In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit When ath11k modules are removed using rmmod with spectral scan enabled, crash is observed. Different crash trace is observed for each crash. Send spectral scan disable WMI command to firmware before cleaning the spectral dbring in the spectral_deinit API to avoid this crash. call trace from one of the crash observed: [ 1252.880802] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 [ 1252.882722] pgd = 0f42e886 [ 1252.890955] [00000008] *pgd=00000000 [ 1252.893478] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM [ 1253.093035] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.89 #0 [ 1253.115261] Hardware name: Generic DT based system [ 1253.121149] PC is at ath11k_spectral_process_data+0x434/0x574 [ath11k] [ 1253.125940] LR is at 0x88e31017 [ 1253.132448] pc : [<7f9387b8>] lr : [<88e31017>] psr: a0000193 [ 1253.135488] sp : 80d01bc8 ip : 00000001 fp : 970e0000 [ 1253.141737] r10: 88e31000 r9 : 970ec000 r8 : 00000080 [ 1253.146946] r7 : 94734040 r6 : a0000113 r5 : 00000057 r4 : 00000000 [ 1253.152159] r3 : e18cb694 r2 : 00000217 r1 : 1df1f000 r0 : 00000001 [ 1253.158755] Flags: NzCv IRQs off FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user [ 1253.165266] Control: 10c0383d Table: 5e71006a DAC: 00000055 [ 1253.172472] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, stack limit = 0x60870141) [ 1253.458055] [<7f9387b8>] (ath11k_spectral_process_data [ath11k]) from [<7f917fdc>] (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event+0x214/0x2e4 [ath11k]) [ 1253.466139] [<7f917fdc>] (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event [ath11k]) from [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0x1840/0x29cc [ath11k]) [ 1253.478807] [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx [ath11k]) from [<7f8fe868>] (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x180/0x4e0 [ath11k]) [ 1253.490699] [<7f8fe868>] (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler [ath11k]) from [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service+0x2c4/0x3b4 [ath11k]) [ 1253.502386] [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service [ath11k]) from [<7f9a4198>] (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet+0x28/0x80 [ath11k_pci]) [ 1253.514811] [<7f9a4198>] (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet [ath11k_pci]) from [<8032227c>] (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2+0x64/0xe8) [ 1253.526476] [<8032227c>] (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2) from [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq+0x130/0x2d0) [ 1253.537756] [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq) from [<80322610>] (irq_exit+0xcc/0xe8) [ 1253.547304] [<80322610>] (irq_exit) from [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq+0x60/0xb4) [ 1253.554428] [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq) from [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x90) [ 1253.562321] [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80301a78>] (__irq_svc+0x58/0x8c) Tested-on: QCN6122 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00851-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-988862 advisory.

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

    ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit

    When ath11k modules are removed using rmmod with spectral scan enabled,     crash is observed. Different crash trace is observed for each crash.

    Send spectral scan disable WMI command to firmware before cleaning     the spectral dbring in the spectral_deinit API to avoid this crash.

    call trace from one of the crash observed:
    [ 1252.880802] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008     [ 1252.882722] pgd = 0f42e886     [ 1252.890955] [00000008] *pgd=00000000     [ 1252.893478] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM     [ 1253.093035] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.89 #0     [ 1253.115261] Hardware name: Generic DT based system     [ 1253.121149] PC is at ath11k_spectral_process_data+0x434/0x574 [ath11k]     [ 1253.125940] LR is at 0x88e31017     [ 1253.132448] pc : [<7f9387b8>]    lr : [<88e31017>]    psr: a0000193     [ 1253.135488] sp : 80d01bc8  ip : 00000001  fp : 970e0000     [ 1253.141737] r10: 88e31000  r9 : 970ec000  r8 : 00000080     [ 1253.146946] r7 : 94734040  r6 : a0000113  r5 : 00000057  r4 : 00000000     [ 1253.152159] r3 : e18cb694  r2 : 00000217  r1 : 1df1f000  r0 : 00000001     [ 1253.158755] Flags: NzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment user     [ 1253.165266] Control: 10c0383d  Table: 5e71006a  DAC: 00000055     [ 1253.172472] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, stack limit = 0x60870141)     [ 1253.458055] [<7f9387b8>] (ath11k_spectral_process_data [ath11k]) from [<7f917fdc>]     (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event+0x214/0x2e4 [ath11k])     [ 1253.466139] [<7f917fdc>] (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event [ath11k]) from [<7f8ea3c4>]     (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0x1840/0x29cc [ath11k])     [ 1253.478807] [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx [ath11k]) from [<7f8fe868>]     (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x180/0x4e0 [ath11k])     [ 1253.490699] [<7f8fe868>] (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler [ath11k]) from [<7f91308c>]     (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service+0x2c4/0x3b4 [ath11k])     [ 1253.502386] [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service [ath11k]) from [<7f9a4198>]     (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet+0x28/0x80 [ath11k_pci])     [ 1253.514811] [<7f9a4198>] (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet [ath11k_pci]) from [<8032227c>]     (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2+0x64/0xe8)     [ 1253.526476] [<8032227c>] (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2) from [<803021e8>]     (__do_softirq+0x130/0x2d0)     [ 1253.537756] [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq) from [<80322610>] (irq_exit+0xcc/0xe8)     [ 1253.547304] [<80322610>] (irq_exit) from [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq+0x60/0xb4)     [ 1253.554428] [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq) from [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x90)     [ 1253.562321] [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80301a78>] (__irq_svc+0x58/0x8c)

    Tested-on: QCN6122 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00851-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

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-2025-986989 advisory.

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

    ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit

    When ath11k modules are removed using rmmod with spectral scan enabled,     crash is observed. Different crash trace is observed for each crash.

    Send spectral scan disable WMI command to firmware before cleaning     the spectral dbring in the spectral_deinit API to avoid this crash.

    call trace from one of the crash observed:
    [ 1252.880802] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008     [ 1252.882722] pgd = 0f42e886     [ 1252.890955] [00000008] *pgd=00000000     [ 1252.893478] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM     [ 1253.093035] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.89 #0     [ 1253.115261] Hardware name: Generic DT based system     [ 1253.121149] PC is at ath11k_spectral_process_data+0x434/0x574 [ath11k]     [ 1253.125940] LR is at 0x88e31017     [ 1253.132448] pc : [<7f9387b8>]    lr : [<88e31017>]    psr: a0000193     [ 1253.135488] sp : 80d01bc8  ip : 00000001  fp : 970e0000     [ 1253.141737] r10: 88e31000  r9 : 970ec000  r8 : 00000080     [ 1253.146946] r7 : 94734040  r6 : a0000113  r5 : 00000057  r4 : 00000000     [ 1253.152159] r3 : e18cb694  r2 : 00000217  r1 : 1df1f000  r0 : 00000001     [ 1253.158755] Flags: NzCv  IRQs off  FIQs on  Mode SVC_32  ISA ARM  Segment user     [ 1253.165266] Control: 10c0383d  Table: 5e71006a  DAC: 00000055     [ 1253.172472] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, stack limit = 0x60870141)     [ 1253.458055] [<7f9387b8>] (ath11k_spectral_process_data [ath11k]) from [<7f917fdc>]     (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event+0x214/0x2e4 [ath11k])     [ 1253.466139] [<7f917fdc>] (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event [ath11k]) from [<7f8ea3c4>]     (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0x1840/0x29cc [ath11k])     [ 1253.478807] [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx [ath11k]) from [<7f8fe868>]     (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x180/0x4e0 [ath11k])     [ 1253.490699] [<7f8fe868>] (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler [ath11k]) from [<7f91308c>]     (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service+0x2c4/0x3b4 [ath11k])     [ 1253.502386] [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service [ath11k]) from [<7f9a4198>]     (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet+0x28/0x80 [ath11k_pci])     [ 1253.514811] [<7f9a4198>] (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet [ath11k_pci]) from [<8032227c>]     (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2+0x64/0xe8)     [ 1253.526476] [<8032227c>] (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2) from [<803021e8>]     (__do_softirq+0x130/0x2d0)     [ 1253.537756] [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq) from [<80322610>] (irq_exit+0xcc/0xe8)     [ 1253.547304] [<80322610>] (irq_exit) from [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq+0x60/0xb4)     [ 1253.554428] [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq) from [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x90)     [ 1253.562321] [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80301a78>] (__irq_svc+0x58/0x8c)

    Tested-on: QCN6122 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00851-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

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.

  - ath11k: disable spectral scan during spectral deinit When ath11k modules are removed using rmmod with     spectral scan enabled, crash is observed. Different crash trace is observed for each crash. Send spectral     scan disable WMI command to firmware before cleaning the spectral dbring in the spectral_deinit API to     avoid this crash. call trace from one of the crash observed: [ 1252.880802] Unable to handle kernel NULL     pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 [ 1252.882722] pgd = 0f42e886 [ 1252.890955] [00000008]
    *pgd=00000000 [ 1252.893478] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM [ 1253.093035] CPU: 0 PID: 0     Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.4.89 #0 [ 1253.115261] Hardware name: Generic DT based system [ 1253.121149]     PC is at ath11k_spectral_process_data+0x434/0x574 [ath11k] [ 1253.125940] LR is at 0x88e31017 [     1253.132448] pc : [<7f9387b8>] lr : [<88e31017>] psr: a0000193 [ 1253.135488] sp : 80d01bc8 ip : 00000001     fp : 970e0000 [ 1253.141737] r10: 88e31000 r9 : 970ec000 r8 : 00000080 [ 1253.146946] r7 : 94734040 r6 :
    a0000113 r5 : 00000057 r4 : 00000000 [ 1253.152159] r3 : e18cb694 r2 : 00000217 r1 : 1df1f000 r0 :
    00000001 [ 1253.158755] Flags: NzCv IRQs off FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment user [ 1253.165266]     Control: 10c0383d Table: 5e71006a DAC: 00000055 [ 1253.172472] Process swapper/0 (pid: 0, stack limit =     0x60870141) [ 1253.458055] [<7f9387b8>] (ath11k_spectral_process_data [ath11k]) from [<7f917fdc>]     (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event+0x214/0x2e4 [ath11k]) [ 1253.466139] [<7f917fdc>]     (ath11k_dbring_buffer_release_event [ath11k]) from [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx+0x1840/0x29cc     [ath11k]) [ 1253.478807] [<7f8ea3c4>] (ath11k_wmi_tlv_op_rx [ath11k]) from [<7f8fe868>]     (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x180/0x4e0 [ath11k]) [ 1253.490699] [<7f8fe868>]     (ath11k_htc_rx_completion_handler [ath11k]) from [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service+0x2c4/0x3b4     [ath11k]) [ 1253.502386] [<7f91308c>] (ath11k_ce_per_engine_service [ath11k]) from [<7f9a4198>]     (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet+0x28/0x80 [ath11k_pci]) [ 1253.514811] [<7f9a4198>] (ath11k_pci_ce_tasklet     [ath11k_pci]) from [<8032227c>] (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2+0x64/0xe8) [ 1253.526476] [<8032227c>]     (tasklet_action_common.constprop.2) from [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq+0x130/0x2d0) [ 1253.537756]     [<803021e8>] (__do_softirq) from [<80322610>] (irq_exit+0xcc/0xe8) [ 1253.547304] [<80322610>] (irq_exit)     from [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq+0x60/0xb4) [ 1253.554428] [<8036a4a4>] (__handle_domain_irq) from     [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x90) [ 1253.562321] [<805eb348>] (gic_handle_irq) from [<80301a78>]     (__irq_svc+0x58/0x8c) Tested-on: QCN6122 hw1.0 AHB WLAN.HK.2.6.0.1-00851-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1     (CVE-2022-49523)

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	Type	Severity
274039	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-988862)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
268757	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-986989)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
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
226112	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49523	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high

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