In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igc: avoid kernel warning when changing RX ring parameters Calling ethtool changing the RX ring parameters like this: $ ethtool -G eth0 rx 1024 on igc triggers kernel warnings like this: [ 225.198467] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 225.198473] Missing unregister, handled but fix driver [ 225.198485] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 959 at net/core/xdp.c:168 xdp_rxq_info_reg+0x79/0xd0 [...] [ 225.198601] Call Trace: [ 225.198604] <TASK> [ 225.198609] igc_setup_rx_resources+0x3f/0xe0 [igc] [ 225.198617] igc_ethtool_set_ringparam+0x30e/0x450 [igc] [ 225.198626] ethnl_set_rings+0x18a/0x250 [ 225.198631] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xca/0x110 [ 225.198637] genl_rcv_msg+0xce/0x1c0 [ 225.198640] ? rings_prepare_data+0x60/0x60 [ 225.198644] ? genl_get_cmd+0xd0/0xd0 [ 225.198647] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4e/0xf0 [ 225.198652] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 [ 225.198655] netlink_unicast+0x20e/0x330 [ 225.198659] netlink_sendmsg+0x23f/0x480 [ 225.198663] sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60 [ 225.198667] __sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160 [ 225.198671] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x280 [ 225.198676] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1eb/0x690 [ 225.198680] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30 [ 225.198683] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 225.198687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 225.198693] RIP: 0033:0x7f7ae38ac3aa igc_ethtool_set_ringparam() copies the igc_ring structure but neglects to reset the xdp_rxq_info member before calling igc_setup_rx_resources(). This in turn calls xdp_rxq_info_reg() with an already registered xdp_rxq_info. Make sure to unregister the xdp_rxq_info structure first in igc_setup_rx_resources.

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: igc: avoid kernel warning when     changing RX ring parameters Calling ethtool changing the RX ring parameters like this: $ ethtool -G eth0     rx 1024 on igc triggers kernel warnings like this: [ 225.198467] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [     225.198473] Missing unregister, handled but fix driver [ 225.198485] WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 959 at     net/core/xdp.c:168 xdp_rxq_info_reg+0x79/0xd0 [...] [ 225.198601] Call Trace: [ 225.198604] <TASK> [     225.198609] igc_setup_rx_resources+0x3f/0xe0 [igc] [ 225.198617] igc_ethtool_set_ringparam+0x30e/0x450     [igc] [ 225.198626] ethnl_set_rings+0x18a/0x250 [ 225.198631] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xca/0x110 [     225.198637] genl_rcv_msg+0xce/0x1c0 [ 225.198640] ? rings_prepare_data+0x60/0x60 [ 225.198644] ?     genl_get_cmd+0xd0/0xd0 [ 225.198647] netlink_rcv_skb+0x4e/0xf0 [ 225.198652] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 [     225.198655] netlink_unicast+0x20e/0x330 [ 225.198659] netlink_sendmsg+0x23f/0x480 [ 225.198663]     sock_sendmsg+0x5b/0x60 [ 225.198667] __sys_sendto+0xf0/0x160 [ 225.198671] ? handle_mm_fault+0xb2/0x280 [     225.198676] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x1eb/0x690 [ 225.198680] __x64_sys_sendto+0x20/0x30 [ 225.198683]     do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [ 225.198687] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 225.198693] RIP:
    0033:0x7f7ae38ac3aa igc_ethtool_set_ringparam() copies the igc_ring structure but neglects to reset the     xdp_rxq_info member before calling igc_setup_rx_resources(). This in turn calls xdp_rxq_info_reg() with an     already registered xdp_rxq_info. Make sure to unregister the xdp_rxq_info structure first in     igc_setup_rx_resources. (CVE-2022-49227)

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-2022:8267 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * off-path attacker may inject data or terminate victim's TCP session (CVE-2020-36516)

    * use-after-free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() (CVE-2021-3640)

    * smb2_ioctl_query_info NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-0168)

    * NULL pointer dereference in udf_expand_file_adinicbdue() during writeback (CVE-2022-0617)

    * swiotlb information leak with DMA_FROM_DEVICE (CVE-2022-0854)

    * uninitialized registers on stack in nft_do_chain can cause kernel pointer leakage to UM (CVE-2022-1016)

    * race condition in snd_pcm_hw_free leading to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1048)

    * use-after-free and memory errors in ext4 when mounting and operating on a corrupted image     (CVE-2022-1184)

    * concurrency use-after-free between drm_setmaster_ioctl and drm_mode_getresources (CVE-2022-1280)

    * kernel info leak issue in pfkey_register (CVE-2022-1353)

    * use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)

    * NULL pointer dereference in x86_emulate_insn may lead to DoS (CVE-2022-1852)

    * fanotify misuses fd_install() which could lead to use-after-free (CVE-2022-1998)

    * nf_tables cross-table potential use-after-free may lead to local privilege escalation (CVE-2022-2586)

    * integer underflow leads to out-of-bounds write in reserve_sfa_size() (CVE-2022-2639)

    * slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg() (CVE-2022-20368)

    * incomplete clean-up of multi-core shared buffers (aka SBDR) (CVE-2022-21123)

    * incomplete clean-up of microarchitectural fill buffers (aka SBDS) (CVE-2022-21125)

    * incomplete clean-up in specific special register write operations (aka DRPW) (CVE-2022-21166)

    * possible to use the debugger to write zero into a location of choice (CVE-2022-21499)

    * AMD: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-23816,     CVE-2022-29900)

    * AMD: Branch Type Confusion (non-retbleed) (CVE-2022-23825)

    * Intel: Post-barrier Return Stack Buffer Predictions (CVE-2022-26373)

    * double free in ems_usb_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c (CVE-2022-28390)

    * use after free in SUNRPC subsystem (CVE-2022-28893)

    * use-after-free due to improper update of reference count in net/sched/cls_u32.c (CVE-2022-29581)

    * Intel: RetBleed Arbitrary Speculative Code Execution with Return Instructions (CVE-2022-29901)

    * DoS in nfqnl_mangle in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c (CVE-2022-36946)

    * nf_tables disallow binding to already bound chain (CVE-2022-39190)

    * nfs_atomic_open() returns uninitialized data instead of ENOTDIR (CVE-2022-24448)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes     linked from 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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1988 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (CVE-2021-4083)

    * kernel: avoid cyclic entity chains due to malformed USB descriptors (CVE-2020-0404)

    * kernel: speculation on incompletely validated data on IBM Power9 (CVE-2020-4788)

    * kernel: integer overflow in k_ascii() in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c (CVE-2020-13974)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds read in bpf_skb_change_head() of filter.c due to a use-after-free (CVE-2021-0941)

    * kernel: joydev: zero size passed to joydev_handle_JSIOCSBTNMAP() (CVE-2021-3612)

    * kernel: reading /proc/sysvipc/shm does not scale with large shared memory segment counts (CVE-2021-3669)

    * kernel: out-of-bound Read in qrtr_endpoint_post in net/qrtr/qrtr.c (CVE-2021-3743)

    * kernel: crypto: ccp - fix resource leaks in ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() (CVE-2021-3744)

    * kernel: possible use-after-free in bluetooth module (CVE-2021-3752)

    * kernel: unaccounted ipc objects in Linux kernel lead to breaking memcg limits and DoS attacks     (CVE-2021-3759)

    * kernel: DoS in ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function (CVE-2021-3764)

    * kernel: sctp: Invalid chunks may be used to remotely remove existing associations (CVE-2021-3772)

    * kernel: lack of port sanity checking in natd and netfilter leads to exploit of OpenVPN clients     (CVE-2021-3773)

    * kernel: possible leak or coruption of data residing on hugetlbfs (CVE-2021-4002)

    * kernel: security regression for CVE-2018-13405 (CVE-2021-4037)

    * kernel: Buffer overwrite in decode_nfs_fh function (CVE-2021-4157)

    * kernel: cgroup: Use open-time creds and namespace for migration perm checks (CVE-2021-4197)

    * kernel: Race condition in races in sk_peer_pid and sk_peer_cred accesses (CVE-2021-4203)

    * kernel: new DNS Cache Poisoning Attack based on ICMP fragment needed packets replies (CVE-2021-20322)

    * kernel: arm: SIGPAGE information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2021-21781)

    * hw: cpu: LFENCE/JMP Mitigation Update for CVE-2017-5715 (CVE-2021-26401)

    * kernel: Local privilege escalation due to incorrect BPF JIT branch displacement computation     (CVE-2021-29154)

    * kernel: use-after-free in hso_free_net_device() in drivers/net/usb/hso.c (CVE-2021-37159)

    * kernel: eBPF multiplication integer overflow in prealloc_elems_and_freelist() in kernel/bpf/stackmap.c     leads to out-of-bounds write (CVE-2021-41864)

    * kernel: Heap buffer overflow in firedtv driver (CVE-2021-42739)

    * kernel: ppc: kvm: allows a malicious KVM guest to crash the host (CVE-2021-43056)

    * kernel: an array-index-out-bounds in detach_capi_ctr in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c (CVE-2021-43389)

    * kernel: mwifiex_usb_recv() in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/usb.c allows an attacker to cause DoS     via crafted USB device (CVE-2021-43976)

    * kernel: use-after-free in the TEE subsystem (CVE-2021-44733)

    * kernel: information leak in the IPv6 implementation (CVE-2021-45485)

    * kernel: information leak in the IPv4 implementation (CVE-2021-45486)

    * hw: cpu: intel: Branch History Injection (BHI) (CVE-2022-0001)

    * hw: cpu: intel: Intra-Mode BTI (CVE-2022-0002)

    * kernel: Local denial of service in bond_ipsec_add_sa (CVE-2022-0286)

    * kernel: DoS in sctp_addto_chunk in net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c (CVE-2022-0322)

    * kernel: FUSE allows UAF reads of write() buffers, allowing theft of (partial) /etc/shadow hashes     (CVE-2022-1011)

    * kernel: use-after-free in nouveau kernel module (CVE-2020-27820)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Release Notes     linked from 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
234407	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
233410	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
225369	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49227	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
167620	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2022:8267)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high
161047	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2022:1988)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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