A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function parse_usdt_arg of the file tools/lib/bpf/usdt.c of the component BPF. The manipulation of the argument reg_name leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211031.

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5759-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2021-45940, CVE-2021-45941,     CVE-2022-3533)

    It was discovered that LibBPF incorrectly handled certain memory operations under certain circumstances.
    An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause LibBPF to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3534, CVE-2022-3606)

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	Type	Severity
333966	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-91-0491	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
233768	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0491	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
168391	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : LibBPF vulnerabilities (USN-5759-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high

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