In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix use-after-free in l2cap_conn_del() When l2cap_recv_frame() is invoked to receive data, and the cid is L2CAP_CID_A2MP, if the channel does not exist, it will create a channel. However, after a channel is created, the hold operation of the channel is not performed. In this case, the value of channel reference counting is 1. As a result, after hci_error_reset() is triggered, l2cap_conn_del() invokes the close hook function of A2MP to release the channel. Then l2cap_chan_unlock(chan) will trigger UAF issue. The process is as follows: Receive data: l2cap_data_channel() a2mp_channel_create() --->channel ref is 2 l2cap_chan_put() --->channel ref is 1 Triger event: hci_error_reset() hci_dev_do_close() ... l2cap_disconn_cfm() l2cap_conn_del() l2cap_chan_hold() --->channel ref is 2 l2cap_chan_del() --->channel ref is 1 a2mp_chan_close_cb() --->channel ref is 0, release channel l2cap_chan_unlock() --->UAF of channel The detailed Call Trace is as follows: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xa6/0x5e0 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8880160664b8 by task kworker/u11:1/7593 Workqueue: hci0 hci_error_reset Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0xcd/0x134 print_report.cold+0x2ba/0x719 kasan_report+0xb1/0x1e0 kasan_check_range+0x140/0x190 __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0xa6/0x5e0 l2cap_conn_del+0x404/0x7b0 l2cap_disconn_cfm+0x8c/0xc0 hci_conn_hash_flush+0x11f/0x260 hci_dev_close_sync+0x5f5/0x11f0 hci_dev_do_close+0x2d/0x70 hci_error_reset+0x9e/0x140 process_one_work+0x98a/0x1620 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 7593: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0xa9/0xd0 l2cap_chan_create+0x40/0x930 amp_mgr_create+0x96/0x990 a2mp_channel_create+0x7d/0x150 l2cap_recv_frame+0x51b8/0x9a70 l2cap_recv_acldata+0xaa3/0xc00 hci_rx_work+0x702/0x1220 process_one_work+0x98a/0x1620 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Freed by task 7593: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 kasan_set_track+0x21/0x30 kasan_set_free_info+0x20/0x30 ____kasan_slab_free+0x167/0x1c0 slab_free_freelist_hook+0x89/0x1c0 kfree+0xe2/0x580 l2cap_chan_put+0x22a/0x2d0 l2cap_conn_del+0x3fc/0x7b0 l2cap_disconn_cfm+0x8c/0xc0 hci_conn_hash_flush+0x11f/0x260 hci_dev_close_sync+0x5f5/0x11f0 hci_dev_do_close+0x2d/0x70 hci_error_reset+0x9e/0x140 process_one_work+0x98a/0x1620 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 call_rcu+0x99/0x740 netlink_release+0xe6a/0x1cf0 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 sock_close+0x18/0x20 __fput+0x27c/0xa90 task_work_run+0xdd/0x1a0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x23c/0x250 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x19/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x42/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Second to last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 call_rcu+0x99/0x740 netlink_release+0xe6a/0x1cf0 __sock_release+0xcd/0x280 sock_close+0x18/0x20 __fput+0x27c/0xa90 task_work_run+0xdd/0x1a0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x23c/0x250 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x19/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x42/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7607-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the Bluetooth stack in the Linux kernel.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2022-3640)

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Memory management;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Network traffic control;

    - USB sound devices; (CVE-2024-50116, CVE-2021-47576, CVE-2024-53197, CVE-2024-46787, CVE-2025-37798,     CVE-2024-49958, CVE-2021-47260, CVE-2025-37932, CVE-2022-49909)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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-2025:02173-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49775: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times (bsc#1242245).
    - CVE-2024-53168: net: make sock_inuse_add() available (bsc#1234887).
    - CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show (bsc#1235100).
    - CVE-2025-21999: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (bsc#1240802).
    - CVE-2025-22056: netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix geneve_opt type confusion addition (bsc#1241525).
    - CVE-2025-23145: mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow (bsc#1242596).
    - CVE-2025-37789: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (bsc#1242762).
    - CVE-2024-28956: x86/its: Add support for ITS-safe indirect thunk (bsc#1242006).
    - 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 SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47670: can: peak_usb: fix use after free bugs (bsc#1241407).
    - CVE-2022-49139: Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238032).
    - CVE-2022-49145: ACPI: CPPC: Avoid out of bounds access when parsing _CPC data (bsc#1238162).
    - CVE-2022-49168: btrfs: do not clean up repair bio if submit fails (bsc#1238109).
    - CVE-2022-49190: kernel/resource: fix kfree() of bootmem memory again (bsc#1238130).
    - CVE-2022-49212: mtd: rawnand: atmel: fix refcount issue in atmel_nand_controller_init (bsc#1238331).
    - CVE-2022-49216: drm/tegra: Fix reference leak in tegra_dsi_ganged_probe (bsc#1238338).
    - CVE-2022-49235: ath9k_htc: fix uninit value bugs (bsc#1238333).
    - CVE-2022-49248: ALSA: firewire-lib: fix uninitialized flag for AV/C deferred transaction (bsc#1238284).
    - CVE-2022-49253: media: usb: go7007: s2250-board: fix leak in probe() (bsc#1238420).
    - CVE-2022-49320: dmaengine: zynqmp_dma: In struct zynqmp_dma_chan fix desc_size data type (bsc#1238394).
    - CVE-2022-49326: rtl818x: Prevent using not initialized queues (bsc#1238646).
    - CVE-2022-49371: driver core: fix deadlock in __device_attach (bsc#1238546).
    - CVE-2022-49382: soc: rockchip: Fix refcount leak in rockchip_grf_init (bsc#1238306).
    - CVE-2022-49396: phy: qcom-qmp: fix reset-controller leak on probe errors (bsc#1238289).
    - CVE-2022-49420: net: annotate races around sk->sk_bound_dev_if (bsc#1238887).
    - CVE-2022-49441: tty: fix deadlock caused by calling printk() under tty_port->lock (bsc#1238263).
    - CVE-2022-49445: pinctrl: renesas: core: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources()     (bsc#1238019).
    - CVE-2022-49460: PM / devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Disable edev on remove() (bsc#1238892).
    - CVE-2022-49467: drm: msm: fix possible memory leak in mdp5_crtc_cursor_set() (bsc#1238815).
    - CVE-2022-49474: Bluetooth: fix dangling sco_conn and use-after-free in sco_sock_timeout (bsc#1238071).
    - CVE-2022-49491: drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind() (bsc#1238539).
    - CVE-2022-49503: ath9k_htc: fix potential out of bounds access with invalid rxstatus->rs_keyix     (bsc#1238868).
    - CVE-2022-49592: net: stmmac: fix dma queue left shift overflow issue (bsc#1238311).
    - CVE-2022-49625: sfc: fix kernel panic when creating VF (bsc#1238411).
    - CVE-2022-49635: drm/i915/selftests: fix subtraction overflow bug (bsc#1238806).
    - CVE-2022-49652: dmaengine: ti: Fix refcount leak in ti_dra7_xbar_route_allocate (bsc#1238871).
    - CVE-2022-49715: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix refcount leak in gic_populate_ppi_partitions (bsc#1238818).
    - CVE-2022-49728: kABI workaround for changeing the variable length type to size_t (bsc#1239111).
    - CVE-2022-49729: nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix memory leak in nfcmrvl_play_deferred (bsc#1239060).
    - CVE-2022-49751: w1: fix WARNING after calling w1_process() (bsc#1240254).
    - CVE-2022-49761: btrfs: always report error in run_one_delayed_ref() (bsc#1240261).
    - CVE-2022-49772: ALSA: usb-audio: Drop snd_BUG_ON() from snd_usbmidi_output_open() (bsc#1242147).
    - CVE-2022-49775: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times (bsc#1242245).
    - CVE-2022-49776: macvlan: enforce a consistent minimal mtu (bsc#1242248).
    - CVE-2022-49787: mmc: sdhci-pci: Fix possible memory leak caused by missing pci_dev_put() (bsc#1242352).
    - CVE-2022-49788: misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() (bsc#1242353).
    - CVE-2022-49813: net: ena: Fix error handling in ena_init() (bsc#1242497).
    - CVE-2022-49821: mISDN: fix possible memory leak in mISDN_dsp_element_register() (bsc#1242542).
    - CVE-2022-49826: ata: libata-transport: fix double ata_host_put() in ata_tport_add() (bsc#1242549).
    - CVE-2022-49829: drm/scheduler: fix fence ref counting (bsc#1242691).
    - CVE-2022-49832: pinctrl: devicetree: fix null pointer dereferencing in pinctrl_dt_to_map (bsc#1242154).
    - CVE-2022-49835: ALSA: hda: fix potential memleak in 'add_widget_node' (bsc#1242385).
    - CVE-2022-49840: bpf, test_run: Fix alignment problem in bpf_prog_test_run_skb() (bsc#1242447).
    - CVE-2022-49842: ASoC: soc-utils: Remove __exit for snd_soc_util_exit() (bsc#1242484).
    - CVE-2022-49853: net: macvlan: fix memory leaks of macvlan_common_newlink (bsc#1242688).
    - CVE-2022-49861: dmaengine: mv_xor_v2: Fix a resource leak in mv_xor_v2_remove() (bsc#1242580).
    - CVE-2022-49862: tipc: fix the msg->req tlv len check in tipc_nl_compat_name_table_dump_header     (bsc#1242755).
    - CVE-2022-49865: ipv6: addrlabel: fix infoleak when sending struct ifaddrlblmsg to network (bsc#1242570).
    - CVE-2022-49871: net: tun: call napi_schedule_prep() to ensure we own a napi (bsc#1242558).
    - CVE-2022-49872: net: gso: fix panic on frag_list with mixed head alloc types (bsc#1242594).
    - CVE-2022-49874: HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() (bsc#1242478).
    - CVE-2022-49898: btrfs: fix tree mod log mishandling of reallocated nodes (bsc#1242472).
    - CVE-2022-49907: net: mdio: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for __mdiobus_register (bsc#1242450).
    - CVE-2022-49913: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes() (bsc#1242470).
    - CVE-2022-49914: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()     (bsc#1242427).
    - CVE-2022-49922: nfc: nfcmrvl: Fix potential memory leak in nfcmrvl_i2c_nci_send() (bsc#1242378).
    - CVE-2022-49923: nfc: nxp-nci: Fix potential memory leak in nxp_nci_send() (bsc#1242394).
    - CVE-2022-49924: nfc: fdp: Fix potential memory leak in fdp_nci_send() (bsc#1242426).
    - CVE-2022-49925: RDMA/core: Fix null-ptr-deref in ib_core_cleanup() (bsc#1242371).
    - CVE-2022-49931: IB/hfi1: Correctly move list in sc_disable() (bsc#1242382).
    - CVE-2023-52868: thermal: core: prevent potential string overflow (bsc#1225044).
    - CVE-2023-52975: scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during logout when accessing the shost ipaddress (bsc#1240322).
    - CVE-2023-52988: ALSA: hda/via: Avoid potential array out-of-bound in add_secret_dac_path()     (bsc#1240293).
    - CVE-2023-52989: firewire: fix memory leak for payload of request subaction to IEC 61883-1 FCP region     (bsc#1240266).
    - CVE-2023-52993: x86/i8259: Mark legacy PIC interrupts with IRQ_LEVEL (bsc#1240297).
    - CVE-2023-53039: HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Fix potential use-after-free in work function (bsc#1242745).
    - CVE-2023-53045: usb: gadget: u_audio: do not let userspace block driver unbind (bsc#1242756).
    - CVE-2023-53066: qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_iov_get_vf_info (bsc#1242227).
    - CVE-2023-53079: net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup (bsc#1242765).
    - CVE-2023-53080: xsk: Add missing overflow check in xdp_umem_reg (bsc#1242287).
    - CVE-2023-53094: tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: fix race on RX DMA shutdown (bsc#1242288).
    - CVE-2023-53103: bonding: Fix memory leak when changing bond type to Ethernet (bsc#1242408).
    - CVE-2023-53114: i40e: Fix kernel crash during reboot when adapter is in recovery mode (bsc#1242398).
    - CVE-2023-53139: nfc: fdp: add null check of devm_kmalloc_array in fdp_nci_i2c_read_device_properties     (bsc#1242361).
    - CVE-2024-26740: Fixed use the backlog for mirred ingress  (bsc#1222563).
    - CVE-2024-27010: net/sched: Fix mirred deadlock on device recursion (bsc#1223720).
    - CVE-2024-45021: memcg_write_event_control(): fix a user-triggerable oops (bsc#1230434).
    - CVE-2024-46751: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() when 0 reference count at btrfs_lookup_extent_info()     (bsc#1230786).
    - CVE-2024-46752: btrfs: reduce nesting for extent processing at btrfs_lookup_extent_info() (bsc#1230794).
    - CVE-2024-50106: nfsd: fix race between laundromat and free_stateid() (bsc#1232882).
    - CVE-2024-53168: sunrpc: fix one UAF issue caused by sunrpc kernel tcp socket (bsc#1234887).
    - CVE-2024-56779: nfsd: fix nfs4_openowner leak when concurrent nfsd4_open occur (bsc#1235632).
    - CVE-2025-21648: netfilter: conntrack: clamp maximum hashtable size to INT_MAX (bsc#1236142).
    - CVE-2025-21702: pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0 (bsc#1237312).
    - CVE-2025-21704: usb: cdc-acm: Check control transfer buffer size before access (bsc#1237571).
    - CVE-2025-21787: team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation (bsc#1238774).
    - CVE-2025-21814: ptp: Ensure info->enable callback is always set (bsc#1238473).
    - CVE-2025-22021: netfilter: socket: Lookup orig tuple for IPv6 SNAT (bsc#1241282).
    - CVE-2025-22027: media: streamzap: fix race between device disconnection and urb callback (bsc#1241369).
    - CVE-2025-22050: usbnet:fix NPE during rx_complete (bsc#1241441).
    - CVE-2025-22058: udp: Fix memory accounting leak (bsc#1241332).
    - CVE-2025-22060: net: mvpp2: Prevent parser TCAM memory corruption (bsc#1241526).
    - CVE-2025-22063: netlabel: Fix NULL pointer exception caused by CALIPSO on IPv4 sockets (bsc#1241351).
    - CVE-2025-22104: ibmvnic: Use kernel helpers for hex dumps (bsc#1241550).
    - CVE-2025-23136: thermal: int340x: Add NULL check for adev (bsc#1241357).
    - CVE-2025-23150: ext4: fix off-by-one error in do_split (bsc#1242513).
    - CVE-2025-23161: PCI: vmd: Make vmd_dev::cfg_lock a raw_spinlock_t type (bsc#1242792).
    - CVE-2025-37749: net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung (bsc#1242859).
    - CVE-2025-37752: net_sched: sch_sfq: move the limit validation (bsc#1242504).
    - CVE-2025-37780: isofs: Prevent the use of too small fid (bsc#1242786).
    - CVE-2025-37782: hfs/hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds in hfs_bnode_read_key (bsc#1242770).
    - CVE-2025-37789: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (bsc#1242762).
    - CVE-2025-37794: wifi: mac80211: Purge vif txq in ieee80211_do_stop() (bsc#1242566).
    - CVE-2025-37796: wifi: at76c50x: fix use after free access in at76_disconnect (bsc#1242727).
    - CVE-2025-37797: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling (bsc#1242417).
    - CVE-2025-37823: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a potential UAF in hfsc_dequeue() too (bsc#1242924).
    - CVE-2025-37833: net/niu: Niu requires MSIX ENTRY_DATA fields touch before entry reads (bsc#1242868).
    - CVE-2025-37852: drm/amdgpu: handle amdgpu_cgs_create_device() errors in amd_powerplay_create()     (bsc#1243074).
    - CVE-2025-37879: 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies (bsc#1243077).
    - CVE-2025-37949: xenbus: Use kref to track req lifetime (bsc#1243541).
    - CVE-2025-37989: net: phy: leds: fix memory leak (bsc#1243511).
    - CVE-2025-38637: net_sched: skbprio: Remove overly strict queue assertions (bsc#1241657).


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 version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.299-223.520. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1888 advisory.

    In v4l2_m2m_querybuf of v4l2-mem2mem.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input     validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User     interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-223375145References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2022-20369)

    In pppol2tp_create of l2tp_ppp.c, there is a possible use after free due to a race condition. This could     lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not     needed for exploitation. (CVE-2022-20567)

    Non-transparent sharing of return predictor targets between contexts in some Intel(R) Processors may allow     an authorized user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access. (CVE-2022-26373)

    A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel. Affected by this vulnerability is the     function l2cap_reassemble_sdu of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c of the component Bluetooth. The     manipulation leads to use after free. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated     identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211087. (CVE-2022-3564)

    There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req     function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit     https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e     https://www.google.com/url (CVE-2022-42895)

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

    Bluetooth: L2CAP: fix use-after-free in l2cap_conn_del() (CVE-2022-49909)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in io_uring/poll.c in io_poll_check_events in the io_uring subcomponent in     the Linux Kernel due to a race condition of poll_refs. This flaw may cause a NULL pointer dereference.
    (CVE-2023-0468)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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
241175	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7607-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
241036	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
240793	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
168430	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2022-1888)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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