dmac (bsc#1227899).
    - CVE-2024-40972: ext4: fold quota accounting into ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create() (bsc#1227910).
    - CVE-2024-40977: wifi: mt76: mt7921s: fix potential hung tasks during chip recovery (bsc#1227950).
    - CVE-2024-40982: ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent() (bsc#1227865).
    - CVE-2024-40989: KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown (bsc#1227823).
    - CVE-2024-40994: ptp: fix integer overflow in max_vclocks_store (bsc#1227829).
    - CVE-2024-40998: ext4: fix uninitialized ratelimit_state->lock access in __ext4_fill_super()     (bsc#1227866).
    - CVE-2024-40999: net: ena: Add validation for completion descriptors consistency (bsc#1227913).
    - CVE-2024-41006: netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry() (bsc#1227862).
    - CVE-2024-41009: selftests/bpf: Add more ring buffer test coverage (bsc#1228020).
    - CVE-2024-41012: filelock: Remove locks reliably when fcntl/close race is detected (bsc#1228247).
    - CVE-2024-41013: xfs: do not walk off the end of a directory data block (bsc#1228405).
    - CVE-2024-41014: xfs: add bounds checking to xlog_recover_process_data (bsc#1228408).
    - CVE-2024-41015: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_check_dir_entry() (bsc#1228409).
    - CVE-2024-41016: ocfs2: add bounds checking to ocfs2_xattr_find_entry() (bsc#1228410).
    - CVE-2024-41017: jfs: do not walk off the end of ealist (bsc#1228403).
    - CVE-2024-41040: net/sched: Fix UAF when resolving a clash (bsc#1228518)
    - CVE-2024-41041: udp: Set SOCK_RCU_FREE earlier in udp_lib_get_port() (bsc#1228520)
    - CVE-2024-41044: ppp: reject claimed-as-LCP but actually malformed packets (bsc#1228530).
    - CVE-2024-41048: skmsg: Skip zero length skb in sk_msg_recvmsg (bsc#1228565)
    - CVE-2024-41057: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie() (bsc#1228462).
    - CVE-2024-41058: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in fscache_withdraw_volume() (bsc#1228459).
    - CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228561).
    - CVE-2024-41063: Bluetooth: hci_core: cancel all works upon hci_unregister_dev() (bsc#1228580)
    - CVE-2024-41064: powerpc/eeh: avoid possible crash when edev->pdev changes (bsc#1228599).
    - CVE-2024-41066: ibmvnic: Add tx check to prevent skb leak (bsc#1228640).
    - CVE-2024-41069: ASoC: topology: Fix route memory corruption (bsc#1228644).
    - CVE-2024-41070: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group() (bsc#1228581).
    - CVE-2024-41071: wifi: mac80211: Avoid address calculations via out of bounds array indexing     (bsc#1228625).
    - CVE-2024-41078: btrfs: qgroup: fix quota root leak after quota disable failure (bsc#1228655).
    - CVE-2024-41081: ila: block BH in ila_output() (bsc#1228617)
    - CVE-2024-41090: tap: add missing verification for short frame (bsc#1228328).
    - CVE-2024-41091: tun: add missing verification for short frame (bsc#1228327).
    - CVE-2024-42070: netfilter: nf_tables: fully validate NFT_DATA_VALUE on store to data registers     (bsc#1228470)
    - CVE-2024-42079: gfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_log_flush (bsc#1228672).
    - CVE-2024-42093: net/dpaa2: Avoid explicit cpumask var allocation on stack (bsc#1228680).
    - CVE-2024-42096: x86: stop playing stack games in profile_pc() (bsc#1228633).
    - CVE-2024-42122: drm/amd/display: Add NULL pointer check for kzalloc (bsc#1228591)
    - CVE-2024-42124: scsi: qedf: Make qedf_execute_tmf() non-preemptible (bsc#1228705)
    - CVE-2024-42145: IB/core: Implement a limit on UMAD receive List (bsc#1228743)
    - CVE-2024-42161: Avoid uninitialized value in BPF_CORE_READ_BITFIELD (bsc#1228756).
    - CVE-2024-42224: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Correct check for empty list (bsc#1228723)
    - CVE-2024-42230: powerpc/pseries: Fix scv instruction crash with kexec (bsc#1194869).


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
273092	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-988714)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
270996	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-987532)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
230164	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-47623	Nessus	Misc.	medium
207658	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2024:6991)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
205747	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
205734	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
205493	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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