A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043.

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

  - A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects     the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF.
    The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The     associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043. (CVE-2022-3543)

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5877-1 advisory.

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer     overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-4378)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP handshake implementation in the Linux kernel contained     multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42896)

    Mingwei Zhang discovered that the KVM implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel did not     properly handle cache coherency with Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV). A local attacker could     possibly use this to cause a denial of service (host system crash). (CVE-2022-0171)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20421)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    It was discovered that the Intel 740 frame buffer driver in the Linux kernel contained a divide by zero     vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-3061)

    It was discovered that the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3303)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3586)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth HCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3619)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious     USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3628)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    It was discovered that the Xen netback driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle packets     structured in certain ways. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (host NIC availability). (CVE-2022-3643)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3646)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    Jann Horn discovered a race condition existed in the Linux kernel when unmapping VMAs in certain     situations, resulting in possible use-after-free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-39188)

    Hyunwoo Kim discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the PXA3xx graphics driver in the     Linux kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-39842)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver in the Linux kernel     contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4095)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    It was discovered that the USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-45934)

    It was discovered that the USB core subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle nested reset     events. A local attacker with physical access could plug in a specially crafted USB device to cause a     denial of service (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2022-4662)

    Arnaud Gatignol, Quentin Minster, Florent Saudel and Guillaume Teissier discovered that the KSMBD     implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user-supplied data in some situations. An     authenticated attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash), expose sensitive     information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-47940)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the qdisc implementation in the Linux kernel, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0590)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5876-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth HCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3619)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious     USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3628)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    Arnaud Gatignol, Quentin Minster, Florent Saudel and Guillaume Teissier discovered that the KSMBD     implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user-supplied data in some situations. An     authenticated attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash), expose sensitive     information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-47940)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the qdisc implementation in the Linux kernel, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0590)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5860-1 advisory.

    Kyle Zeng discovered that the sysctl implementation in the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer     overflow. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-4378)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP handshake implementation in the Linux kernel contained     multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-42896)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth HCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3619)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious     USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3628)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    It was discovered that the Xen netback driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle packets     structured in certain ways. An attacker in a guest VM could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (host NIC availability). (CVE-2022-3643)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    It was discovered that an integer overflow vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth subsystem in the Linux     kernel. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2022-45934)

    Arnaud Gatignol, Quentin Minster, Florent Saudel and Guillaume Teissier discovered that the KSMBD     implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user-supplied data in some situations. An     authenticated attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash), expose sensitive     information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-47940)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the qdisc implementation in the Linux kernel, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0590)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5851-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the Bluetooth HCI implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. An attacker could possibly use this cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3619)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     bounds checking in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a malicious     USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute     arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3628)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    Tams Koczka discovered that the Bluetooth L2CAP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-42895)

    Arnaud Gatignol, Quentin Minster, Florent Saudel and Guillaume Teissier discovered that the KSMBD     implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate user-supplied data in some situations. An     authenticated attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash), expose sensitive     information (kernel memory) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-47940)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the qdisc implementation in the Linux kernel, leading     to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-0590)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5793-3 advisory.

    It was discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3910)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20421)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    It was discovered that the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3303)

    It was discovered that the Sunplus Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a read-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory)     (CVE-2022-3541)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3544, CVE-2022-3646)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3586)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the MCTP implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to     a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3977)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver in the Linux kernel     contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4095)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    It was discovered that the USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5793-4 advisory.

    It was discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3910)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20421)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    It was discovered that the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3303)

    It was discovered that the Sunplus Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a read-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory)     (CVE-2022-3541)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3544, CVE-2022-3646)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3586)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the MCTP implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to     a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3977)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver in the Linux kernel     contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4095)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    It was discovered that the USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5793-2 advisory.

    It was discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3910)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20421)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    It was discovered that the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3303)

    It was discovered that the Sunplus Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a read-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory)     (CVE-2022-3541)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3544, CVE-2022-3646)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3586)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the MCTP implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to     a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3977)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver in the Linux kernel     contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4095)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    It was discovered that the USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

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.

The remote Ubuntu 22.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5793-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3910)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Android Binder IPC subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-20421)

    David Leadbeater discovered that the netfilter IRC protocol tracking implementation in the Linux Kernel     incorrectly handled certain message payloads in some situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service or bypass firewall filtering. (CVE-2022-2663)

    It was discovered that the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2022-3303)

    It was discovered that the Sunplus Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel contained a read-after-free     vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory)     (CVE-2022-3541)

    It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Unix domain socket implementation of the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3543)

    It was discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error conditions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2022-3544, CVE-2022-3646)

    Gwnaun Jung discovered that the SFB packet scheduling implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-     after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3586)

    It was discovered that the hugetlb implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in some     situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-3623)

    Khalid Masum discovered that the NILFS2 file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle certain error conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3649)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the MCTP implementation in the Linux kernel, leading to     a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-3977)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the EFI capsule loader driver in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-40307)

    Zheng Wang and Zhuorao Yang discovered that the RealTek RTL8712U wireless driver in the Linux kernel     contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-4095)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the SMSC UFX USB driver implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41849)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the Roccat HID driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash)     or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-41850)

    It was discovered that the USB monitoring (usbmon) component in the Linux kernel did not properly set     permissions on memory mapped in to user space processes. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-43750)

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.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.79-51.138. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-011 advisory.

    A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Linux Kernel. This affects the function     fib_nh_match of the file net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c of the component IPv4 Handler. The manipulation leads to     out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to     fix this issue. The identifier VDB-210357 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3435)

    A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to     memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
    The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3524)

    A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel. This issue affects     the function unix_sock_destructor/unix_release_sock of the file net/unix/af_unix.c of the component BPF.
    The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The     associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211043. (CVE-2022-3543)

    A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel. Affected by this vulnerability is the     function l2cap_reassemble_sdu of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c of the component Bluetooth. The     manipulation leads to use after free. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated     identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211087. (CVE-2022-3564)

    A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects     the function l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c of the component Bluetooth. The     manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-211918 is the     identifier assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3619)

    A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function follow_page_pte of the file mm/gup.c of the component BPF. The manipulation     leads to race condition. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix     this issue. The identifier VDB-211921 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3623)

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

    btrfs: zoned: initialize device's zone info for seeding (CVE-2022-49831)

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

    udf: Fix a slab-out-of-bounds write bug in udf_find_entry() (CVE-2022-49846)

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

    btrfs: fix match incorrectly in dev_args_match_device (CVE-2022-49849)

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

    net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink (CVE-2022-49853)

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

    can: af_can: fix NULL pointer dereference in can_rx_register() (CVE-2022-49863)

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

    ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network (CVE-2022-49865)

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

    capabilities: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for CAP_TO_MASK (CVE-2022-49870)

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

    net: tun: Fix memory leaks of napi_get_frags (CVE-2022-49871)

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

    net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types (CVE-2022-49872)

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

    bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference() (CVE-2022-49873)

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

    HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() (CVE-2022-49874)

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

    bpftool: Fix NULL pointer dereference when pin {PROG, MAP, LINK} without FILE (CVE-2022-49875)

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

    bpf, sockmap: Fix the sk->sk_forward_alloc warning of sk_stream_kill_queues (CVE-2022-49877)

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

    bpf, verifier: Fix memory leak in array reallocation for stack state (CVE-2022-49878)

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

    ext4: fix BUG_ON() when directory entry has invalid rec_len (CVE-2022-49879)

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

    ext4: fix warning in 'ext4_da_release_space' (CVE-2022-49880)

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

    ACPI: APEI: Fix integer overflow in ghes_estatus_pool_init() (CVE-2022-49885)

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

    arm64: entry: avoid kprobe recursion (CVE-2022-49888)

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

    ring-buffer: Check for NULL cpu_buffer in ring_buffer_wake_waiters() (CVE-2022-49889)

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

    capabilities: fix potential memleak on error path from vfs_getxattr_alloc() (CVE-2022-49890)

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

    ftrace: Fix use-after-free for dynamic ftrace_ops (CVE-2022-49892)

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

    btrfs: fix tree mod log mishandling of reallocated nodes (CVE-2022-49898)

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

    fscrypt: stop using keyrings subsystem for fscrypt_master_key (CVE-2022-49899)

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

    block: Fix possible memory leak for rq_wb on add_disk failure (CVE-2022-49902)

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

    ipv6: fix WARNING in ip6_route_net_exit_late() (CVE-2022-49903)

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

    net, neigh: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_table_clear() (CVE-2022-49904)

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

    net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init() (CVE-2022-49905)

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

    net: mdio: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for __mdiobus_register (CVE-2022-49907)

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

    netfilter: ipset: enforce documented limit to prevent allocating huge memory (CVE-2022-49911)

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

    btrfs: fix ulist leaks in error paths of qgroup self tests (CVE-2022-49912)

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

    btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes() (CVE-2022-49913)

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

    btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs() (CVE-2022-49914)

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

    mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_register_device() (CVE-2022-49915)

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

    ipvs: fix WARNING in ip_vs_app_net_cleanup() (CVE-2022-49917)

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

    ipvs: fix WARNING in __ip_vs_cleanup_batch() (CVE-2022-49918)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: release flow rule object from commit path (CVE-2022-49919)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: netlink notifier might race to release objects (CVE-2022-49920)

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

    net: sched: Fix use after free in red_enqueue() (CVE-2022-49921)

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

    RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup() (CVE-2022-49925)

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

    nfs4: Fix kmemleak when allocate slot failed (CVE-2022-49927)

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

    SUNRPC: Fix null-ptr-deref when xps sysfs alloc failed (CVE-2022-49928)

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

    kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_wait (CVE-2022-50265)

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

    mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages (CVE-2022-50285)

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

    kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_psock (CVE-2022-50291)

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

    ata: ahci: Match EM_MAX_SLOTS with SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS (CVE-2022-50315)

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

    net: do not sense pfmemalloc status in skb_append_pagefrags() (CVE-2022-50323)

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

    cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_create() (CVE-2022-50351)

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

    net: sched: sfb: fix null pointer access issue when sfb_init() fails (CVE-2022-50356)

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

    mm: /proc/pid/smaps_rollup: fix no vma's null-deref (CVE-2022-50380)

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

    kernfs: fix use-after-free in __kernfs_remove (CVE-2022-50432)

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

    net: sched: cake: fix null pointer access issue when cake_init() fails (CVE-2022-50452)

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

    cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock() (CVE-2022-50460)

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

    fs/binfmt_elf: Fix memory leak in load_elf_binary() (CVE-2022-50466)

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

    xhci: Remove device endpoints from bandwidth list when freeing the device (CVE-2022-50470)

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

    iommu/vt-d: Clean up si_domain in the init_dmars() error path (CVE-2022-50482)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in qdisc_graft in net/sched/sch_api.c in the Linux Kernel due to a race     problem. This flaw leads to a denial of service issue. (CVE-2023-0590)

    An out-of-bounds memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TUN/TAP device driver functionality in     how a user generates a malicious (too big) networking packet when napi frags is enabled. This flaw allows     a local user to crash or potentially escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-3812)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 version of kernel-generic installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.80 / 5.15.80_smp. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2022-333-01 advisory.

    New kernel packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix security issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the kernel-generic 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
245227	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-3543	Nessus	Misc.	medium
173106	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-070)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
171578	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities (USN-5877-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
171573	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5876-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
171262	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities (USN-5860-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
171252	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5851-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
169909	Ubuntu 22.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5793-3)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
169904	Ubuntu 22.10 : Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities (USN-5793-4)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
169730	Ubuntu 22.10 : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-5793-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
169691	Ubuntu 22.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5793-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
168507	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-011 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-011)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
168270	Slackware Linux 15.0 kernel-generic Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2022-333-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	high

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