In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/vkms: Fix null-ptr-deref in vkms_release() A null-ptr-deref is triggered when it tries to destroy the workqueue in vkms->output.composer_workq in vkms_release(). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f] CPU: 5 PID: 17193 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.0.0-11331-gd465bff130bf #24 RIP: 0010:destroy_workqueue+0x2f/0x710 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? vkms_config_debugfs_init+0x50/0x50 [vkms] __devm_drm_dev_alloc+0x15a/0x1c0 [drm] vkms_init+0x245/0x1000 [vkms] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4f0 do_init_module+0x1a4/0x680 load_module+0x6249/0x7110 __do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The reason is that an OOM happened which triggers the destroy of the workqueue, however, the workqueue is alloced in the later process, thus a null-ptr-deref happened. A simple call graph is shown as below: vkms_init() vkms_create() devm_drm_dev_alloc() __devm_drm_dev_alloc() devm_drm_dev_init() devm_add_action_or_reset() devm_add_action() # an error happened devm_drm_dev_init_release() drm_dev_put() kref_put() drm_dev_release() vkms_release() destroy_workqueue() # null-ptr-deref happened vkms_modeset_init() vkms_output_init() vkms_crtc_init() # where the workqueue get allocated Fix this by checking if composer_workq is NULL before passing it to the destroy_workqueue() in vkms_release().

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49138: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238160).
    - CVE-2022-49980: USB: gadget: fix use-after-free read in usb_udc_uevent() (bsc#1245110).
    - CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} (bsc#1246968).
    - CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249846).
    - CVE-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead do not access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250392).
    - CVE-2023-53178: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (bsc#1249827).
    - CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250313).
    - CVE-2023-53438: x86/MCE: Always save CS register on AMD Zen IF Poison errors (bsc#1250180).
    - CVE-2025-23155: net: stmmac: Fix accessing freed irq affinity_hint (bsc#1242573).
    - CVE-2025-37738: ext4: ignore xattrs past end (bsc#1242846).
    - CVE-2025-37885: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable (bsc#1242960).
    - CVE-2025-37958: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (bsc#1243539).
    - CVE-2025-38014: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper (bsc#1244732).
    - CVE-2025-38084: mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before (bsc#1245498).
    - CVE-2025-38085: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (bsc#1245499).
    - CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (bsc#1245666).
    - CVE-2025-38184: tipc: fix null-ptr-deref when acquiring remote ip of ethernet bearer (bsc#1245956).
    - CVE-2025-38380: i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (bsc#1247028).
    - CVE-2025-38470: net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling filtering during runtime     (bsc#1247288).
    - CVE-2025-38476: rpl: Fix use-after-free in rpl_do_srh_inline() (bsc#1247317).
    - CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247239).
    - CVE-2025-38553: net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree     (bsc#1248255).
    - CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248399).
    - CVE-2025-38659: gfs2: No more self recovery (bsc#1248639).
    - CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248628).
    - CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249126).
    - CVE-2025-38685: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (bsc#1249220).
    - CVE-2025-38706: ASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() (bsc#1249195).
    - CVE-2025-38713: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() (bsc#1249200).
    - CVE-2025-38734: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() (bsc#1249324).
    - CVE-2025-39691: fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (bsc#1249374).
    - CVE-2025-39703: net, hsr: reject HSR frame if skb can't hold tag (bsc#1249315).
    - CVE-2025-39726: s390/ism: fix concurrency management in ism_cmd() (bsc#1249266).
    - CVE-2025-39746: wifi: ath10k: shutdown driver when hardware is unreliable (bsc#1249516).
    - CVE-2025-39751: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (bsc#1249538).
    - CVE-2025-39790: bus: mhi: host: Detect events pointing to unexpected TREs (bsc#1249548).
    - CVE-2025-39797: xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI (bsc#1249608).
    - CVE-2025-39823: KVM: x86: use array_index_nospec with indices that come from guest (bsc#1250002).
    - CVE-2025-39824: HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (bsc#1250007).
    - CVE-2025-39860: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (bsc#1250247).
    - CVE-2025-39869: dmaengine: ti: edma: Fix memory allocation size for queue_priority_map (bsc#1250406).


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-2025:03615-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49138: Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix checking conn for le_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238160).
    - CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} (bsc#1246968).
    - CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249846).
    - CVE-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead do not access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250392).
    - CVE-2023-53178: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (bsc#1249827).
    - CVE-2023-53257: wifi: mac80211: check S1G action frame size (bsc#1249869).
    - CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250313).
    - CVE-2023-53438: x86/MCE: Always save CS register on AMD Zen IF Poison errors (bsc#1250180).
    - CVE-2025-37738: ext4: ignore xattrs past end (bsc#1242846).
    - CVE-2025-37958: mm/huge_memory: fix dereferencing invalid pmd migration entry (bsc#1243539).
    - CVE-2025-38014: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper (bsc#1244732).
    - CVE-2025-38111: net/mdiobus: Fix potential out-of-bounds read/write access (bsc#1245666).
    - CVE-2025-38380: i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (bsc#1247028).
    - CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247239).
    - CVE-2025-38553: net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree     (bsc#1248255).
    - CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248399).
    - CVE-2025-38659: gfs2: No more self recovery (bsc#1248639).
    - CVE-2025-38664: ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in ice_copy_and_init_pkg() (bsc#1248628).
    - CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249126).
    - CVE-2025-38685: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (bsc#1249220).
    - CVE-2025-38706: ASoC: core: Check for rtd == NULL in snd_soc_remove_pcm_runtime() (bsc#1249195).
    - CVE-2025-38713: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() (bsc#1249200).
    - CVE-2025-38734: net/smc: fix UAF on smcsk after smc_listen_out() (bsc#1249324).
    - CVE-2025-39691: fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (bsc#1249374).
    - CVE-2025-39703: net, hsr: reject HSR frame if skb can't hold tag (bsc#1249315).
    - CVE-2025-39726: s390/ism: fix concurrency management in ism_cmd() (bsc#1249266).
    - CVE-2025-39746: wifi: ath10k: shutdown driver when hardware is unreliable (bsc#1249516).
    - CVE-2025-39751: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (bsc#1249538).
    - CVE-2025-39790: bus: mhi: host: Detect events pointing to unexpected TREs (bsc#1249548).
    - CVE-2025-39823: KVM: x86: use array_index_nospec with indices that come from guest (bsc#1250002).
    - CVE-2025-39824: HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (bsc#1250007).
    - CVE-2025-39860: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (bsc#1250247).
    - CVE-2025-39869: dmaengine: ti: edma: Fix memory allocation size for queue_priority_map (bsc#1250406).


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.

  - drm/vkms: Fix null-ptr-deref in vkms_release() A null-ptr-deref is triggered when it tries to destroy the     workqueue in vkms->output.composer_workq in vkms_release(). KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range     [0x0000000000000118-0x000000000000011f] CPU: 5 PID: 17193 Comm: modprobe Not tainted     6.0.0-11331-gd465bff130bf #24 RIP: 0010:destroy_workqueue+0x2f/0x710 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ?     vkms_config_debugfs_init+0x50/0x50 [vkms] __devm_drm_dev_alloc+0x15a/0x1c0 [drm] vkms_init+0x245/0x1000     [vkms] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4f0 do_init_module+0x1a4/0x680 load_module+0x6249/0x7110
    __do_sys_finit_module+0x140/0x200 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The     reason is that an OOM happened which triggers the destroy of the workqueue, however, the workqueue is     alloced in the later process, thus a null-ptr-deref happened. A simple call graph is shown as below:
    vkms_init() vkms_create() devm_drm_dev_alloc() __devm_drm_dev_alloc() devm_drm_dev_init()     devm_add_action_or_reset() devm_add_action() # an error happened devm_drm_dev_init_release() drm_dev_put()     kref_put() drm_dev_release() vkms_release() destroy_workqueue() # null-ptr-deref happened     vkms_modeset_init() vkms_output_init() vkms_crtc_init() # where the workqueue get allocated Fix this by     checking if composer_workq is NULL before passing it to the destroy_workqueue() in vkms_release().
    (CVE-2022-50369)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:15670 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (CVE-2023-2513)

    * kernel: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (CVE-2025-22097)

    * kernel: udp: Fix memory accounting leak. (CVE-2025-22058)

    * kernel: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (CVE-2025-38079)

    * kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (CVE-2025-38085)

    * kernel: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (CVE-2025-38159)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (CVE-2025-38250)

    * kernel: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del()     (CVE-2025-38352)

    * kernel: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close() (CVE-2025-38464)

    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.

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-2025:15658 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: ext4: use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry() (CVE-2023-2513)

    * kernel: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (CVE-2025-22097)

    * kernel: udp: Fix memory accounting leak. (CVE-2025-22058)

    * kernel: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (CVE-2025-38079)

    * kernel: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (CVE-2025-38085)

    * kernel: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (CVE-2025-38159)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (CVE-2025-38250)

    * kernel: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del()     (CVE-2025-38352)

    * kernel: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close() (CVE-2025-38464)

    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.

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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:13960 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (CVE-2025-22097)

    * kernel: net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc (CVE-2025-37914)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (CVE-2025-38250)

    * kernel: i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue (CVE-2025-38380)

    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.

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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2025:13961 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (CVE-2025-22097)

    * kernel: net_sched: ets: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc (CVE-2025-37914)

    * kernel: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix use-after-free in vhci_flush() (CVE-2025-38250)

    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.

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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
270857	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
270837	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
265663	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50369	Nessus	Misc.	medium
264563	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2025:15670)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
264497	RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2025:15658)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
251024	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2025:13960)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
251022	RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2025:13961)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
153035	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0095	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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