In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in iavf_get_link_ksettings Fix possible NULL pointer dereference, due to freeing of adapter->vf_res in iavf_init_get_resources. Previous commit introduced a regression, where receiving IAVF_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK from iavf_get_vf_config would free adapter->vf_res. However, netdev is still registered, so ethtool_ops can be called. Calling iavf_get_link_ksettings with no vf_res, will result with: [ 9385.242676] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 [ 9385.242683] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 9385.242686] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 9385.242690] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 9385.242696] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI [ 9385.242701] CPU: 6 PID: 3217 Comm: pmdalinux Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S E 5.18.0-04958-ga54ce3703613-dirty #1 [ 9385.242708] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/0WCJNT, BIOS 2.11.0 11/02/2019 [ 9385.242710] RIP: 0010:iavf_get_link_ksettings+0x29/0xd0 [iavf] [ 9385.242745] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 01 ef ff ff 48 c7 46 30 00 00 00 00 48 c7 46 38 00 00 00 00 c6 46 0b 00 66 89 46 08 48 8b 87 68 0e 00 00 <f6> 40 08 80 75 50 8b 87 5c 0e 00 00 83 f8 08 74 7a 76 1d 83 f8 20 [ 9385.242749] RSP: 0018:ffffc0560ec7fbd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 9385.242755] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc0560ec7fc08 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 9385.242759] RDX: ffffffffc0ad4550 RSI: ffffc0560ec7fc08 RDI: ffffa0fc66674000 [ 9385.242762] RBP: 00007ffd1fb2bf50 R08: b6a2d54b892363ee R09: ffffa101dc14fb00 [ 9385.242765] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000004 R12: ffffa0fc66674000 [ 9385.242768] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffa0fc66674000 R15: 00000000ffffffa1 [ 9385.242771] FS: 00007f93711a2980(0000) GS:ffffa0fad72c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9385.242775] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9385.242778] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000a8e61c003 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 9385.242781] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 9385.242784] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 9385.242787] Call Trace: [ 9385.242791] <TASK> [ 9385.242793] ethtool_get_settings+0x71/0x1a0 [ 9385.242814] __dev_ethtool+0x426/0x2f40 [ 9385.242823] ? slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4f/0x280 [ 9385.242836] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x15d/0x2f0 [ 9385.242841] ? dev_ethtool+0x59/0x170 [ 9385.242848] dev_ethtool+0xa7/0x170 [ 9385.242856] dev_ioctl+0xc3/0x520 [ 9385.242866] sock_do_ioctl+0xa0/0xe0 [ 9385.242877] sock_ioctl+0x22f/0x320 [ 9385.242885] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x84/0xc0 [ 9385.242896] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 [ 9385.242904] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 [ 9385.242918] RIP: 0033:0x7f93702396db [ 9385.242923] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d ad 57 38 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 7d 57 38 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [ 9385.242927] RSP: 002b:00007ffd1fb2bf18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 [ 9385.242932] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055671b1d2fe0 RCX: 00007f93702396db [ 9385.242935] RDX: 00007ffd1fb2bf20 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 0000000000000007 [ 9385.242937] RBP: 00007ffd1fb2bf20 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0030763066307330 [ 9385.242940] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007ffd1fb2bf80 [ 9385.242942] R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 0000556719f6de90 R15: 00007ffd1fb2c1b0 [ 9385.242948] </TASK> [ 9385.242949] Modules linked in: iavf(E) xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack ipt_REJECT nft_compat nf_nat_tftp nft_objref nf_conntrack_tftp bridge stp llc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4 nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables rfkill nfnetlink vfat fat irdma ib_uverbs ib_core intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sb_edac x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretem ---truncated---

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: iavf: Fix NULL pointer dereference in     iavf_get_link_ksettings Fix possible NULL pointer dereference, due to freeing of adapter->vf_res in     iavf_init_get_resources. Previous commit introduced a regression, where receiving     IAVF_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK from iavf_get_vf_config would free adapter->vf_res. However, netdev is still     registered, so ethtool_ops can be called. Calling iavf_get_link_ksettings with no vf_res, will result     with: [ 9385.242676] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 [ 9385.242683] #PF:
    supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 9385.242686] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [     9385.242690] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 9385.242696] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI [ 9385.242701]     CPU: 6 PID: 3217 Comm: pmdalinux Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S E 5.18.0-04958-ga54ce3703613-dirty #1 [     9385.242708] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/0WCJNT, BIOS 2.11.0 11/02/2019 [ 9385.242710] RIP:
    0010:iavf_get_link_ksettings+0x29/0xd0 [iavf] [ 9385.242745] Code: 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 b8 01 ef ff ff 48 c7     46 30 00 00 00 00 48 c7 46 38 00 00 00 00 c6 46 0b 00 66 89 46 08 48 8b 87 68 0e 00 00 <f6> 40 08 80 75 50     8b 87 5c 0e 00 00 83 f8 08 74 7a 76 1d 83 f8 20 [ 9385.242749] RSP: 0018:ffffc0560ec7fbd0 EFLAGS: 00010246     [ 9385.242755] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc0560ec7fc08 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 9385.242759] RDX:
    ffffffffc0ad4550 RSI: ffffc0560ec7fc08 RDI: ffffa0fc66674000 [ 9385.242762] RBP: 00007ffd1fb2bf50 R08:
    b6a2d54b892363ee R09: ffffa101dc14fb00 [ 9385.242765] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000004 R12:
    ffffa0fc66674000 [ 9385.242768] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffa0fc66674000 R15: 00000000ffffffa1 [     9385.242771] FS: 00007f93711a2980(0000) GS:ffffa0fad72c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 9385.242775]     CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 9385.242778] CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3:
    0000000a8e61c003 CR4: 00000000003706e0 [ 9385.242781] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2:
    0000000000000000 [ 9385.242784] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [     9385.242787] Call Trace: [ 9385.242791] <TASK> [ 9385.242793] ethtool_get_settings+0x71/0x1a0 [     9385.242814] __dev_ethtool+0x426/0x2f40 [ 9385.242823] ? slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4f/0x280 [ 9385.242836] ?     kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x15d/0x2f0 [ 9385.242841] ? dev_ethtool+0x59/0x170 [ 9385.242848]     dev_ethtool+0xa7/0x170 [ 9385.242856] dev_ioctl+0xc3/0x520 [ 9385.242866] sock_do_ioctl+0xa0/0xe0 [     9385.242877] sock_ioctl+0x22f/0x320 [ 9385.242885] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x84/0xc0 [ 9385.242896]     do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 [ 9385.242904] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 [ 9385.242918] RIP:
    0033:0x7f93702396db [ 9385.242923] Code: 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d ad 57 38 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e     0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d 7d 57 38     00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 [ 9385.242927] RSP: 002b:00007ffd1fb2bf18 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010     [ 9385.242932] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055671b1d2fe0 RCX: 00007f93702396db [ 9385.242935] RDX:
    00007ffd1fb2bf20 RSI: 0000000000008946 RDI: 0000000000000007 [ 9385.242937] RBP: 00007ffd1fb2bf20 R08:
    0000000000000003 R09: 0030763066307330 [ 9385.242940] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12:
    00007ffd1fb2bf80 [ 9385.242942] R13: 0000000000000007 R14: 0000556719f6de90 R15: 00007ffd1fb2c1b0 [     9385.242948] </TASK> [ 9385.242949] Modules linked in: iavf(E) xt_CHECKSUM xt_MASQUERADE xt_conntrack     ipt_REJECT nft_compat nf_nat_tftp nft_objref nf_conntrack_tftp bridge stp llc nft_fib_inet nft_fib_ipv4     nft_fib_ipv6 nft_fib nft_reject_inet nf_reject_ipv4 nf_reject_ipv6 nft_reject nft_ct nft_chain_nat nf_nat     nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables rfkill nfnetlink vfat fat irdma ib_uverbs     ib_core intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common sb_edac x86_pkg_temp_thermal intel_powerclamp coretem
    ---truncated--- (CVE-2022-50054)

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-2025:02264-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47557: net/sched: sch_ets: do not peek at classes beyond 'nbands' (bsc#1207361 bsc#1225468).
    - CVE-2021-47595: net/sched: sch_ets: do not remove idle classes from the round-robin list (bsc#1207361     bsc#1226552).
    - CVE-2023-52924: netfilter: nf_tables: do not skip expired elements during walk (bsc#1236821).
    - CVE-2023-52925: netfilter: nf_tables: do not fail inserts if duplicate has expired (bsc#1236822).
    - CVE-2024-26808: netfilter: nft_chain_filter: handle NETDEV_UNREGISTER for inet/ingress basechain     (bsc#1222634).
    - CVE-2024-26924: scsi: lpfc: Release hbalock before calling lpfc_worker_wake_up() (bsc#1225820).
    - CVE-2024-27397: kabi: place tstamp needed for nftables set in a hole (bsc#1224095).
    - CVE-2024-36978: net: sched: sch_multiq: fix possible OOB write in multiq_tune() (bsc#1226514).
    - CVE-2024-46800: sch/netem: fix use after free in netem_dequeue (bsc#1230827).
    - CVE-2024-53125: bpf: sync_linked_regs() must preserve subreg_def (bsc#1234156).
    - CVE-2024-53141: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (bsc#1234381).
    - CVE-2024-53197: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices     (bsc#1235464).
    - CVE-2024-56770: sch/netem: fix use after free in netem_dequeue (bsc#1235637).
    - CVE-2025-21700: net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another (bsc#1237159).
    - CVE-2025-21702: pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0 (bsc#1237312).
    - CVE-2025-21703: netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (bsc#1237313).
    - CVE-2025-21756: vsock: Orphan socket after transport release (bsc#1238876).
    - CVE-2025-23141: KVM: x86: Acquire SRCU in KVM_GET_MP_STATE to protect guest memory accesses     (bsc#1242782).
    - CVE-2025-37752: net_sched: sch_sfq: move the limit validation (bsc#1242504).
    - CVE-2025-37823: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a potential UAF in hfsc_dequeue() too (bsc#1242924).
    - CVE-2025-37890: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class with netem as child qdisc     (bsc#1243330).
    - CVE-2025-37997: netfilter: ipset: fix region locking in hash types (bsc#1243832).
    - CVE-2025-38000: sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue() (bsc#1244277).
    - CVE-2025-38001: net_sched: hfsc: Address reentrant enqueue adding class to eltree twice (bsc#1244234).
    - CVE-2025-38014: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper (bsc#1244732).
    - CVE-2025-38060: bpf: abort verification if env->cur_state->loop_entry != NULL (bsc#1245155).
    - CVE-2025-38083: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (bsc#1245183).


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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
244071	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50054	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241963	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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