There exists an arbitrary memory read within the Linux Kernel BPF - Constants provided to fill pointers in structs passed in to bpf_sys_bpf are not verified and can point anywhere, including memory not owned by BPF. An attacker with CAP_BPF can arbitrarily read memory from anywhere on the system. We recommend upgrading past commit 86f44fcec22c

An update of the linux package has been released.

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

  - There exists an arbitrary memory read within the Linux Kernel BPF - Constants provided to fill pointers in     structs passed in to bpf_sys_bpf are not verified and can point anywhere, including memory not owned by     BPF. An attacker with CAP_BPF can arbitrarily read memory from anywhere on the system. We recommend     upgrading past commit 86f44fcec22c (CVE-2022-2785)

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

The version of kernel installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-2785 advisory.

  - There exists an arbitrary memory read within the Linux Kernel BPF - Constants provided to fill pointers in     structs passed in to bpf_sys_bpf are not verified and can point anywhere, including memory not owned by     BPF. An attacker with CAP_BPF can arbitrarily read memory from anywhere on the system. We recommend     upgrading past commit 86f44fcec22c (CVE-2022-2785)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
333966	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0491	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
247496	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-2785	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
233768	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0491	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
173536	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2022-2785)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	Local	medium

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