In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets The vmci_dispatch_dgs() tasklet function calls vmci_read_data() which uses wait_event() resulting in invalid sleep in an atomic context (and therefore potentially in a deadlock). Use threaded irqs to fix this issue and completely remove usage of tasklets. [ 20.264639] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c:145 [ 20.264643] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 762, name: vmtoolsd [ 20.264645] preempt_count: 101, expected: 0 [ 20.264646] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 20.264647] 1 lock held by vmtoolsd/762: [ 20.264648] #0: ffff0000874ae440 (sk_lock-AF_VSOCK){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: vsock_connect+0x60/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264658] Preemption disabled at: [ 20.264659] [<ffff80000151d7d8>] vmci_send_datagram+0x44/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264665] CPU: 0 PID: 762 Comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted 5.19.0-0.rc8.20220727git39c3c396f813.60.fc37.aarch64 #1 [ 20.264667] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VBSA/VBSA, BIOS VEFI 12/31/2020 [ 20.264668] Call trace: [ 20.264669] dump_backtrace+0xc4/0x130 [ 20.264672] show_stack+0x24/0x80 [ 20.264673] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb4 [ 20.264676] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 20.264677] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x280 [ 20.264679] __might_sleep+0x58/0x90 [ 20.264681] vmci_read_data+0x74/0x120 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264683] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x64/0x204 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264686] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x13c/0x150 [ 20.264688] tasklet_action+0x40/0x50 [ 20.264689] __do_softirq+0x23c/0x6b4 [ 20.264690] __irq_exit_rcu+0x104/0x214 [ 20.264691] irq_exit_rcu+0x1c/0x50 [ 20.264693] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x6c [ 20.264695] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 [ 20.264696] el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c [ 20.264697] preempt_count_sub+0xa4/0xe0 [ 20.264698] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x64/0xb0 [ 20.264701] vmci_send_datagram+0x7c/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264703] vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x84/0x100 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264706] vmci_datagram_send+0x2c/0x40 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264709] vmci_transport_send_control_pkt+0xb8/0x120 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264711] vmci_transport_connect+0x40/0x7c [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264713] vsock_connect+0x278/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264715] __sys_connect_file+0x8c/0xc0 [ 20.264718] __sys_connect+0x84/0xb4 [ 20.264720] __arm64_sys_connect+0x2c/0x3c [ 20.264721] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ 20.264723] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x124 [ 20.264724] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c [ 20.264725] el0_svc+0x60/0x180 [ 20.264726] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ 20.264728] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crxsa-2024_3138 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    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 Rocky Linux SIG Cloud 8.10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

    This advisory is provided by Ctrl IQ, Inc for Rocky Linux systems. For more information about CIQ security     practices, visit https://ciq.com/security.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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.

  - VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets The vmci_dispatch_dgs() tasklet function calls     vmci_read_data() which uses wait_event() resulting in invalid sleep in an atomic context (and therefore     potentially in a deadlock). Use threaded irqs to fix this issue and completely remove usage of tasklets. [     20.264639] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c:145 [     20.264643] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 762, name: vmtoolsd [ 20.264645]     preempt_count: 101, expected: 0 [ 20.264646] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 20.264647] 1 lock held by     vmtoolsd/762: [ 20.264648] #0: ffff0000874ae440 (sk_lock-AF_VSOCK){+.+.}-{0:0}, at:
    vsock_connect+0x60/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264658] Preemption disabled at: [ 20.264659] [<ffff80000151d7d8>]     vmci_send_datagram+0x44/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264665] CPU: 0 PID: 762 Comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted     5.19.0-0.rc8.20220727git39c3c396f813.60.fc37.aarch64 #1 [ 20.264667] Hardware name: VMware, Inc.
    VBSA/VBSA, BIOS VEFI 12/31/2020 [ 20.264668] Call trace: [ 20.264669] dump_backtrace+0xc4/0x130 [     20.264672] show_stack+0x24/0x80 [ 20.264673] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb4 [ 20.264676] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [     20.264677] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x280 [ 20.264679] __might_sleep+0x58/0x90 [ 20.264681]     vmci_read_data+0x74/0x120 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264683] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x64/0x204 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264686]     tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x13c/0x150 [ 20.264688] tasklet_action+0x40/0x50 [ 20.264689]
    __do_softirq+0x23c/0x6b4 [ 20.264690] __irq_exit_rcu+0x104/0x214 [ 20.264691] irq_exit_rcu+0x1c/0x50 [     20.264693] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x6c [ 20.264695] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 [ 20.264696]     el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c [ 20.264697] preempt_count_sub+0xa4/0xe0 [ 20.264698]
    _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x64/0xb0 [ 20.264701] vmci_send_datagram+0x7c/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264703]     vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x84/0x100 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264706] vmci_datagram_send+0x2c/0x40 [vmw_vmci] [     20.264709] vmci_transport_send_control_pkt+0xb8/0x120 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264711]     vmci_transport_connect+0x40/0x7c [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264713] vsock_connect+0x278/0x330 [vsock]     [ 20.264715] __sys_connect_file+0x8c/0xc0 [ 20.264718] __sys_connect+0x84/0xb4 [ 20.264720]
    __arm64_sys_connect+0x2c/0x3c [ 20.264721] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ 20.264723]     el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x124 [ 20.264724] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c [ 20.264725] el0_svc+0x60/0x180 [     20.264726] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ 20.264728] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 (CVE-2022-49759)

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

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-2025:1195-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 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-2024-53064: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (bsc#1233558 bsc#1234464).
    - CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
    - CVE-2024-58083: KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (bsc#1239036).
    - CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
    - CVE-2025-21714: RDMA/mlx5: Fix implicit ODP use after free (bsc#1237890).
    - CVE-2025-21732: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a race for an ODP MR which leads to CQE with error (bsc#1237877).
    - CVE-2025-21753: btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (bsc#1237875).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).


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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3138 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    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 8.10 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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6583 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

    * kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and     cls_route (CVE-2023-4128, CVE-2023-4206, CVE-2023-4207, CVE-2023-4208)

    * kernel: eBPF: insufficient stack type checks in dynptr (CVE-2023-39191)

    * Kernel: race when faulting a device private page in memory manager (CVE-2022-3523)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l1oip timer handlers (CVE-2022-3565)

    * kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (CVE-2022-3594)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_cmd_res_check (CVE-2022-38457)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_execbuf_tie_context (CVE-2022-40133)

    * hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

    * kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42895)

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

    * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

    * kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

    * kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove() (CVE-2023-1079)

    * kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

    * kernel: ovl: fix use after free in struct ovl_aio_req (CVE-2023-1252)

    * Kernel: use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul in fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c (CVE-2023-1652)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)

    * kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

    * kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params() (CVE-2023-3772)

    * kernel: xfrm: out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH nlattr (CVE-2023-3773)

    * kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability (CVE-2023-4155)

    * kernel: exFAT: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry (CVE-2023-4273)

    * kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

    * kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 (CVE-2023-30456)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (CVE-2023-33203)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: race condition leading to information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-33951)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: double free within the handling of vmw_buffer_object objects (CVE-2023-33952)

    * kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove() (CVE-2023-35825)

    * kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid (CVE-2023-1076)

    * kernel: missing mmap_lock in file_files_note that could possibly lead to a use after free in the     coredump code (CVE-2023-1249)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

    * kernel: gfs2: NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_evict_inode() (CVE-2023-3212)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to missing kalloc() return value check in     shtp_cl_get_dma_send_buf() (CVE-2023-3358)

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid next fix of i_uid to current_fsuid     (CVE-2023-4194)

    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 9.3 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
353813	Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: bpftool / bpftool-debuginfo / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crxsa-2024_3138)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	critical
253008	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49759	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
234407	SUSE SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
234182	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1195-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
197808	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2024:3138)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	critical
194262	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:6583)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	Local	high

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