In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join While commit 6a01afcf8468 ("mac80211: mesh: Free ie data when leaving mesh") fixed a memory leak on mesh leave / teardown it introduced a potential memory corruption caused by a double free when rejoining the mesh: ieee80211_leave_mesh() -> kfree(sdata->u.mesh.ie); ... ieee80211_join_mesh() -> copy_mesh_setup() -> old_ie = ifmsh->ie; -> kfree(old_ie); This double free / kernel panics can be reproduced by using wpa_supplicant with an encrypted mesh (if set up without encryption via "iw" then ifmsh->ie is always NULL, which avoids this issue). And then calling: $ iw dev mesh0 mesh leave $ iw dev mesh0 mesh join my-mesh Note that typically these commands are not used / working when using wpa_supplicant. And it seems that wpa_supplicant or wpa_cli are going through a NETDEV_DOWN/NETDEV_UP cycle between a mesh leave and mesh join where the NETDEV_UP resets the mesh.ie to NULL via a memcpy of default_mesh_setup in cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call, which then avoids the memory corruption, too. The issue was first observed in an application which was not using wpa_supplicant but "Senf" instead, which implements its own calls to nl80211. Fixing the issue by removing the kfree()'ing of the mesh IE in the mesh join function and leaving it solely up to the mesh leave to free the mesh IE.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47659: drm/plane: Move range check for format_count earlier (bsc#1237839).
    - CVE-2022-49044: dm integrity: fix memory corruption when tag_size is less than digest size     (bsc#1237840).
    - CVE-2022-49055: drm/amdkfd: Check for potential null return of kmalloc_array() (bsc#1237868).
    - CVE-2022-49060: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib() (bsc#1237845).
    - CVE-2022-49086: net: openvswitch: fix leak of nested actions (bsc#1238037).
    - CVE-2022-49111: Bluetooth: Fix use after free in hci_send_acl (bsc#1237984).
    - CVE-2022-49118: scsi: hisi_sas: Free irq vectors in order for v3 HW (bsc#1237979).
    - CVE-2022-49121: scsi: pm8001: Fix tag leaks on error (bsc#1237926).
    - CVE-2022-49137: drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs: fix refcount leak of a dma_fence obj (bsc#1238155).
    - CVE-2022-49175: PM: core: keep irq flags in device_pm_check_callbacks() (bsc#1238099).
    - CVE-2022-49176: bfq: fix use-after-free in bfq_dispatch_request (bsc#1238097).
    - CVE-2022-49179: block, bfq: do not move oom_bfqq (bsc#1238092).
    - CVE-2022-49188: remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: Fix some leaks in q6v5_alloc_memory_region (bsc#1238138).
    - CVE-2022-49197: af_netlink: Fix shift out of bounds in group mask calculation (bsc#1238455).
    - CVE-2022-49205: bpf, sockmap: Fix double uncharge the mem of sk_msg (bsc#1238335).
    - CVE-2022-49232: drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in     amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes() (bsc#1238139).
    - CVE-2022-49290: mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join (bsc#1238156).
    - CVE-2022-49305: drivers: staging: rtl8192u: Fix deadlock in ieee80211_beacons_stop() (bsc#1238645).
    - CVE-2022-49325: tcp: add accessors to read/set tp->snd_cwnd (bsc#1238398).
    - CVE-2022-49335: drm/amdgpu/cs: make commands with 0 chunks illegal behaviour (bsc#1238377).
    - CVE-2022-49351: net: altera: Fix refcount leak in altera_tse_mdio_create (bsc#1237939).
    - CVE-2022-49385: driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed (bsc#1237951).
    - CVE-2022-49390: macsec: fix UAF bug for real_dev (bsc#1238233).
    - CVE-2022-49411: bfq: Make sure bfqg for which we are queueing requests is online (bsc#1238307).
    - CVE-2022-49442: drivers/base/node.c: fix compaction sysfs file leak (bsc#1238243).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49478: media: pvrusb2: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in pvr2_i2c_core_init (bsc#1238000).
    - CVE-2022-49489: drm/msm/disp/dpu1: set vbif hw config to NULL to avoid use after memory free during pm     runtime resume (bsc#1238244).
    - CVE-2022-49504: scsi: lpfc: Inhibit aborts if external loopback plug is inserted (bsc#1238835).
    - CVE-2022-49521: scsi: lpfc: Fix resource leak in lpfc_sli4_send_seq_to_ulp() (bsc#1238938).
    - CVE-2022-49525: media: cx25821: Fix the warning when removing the module (bsc#1238022).
    - CVE-2022-49534: scsi: lpfc: Protect memory leak for NPIV ports sending PLOGI_RJT (bsc#1238893).
    - CVE-2022-49535: scsi: lpfc: Fix null pointer dereference after failing to issue FLOGI and PLOGI     (bsc#1238937).
    - CVE-2022-49536: scsi: lpfc: Fix SCSI I/O completion and abort handler deadlock (bsc#1238838).
    - CVE-2022-49537: scsi: lpfc: Fix call trace observed during I/O with CMF enabled (bsc#1238930).
    - CVE-2022-49542: scsi: lpfc: Move cfg_log_verbose check before calling lpfc_dmp_dbg() (bsc#1238722).
    - CVE-2022-49561: netfilter: conntrack: re-fetch conntrack after insertion (bsc#1238537).
    - CVE-2022-49590: igmp: Fix data-races around sysctl_igmp_llm_reports (bsc#1238844).
    - CVE-2022-49658: bpf, selftests: Add verifier test case for imm=0,umin=0,umax=1 scalar (bsc#1238803).
    - CVE-2022-49668: PM / devfreq: exynos-ppmu: Fix refcount leak in of_get_devfreq_events (bsc#1237957).
    - CVE-2022-49693: drm/msm/mdp4: Fix refcount leak in mdp4_modeset_init_intf (bsc#1237954).
    - CVE-2022-49725: i40e: Fix call trace in setup_tx_descriptors (bsc#1238016).
    - CVE-2022-49728: kABI workaround for changeing the variable length type to size_t (bsc#1239111).
    - CVE-2022-49730: scsi: lpfc: Resolve NULL ptr dereference after an ELS LOGO is aborted (bsc#1239070).
    - CVE-2022-49749: i2c: designware: use casting of u64 in clock multiplication to avoid overflow     (bsc#1240243).
    - CVE-2022-49753: dmaengine: Fix double increment of client_count in dma_chan_get() (bsc#1240250).
    - CVE-2023-53023: net: nfc: Fix use-after-free in local_cleanup() (bsc#1240309).
    - CVE-2023-53032: netfilter: ipset: Fix overflow before widen in the bitmap_ip_create() function     (bsc#1240270).
    - CVE-2024-49994: block: fix integer overflow in BLKSECDISCARD (bsc#1237757).
    - CVE-2024-50038: netfilter: xtables: fix typo causing some targets not to load on IPv6 (bsc#1231910).
    - CVE-2024-50272: filemap: Fix bounds checking in filemap_read() (bsc#1233461 bsc#1234209).
    - CVE-2024-52559: drm/msm/gem: prevent integer overflow in msm_ioctl_gem_submit() (bsc#1238507).
    - CVE-2024-54683: netfilter: IDLETIMER: Fix for possible ABBA deadlock (bsc#1235729).
    - CVE-2024-56590: skbuff: introduce skb_pull_data (bsc#1235038).
    - CVE-2024-56641: net/smc: initialize close_work early to avoid warning (bsc#1235526).
    - CVE-2024-57924: fs: relax assertions on failure to encode file handles (bsc#1236086).
    - CVE-2024-57980: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path (bsc#1237911).
    - CVE-2024-57981: usb: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference on certain command aborts (bsc#1237912).
    - CVE-2024-58005: tpm: Change to kvalloc() in eventlog/acpi.c (bsc#1237873).
    - CVE-2024-58009: Bluetooth: L2CAP: handle NULL sock pointer in l2cap_sock_alloc (bsc#1238760).
    - CVE-2024-58017: printk: Fix signed integer overflow when defining LOG_BUF_LEN_MAX (bsc#1237950     bsc#1239112).
    - CVE-2024-58063: wifi: rtlwifi: fix memory leaks and invalid access at probe error path (bsc#1238984).
    - CVE-2024-58093: PCI/ASPM: Fix link state exit during switch upstream function removal (bsc#1241347).
    - CVE-2025-21635: rds: sysctl: rds_tcp_{rcv,snd}buf: avoid using current->nsproxy (bsc#1236111).
    - CVE-2025-21735: NFC: nci: Add bounds checking in nci_hci_create_pipe() (bsc#1238497).
    - CVE-2025-21750: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index() (bsc#1238905).
    - CVE-2025-21758: ipv6: mcast: add RCU protection to mld_newpack() (bsc#1238737).
    - CVE-2025-21768: net: ipv6: fix dst ref loops in rpl, seg6 and ioam6 lwtunnels (bsc#1238714).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
    - CVE-2025-21779: KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel     (bsc#1238768).
    - CVE-2025-21806: net: let net.core.dev_weight always be non-zero (bsc#1238746).
    - CVE-2025-21862: drop_monitor: fix incorrect initialization order (bsc#1239474).
    - CVE-2025-21881: uprobes: Reject the shared zeropage in uprobe_write_opcode() (bsc#1240185).
    - CVE-2025-21909: wifi: nl80211: reject cooked mode if it is set along with other flags (bsc#1240590).
    - CVE-2025-21910: wifi: cfg80211: regulatory: improve invalid hints checking (bsc#1240583).
    - CVE-2025-21926: net: gso: fix ownership in __udp_gso_segment (bsc#1240712).
    - CVE-2025-21927: nvme-tcp: fix potential memory corruption in nvme_tcp_recv_pdu() (bsc#1240714).
    - CVE-2025-21931: hwpoison, memory_hotplug: lock folio before unmap hwpoisoned folio (bsc#1240709).
    - CVE-2025-21941: drm/amd/display: Fix null check for pipe_ctx->plane_state in (bsc#1240701).
    - CVE-2025-21948: HID: appleir: Fix potential NULL dereference at raw event handle (bsc#1240703).
    - CVE-2025-21956: drm/amd/display: Assign normalized_pix_clk when color depth = 14 (bsc#1240739).
    - CVE-2025-21957: scsi: qla1280: Fix kernel oops when debug level > 2 (bsc#1240742).
    - CVE-2025-21963: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acdirmax mount option (bsc#1240717).
    - CVE-2025-21964: cifs: Fix integer overflow while processing acregmax mount option (bsc#1240740).
    - CVE-2025-21976: fbdev: hyperv_fb: Allow graceful removal of framebuffer (bsc#1241145).
    - CVE-2025-22004: net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (bsc#1240835).
    - CVE-2025-22008: regulator: check that dummy regulator has been probed before using it (bsc#1240942).
    - CVE-2025-22010: RDMA/hns: Fix soft lockup during bt pages loop (bsc#1240943).
    - CVE-2025-22018: atm: Fix NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1241266).
    - CVE-2025-22053: net: ibmveth: make veth_pool_store stop hanging (bsc#1241373).
    - CVE-2025-22055: net: fix geneve_opt length integer overflow (bsc#1241371).
    - CVE-2025-22060: net: mvpp2: Prevent parser TCAM memory corruption (bsc#1241526).
    - CVE-2025-22086: RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_poll_one() cur_qp update flow (bsc#1241458).
    - CVE-2025-23131: dlm: prevent NPD when writing a positive value to event_done (bsc#1241601).
    - CVE-2025-37785: ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir (bsc#1241640).


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-2025:1263-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47248: udp: fix race between close() and udp_abort() (bsc#1224867).
    - CVE-2022-49051: net: usb: aqc111: Fix out-of-bounds accesses in RX fixup (bsc#1237903).
    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49275: can: m_can: m_can_tx_handler(): fix use after free of skb (bsc#1238719).
    - CVE-2022-49413: bfq: Update cgroup information before merging bio (bsc#1238710).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238729).
    - CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA (bsc#1238787).
    - CVE-2022-49564: crypto: qat - add param check for DH (bsc#1238789).
    - 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-2024-56642: tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer() (bsc#1235433).
    - 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-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - 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-2025:1241-1 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.

  - mac80211: fix potential double free on mesh join While commit 6a01afcf8468 (mac80211: mesh: Free ie data     when leaving mesh) fixed a memory leak on mesh leave / teardown it introduced a potential memory     corruption caused by a double free when rejoining the mesh: ieee80211_leave_mesh() ->     kfree(sdata->u.mesh.ie); ... ieee80211_join_mesh() -> copy_mesh_setup() -> old_ie = ifmsh->ie; ->     kfree(old_ie); This double free / kernel panics can be reproduced by using wpa_supplicant with an     encrypted mesh (if set up without encryption via iw then ifmsh->ie is always NULL, which avoids this     issue). And then calling: $ iw dev mesh0 mesh leave $ iw dev mesh0 mesh join my-mesh Note that typically     these commands are not used / working when using wpa_supplicant. And it seems that wpa_supplicant or     wpa_cli are going through a NETDEV_DOWN/NETDEV_UP cycle between a mesh leave and mesh join where the     NETDEV_UP resets the mesh.ie to NULL via a memcpy of default_mesh_setup in cfg80211_netdev_notifier_call,     which then avoids the memory corruption, too. The issue was first observed in an application which was not     using wpa_supplicant but Senf instead, which implements its own calls to nl80211. Fixing the issue by     removing the kfree()'ing of the mesh IE in the mesh join function and leaving it solely up to the mesh     leave to free the mesh IE. (CVE-2022-49290)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:7683 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)

    * race condition in VT_RESIZEX ioctl when vc_cons[i].d is already NULL leading to NULL pointer dereference     (CVE-2020-36558)

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

    * memory leak for large arguments in video_usercopy function in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c     (CVE-2021-30002)

    * 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 in tc_new_tfilter() in net/sched/cls_api.c (CVE-2022-1055)

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

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

    * buffer overflow in nft_set_desc_concat_parse() (CVE-2022-2078)

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

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

    * use-after-free when psi trigger is destroyed while being polled (CVE-2022-2938)

    * net/packet: slab-out-of-bounds access in packet_recvmsg() (CVE-2022-20368)

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

    * Spectre-BHB (CVE-2022-23960)

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

    * memory leak in drivers/hid/hid-elo.c (CVE-2022-27950)

    * 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)

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

    * 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 8.7 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	Severity
237099	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
234484	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
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
225475	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49290	Nessus	Misc.	high
167155	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2022:7683)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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