In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dp: populate connector of struct dp_panel DP CTS test case 4.2.2.6 has valid edid with bad checksum on purpose and expect DP source return correct checksum. During drm edid read, correct edid checksum is calculated and stored at connector::real_edid_checksum. The problem is struct dp_panel::connector never be assigned, instead the connector is stored in struct msm_dp::connector. When we run compliance testing test case 4.2.2.6 dp_panel_handle_sink_request() won't have a valid edid set in struct dp_panel::edid so we'll try to use the connectors real_edid_checksum and hit a NULL pointer dereference error because the connector pointer is never assigned. Changes in V2: -- populate panel connector at msm_dp_modeset_init() instead of at dp_panel_read_sink_caps() Changes in V3: -- remove unhelpful kernel crash trace commit text -- remove renaming dp_display parameter to dp Changes in V4: -- add more details to commit text Changes in v10: -- group into one series Changes in v11: -- drop drm/msm/dp: dp_link_parse_sink_count() return immediately if aux read Signee-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@quicinc.com>

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988965 advisory.

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

    drm/msm/dp: populate connector of struct dp_panel

    DP CTS test case 4.2.2.6 has valid edid with bad checksum on purpose     and expect DP source return correct checksum. During drm edid read,     correct edid checksum is calculated and stored at     connector::real_edid_checksum.

    The problem is struct dp_panel::connector never be assigned, instead the     connector is stored in struct msm_dp::connector. When we run compliance     testing test case 4.2.2.6 dp_panel_handle_sink_request() won't have a valid     edid set in struct dp_panel::edid so we'll try to use the connectors     real_edid_checksum and hit a NULL pointer dereference error because the     connector pointer is never assigned.

    Changes in V2:
    -- populate panel connector at msm_dp_modeset_init() instead of at dp_panel_read_sink_caps()

    Changes in V3:
    -- remove unhelpful kernel crash trace commit text
    -- remove renaming dp_display parameter to dp

    Changes in V4:
    -- add more details to commit text

    Changes in v10:
    --  group into one series

    Changes in v11:
    -- drop drm/msm/dp: dp_link_parse_sink_count() return immediately if aux read

    Signee-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@quicinc.com>

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-2025-986938 advisory.

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

    drm/msm/dp: populate connector of struct dp_panel

    DP CTS test case 4.2.2.6 has valid edid with bad checksum on purpose     and expect DP source return correct checksum. During drm edid read,     correct edid checksum is calculated and stored at     connector::real_edid_checksum.

    The problem is struct dp_panel::connector never be assigned, instead the     connector is stored in struct msm_dp::connector. When we run compliance     testing test case 4.2.2.6 dp_panel_handle_sink_request() won't have a valid     edid set in struct dp_panel::edid so we'll try to use the connectors     real_edid_checksum and hit a NULL pointer dereference error because the     connector pointer is never assigned.

    Changes in V2:
    -- populate panel connector at msm_dp_modeset_init() instead of at dp_panel_read_sink_caps()

    Changes in V3:
    -- remove unhelpful kernel crash trace commit text
    -- remove renaming dp_display parameter to dp

    Changes in V4:
    -- add more details to commit text

    Changes in v10:
    --  group into one series

    Changes in v11:
    -- drop drm/msm/dp: dp_link_parse_sink_count() return immediately if aux read

    Signee-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@quicinc.com>

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 remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 advisory.

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

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
    - CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
    - CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
    - CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
    - CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
    - CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync     (bsc#1239095).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
    - CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


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 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-2201: Fixed information leak in x86/BHI (bsc#1217339).
    - CVE-2024-41092: drm/i915/gt: Fix potential UAF by revoke of fence registers (bsc#1228483).
    - CVE-2024-42098: crypto: ecdh - explicitly zeroize private_key (bsc#1228779).
    - CVE-2024-42229: crypto: aead,cipher - zeroize key buffer after use (bsc#1228708).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


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

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dp: populate connector of     struct dp_panel DP CTS test case 4.2.2.6 has valid edid with bad checksum on purpose and expect DP source     return correct checksum. During drm edid read, correct edid checksum is calculated and stored at     connector::real_edid_checksum. The problem is struct dp_panel::connector never be assigned, instead the     connector is stored in struct msm_dp::connector. When we run compliance testing test case 4.2.2.6     dp_panel_handle_sink_request() won't have a valid edid set in struct dp_panel::edid so we'll try to use     the connectors real_edid_checksum and hit a NULL pointer dereference error because the connector pointer     is never assigned. Changes in V2: -- populate panel connector at msm_dp_modeset_init() instead of at     dp_panel_read_sink_caps() Changes in V3: -- remove unhelpful kernel crash trace commit text -- remove     renaming dp_display parameter to dp Changes in V4: -- add more details to commit text Changes in v10: --     group into one series Changes in v11: -- drop drm/msm/dp: dp_link_parse_sink_count() return immediately if     aux read Signee-off-by: Kuogee Hsieh <quic_khsieh@quicinc.com> (CVE-2022-49221)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
273463	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-988965)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
268623	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986938)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
234407	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
233410	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
225238	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49221	Nessus	Misc.	medium
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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