In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() syzbot is reporting uninit value at ath9k_htc_rx_msg() [1], for ioctl(USB_RAW_IOCTL_EP_WRITE) can call ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() with pkt_len = 0 but ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() uses __dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 32, GFP_ATOMIC) based on an assumption that pkt_len is valid. As a result, ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() allocates skb with uninitialized memory and ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is reading from uninitialized memory. Since bytes accessed by ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is not known until ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is called, it would be difficult to check minimal valid pkt_len at "if (pkt_len > 2 * MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) {" line in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). We have two choices. One is to workaround by adding __GFP_ZERO so that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() sees 0 if pkt_len is invalid. The other is to let ath9k_htc_rx_msg() validate pkt_len before accessing. This patch chose the latter. Note that I'm not sure threshold condition is correct, for I can't find details on possible packet length used by this protocol.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50347: mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: fix return value check of mmc_add_host() (bsc#1249928).
    - CVE-2022-50580: blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time (bsc#1252542).
    - CVE-2022-50676: net: rds: don't hold sock lock when cancelling work from rds_tcp_reset_callbacks()     (bsc#1254689).
    - CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255594).
    - CVE-2022-50709: wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() (bsc#1255565).
    - CVE-2022-50716: wifi: ar5523: Fix use-after-free on ar5523_cmd() timed out (bsc#1255839).
    - CVE-2022-50717: nvmet-tcp: add bounds check on Transfer Tag (bsc#1255844).
    - CVE-2022-50719: ALSA: line6: fix stack overflow in line6_midi_transmit (bsc#1255939).
    - CVE-2022-50740: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: fix memory leak of urbs in ath9k_hif_usb_dealloc_tx_urbs()     (bsc#1256155).
    - CVE-2022-50744: scsi: lpfc: Fix hard lockup when reading the rx_monitor from debugfs (bsc#1256165).
    - CVE-2022-50749: acct: fix potential integer overflow in encode_comp_t() (bsc#1256191).
    - CVE-2022-50751: configfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir() (bsc#1256184).
    - CVE-2022-50760: drm/amdgpu: Fix PCI device refcount leak in amdgpu_atrm_get_bios() (bsc#1255983).
    - CVE-2022-50770: ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume() (bsc#1256221).
    - CVE-2022-50777: net: phy: xgmiitorgmii: Fix refcount leak in xgmiitorgmii_probe (bsc#1256320).
    - CVE-2022-50780: net: fix UAF issue in nfqnl_nf_hook_drop() when ops_init() failed (bsc#1256305).
    - CVE-2022-50782: ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode (bsc#1256282).
    - CVE-2022-50786: media: s5p-mfc: Clear workbit to handle error condition (bsc#1256258).
    - CVE-2022-50816: ipv6: ensure sane device mtu in tunnels (bsc#1256038).
    - CVE-2022-50834: nfc: Fix potential resource leaks (bsc#1256219).
    - CVE-2022-50865: tcp: fix a signed-integer-overflow bug in tcp_add_backlog() (bsc#1256168).
    - CVE-2022-50868: hwrng: amd - Fix PCI device refcount leak (bsc#1256386).
    - CVE-2022-50880: wifi: ath10k: add peer map clean up for peer delete in ath10k_sta_state() (bsc#1256132).
    - CVE-2022-50881: ath9k: Fix typo in function name (bsc#1256130).
    - CVE-2022-50884: drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer (bsc#1256127).
    - CVE-2022-50885: RDMA/rxe: Fix NULL-ptr-deref in rxe_qp_do_cleanup() when socket create failed     (bsc#1256122).
    - CVE-2022-50887: regulator: core: fix unbalanced of node refcount in regulator_dev_lookup()     (bsc#1256125).
    - CVE-2023-50756: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size (bsc#1256216).
    - CVE-2023-53685: tun: Fix memory leak for detached NAPI queue (bsc#1251770).
    - CVE-2023-53747: vc_screen: reload load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_write() to avoid UAF     (bsc#1254572).
    - CVE-2023-53751: cifs: fix potential use-after-free bugs in TCP_Server_Info::hostname (bsc#1254986).
    - CVE-2023-53825: kcm: Fix error handling for SOCK_DGRAM in kcm_sendmsg() (bsc#1254707).
    - CVE-2023-53853: netlink: annotate accesses to nlk->cb_running (bsc#1254673).
    - CVE-2023-53863: netlink: do not hard code device address lenth in fdb dumps (bsc#1254657).
    - CVE-2023-53992: wifi: cfg80211: ocb: don't leave if not joined (bsc#1256058).
    - CVE-2023-54012: net: fix stack overflow when LRO is disabled for virtual interfaces (bsc#1255571).
    - CVE-2023-54047: drm/rockchip: dw_hdmi: cleanup drm encoder during unbind (bsc#1256398).
    - CVE-2023-54048: RDMA/bnxt_re: Prevent handling any completions after qp destroy (bsc#1256395).
    - CVE-2023-54067: btrfs: fix race when deleting free space root from the dirty cow roots list     (bsc#1256369).
    - CVE-2023-54111: pinctrl: rockchip: Fix refcount leak in rockchip_pinctrl_parse_groups (bsc#1256149).
    - CVE-2023-54112: kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg() (bsc#1256354).
    - CVE-2023-54118: serial: sc16is7xx: setup GPIO controller later in probe (bsc#1256131).
    - CVE-2023-54121: btrfs: fix incorrect splitting in btrfs_drop_extent_map_range (bsc#1256267).
    - CVE-2023-54134: autofs: fix memory leak of waitqueues in autofs_catatonic_mode (bsc#1256106).
    - CVE-2023-54198: tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (bsc#1255970).
    - CVE-2023-54202: drm/i915: fix race condition UAF in i915_perf_add_config_ioctl (bsc#1255880).
    - CVE-2023-54207: HID: uclogic: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name (bsc#1255961).
    - CVE-2023-54218: sock: Make sock->sk_stamp thread-safe (bsc#1256229).
    - CVE-2023-54230: amba: bus: fix refcount leak (bsc#1255925).
    - CVE-2023-54243: netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free (bsc#1255908).
    - CVE-2023-54265: ipv6: Fix an uninit variable access bug in __ip6_make_skb() (bsc#1255874).
    - CVE-2023-54274: RDMA/srpt: Add a check for valid 'mad_agent' pointer (bsc#1255905).
    - CVE-2023-54282: media: tuners: qt1010: replace BUG_ON with a regular error (bsc#1255810).
    - CVE-2023-54287: tty: serial: imx: disable Ageing Timer interrupt request irq (bsc#1255804).
    - CVE-2023-54311: ext4: fix deadlock when converting an inline directory in nojournal mode (bsc#1255773).
    - CVE-2023-54321: driver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add() (bsc#1255762).
    - CVE-2024-41007: tcp: use signed arithmetic in tcp_rtx_probe0_timed_out() (bsc#1227863).
    - CVE-2025-40115: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix crash in transport port remove by using ioc_info() (bsc#1253318).
    - CVE-2025-40259: scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context (bsc#1254845).
    - CVE-2025-40261: nvme: nvme-fc: Ensure ->ioerr_work is cancelled in nvme_fc_delete_ctrl() (bsc#1254839).
    - CVE-2025-40264: be2net: pass wrb_params in case of OS2BMC (bsc#1254835).
    - CVE-2025-40271: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (bsc#1255297).
    - CVE-2025-40323: fbcon: Set fb_display[i]->mode to NULL when the mode is released (bsc#1255094).
    - CVE-2025-40339: drm/amdgpu: fix nullptr err of vm_handle_moved (bsc#1255428).
    - CVE-2025-40345: usb: storage: sddr55: Reject out-of-bound new_pba (bsc#1255279).
    - CVE-2025-40363: net: ipv6: fix field-spanning memcpy warning in AH output (bsc#1255102).
    - CVE-2025-68188: tcp: use dst_dev_rcu() in tcp_fastopen_active_disable_ofo_check() (bsc#1255269).
    - CVE-2025-68190: drm/amdgpu/atom: Check kcalloc() for WS buffer in amdgpu_atom_execute_table_locked()     (bsc#1255131).
    - CVE-2025-68192: net: usb: qmi_wwan: initialize MAC header offset in qmimux_rx_fixup (bsc#1255246).
    - CVE-2025-68241: ipv4: route: Prevent rt_bind_exception() from rebinding stale fnhe (bsc#1255157).
    - CVE-2025-68245: net: netpoll: fix incorrect refcount handling causing incorrect cleanup (bsc#1255268).
    - CVE-2025-68261: ext4: add i_data_sem protection in ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock() (bsc#1255164).
    - CVE-2025-68264: ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations (bsc#1255380).
    - CVE-2025-68286: drm/amd/display: Check NULL before accessing (bsc#1255351).
    - CVE-2025-68296: drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup (bsc#1255128).
    - CVE-2025-68303: platform/x86: intel: punit_ipc: fix memory corruption (bsc#1255122).
    - CVE-2025-68305: Bluetooth: hci_sock: Prevent race in socket write iter and sock bind (bsc#1255169).
    - CVE-2025-68312: usbnet: Prevents free active kevent (bsc#1255171).
    - CVE-2025-68337: jbd2: avoid bug_on in jbd2_journal_get_create_access() when file system corrupted     (bsc#1255482).
    - CVE-2025-68349: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid     (bsc#1255544).
    - CVE-2025-68354: regulator: core: Protect regulator_supply_alias_list with regulator_list_mutex     (bsc#1255553).
    - CVE-2025-68362: wifi: rtl818x: rtl8187: Fix potential buffer underflow in rtl8187_rx_cb() (bsc#1255611).
    - CVE-2025-68366: nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect (bsc#1255622).
    - CVE-2025-68367: macintosh/mac_hid: fix race condition in mac_hid_toggle_emumouse (bsc#1255547).
    - CVE-2025-68372: nbd: defer config put in recv_work (bsc#1255537).
    - CVE-2025-68379: RDMA/rxe: Fix null deref on srq->rq.queue after resize failure (bsc#1255695).
    - CVE-2025-68740: ima: Handle error code returned by ima_filter_rule_match() (bsc#1255812).
    - CVE-2025-68757: drm/vgem-fence: Fix potential deadlock on release (bsc#1255943).
    - CVE-2025-68767: hfsplus: Verify inode mode when loading from disk (bsc#1256580).
    - CVE-2025-68771: ocfs2: fix kernel BUG in ocfs2_find_victim_chain (bsc#1256582).
    - CVE-2025-68774: hfsplus: fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create (bsc#1256585).
    - CVE-2025-68783: ALSA: usb-mixer: us16x08: validate meter packet indices (bsc#1256650).
    - CVE-2025-68788: fsnotify: do not generate ACCESS/MODIFY events on child for special files (bsc#1256638).
    - CVE-2025-68795: ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query (bsc#1256688).
    - CVE-2025-68797: char: applicom: fix NULL pointer dereference in ac_ioctl (bsc#1256660).
    - CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256641).
    - CVE-2025-68816: net/mlx5: fw_tracer, Validate format string parameters (bsc#1256674).
    - CVE-2025-71064: net: hns3: using the num_tqps in the vf driver to apply for resources (bsc#1256654).
    - CVE-2025-71082: Bluetooth: btusb: revert use of devm_kzalloc in btusb (bsc#1256611).
    - CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256623).
    - CVE-2025-71087: iavf: fix off-by-one issues in iavf_config_rss_reg() (bsc#1256628).
    - CVE-2025-71091: team: fix check for port enabled in team_queue_override_port_prio_changed()     (bsc#1256773).
    - CVE-2025-71093: e1000: fix OOB in e1000_tbi_should_accept() (bsc#1256777).
    - CVE-2025-71096: RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly (bsc#1256606).
    - CVE-2025-71098: ip6_gre: make ip6gre_header() robust (bsc#1256591).
    - CVE-2025-71108: usb: typec: ucsi: Handle incorrect num_connectors capability (bsc#1256774).
    - CVE-2025-71112: net: hns3: add VLAN id validation before using (bsc#1256726).
    - CVE-2025-71119: powerpc/kexec: Enable SMT before waking offline CPUs (bsc#1205462).
    - CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf     (bsc#1256779).
    - CVE-2026-22976: net_sched: qfq: Fix double list add in class with netem as child qdisc (bsc#1257035).
    - CVE-2026-22978: wifi: avoid kernel-infoleak from struct iw_point (bsc#1257227).
    - CVE-2026-22999: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() (bsc#1257236).
    - CVE-2026-23001: macvlan: Use 'hash' iterators to simplify code (bsc#1257232).
    - CVE-2026-23011: ipv4: ip_gre: make ipgre_header() robust (bsc#1257207).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - RDMA/rxe: Fix the error caused by qp->sk (bsc#1256122).
    - RDMA/srpt: Fix disabling device management (bsc#1255905).
    - RDMA/srpt: Fix handling of SR-IOV and iWARP ports (bsc#1255905).
    - configfs: factor dirent removal into helpers (bsc#1256184).
    - drm/amdgpu: Remove explicit wait after VM validate (bsc#1255428).
    - drm/amdgpu: update mappings not managed by KFD (bsc#1255428).
    - hwrng: amd - Convert PCIBIOS_* return codes to errnos (bsc#1256386).
    - nvmet-tcp: Fix NULL dereference when a connect data comes in h2cdata pdu (bsc#1255844).

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-2026:0317-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
    - CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
    - CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
    - CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
    - CVE-2024-56590: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix not checking skb length on hci_acldata_packet (bsc#1235038).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
    - CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - ACPI/IORT: Fix memory leak in iort_rmr_alloc_sids() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: PRM: Remove unnecessary strict handler address checks (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Do not pass NULL handles to acpi_attach_data() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Fix buffer properties extraction for subnodes (git-fixes).
    - KVM: SVM: Fix TSC_AUX virtualization setup (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/cm: Rate limit destroy CM ID timeout error message (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/counter: Check CAP_NET_RAW check in user namespace for RDMA counters (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/hns: Fix the modification of max_send_sge (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for anchor create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for devx create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Fix compilation warning when USER_ACCESS isn't set (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/nldev: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP modify (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Add empty rdma_uattrs_has_raw_cap() declaration (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for RAW QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - arch/idle: Change arch_cpu_idle() behavior: always exit with IRQs disabled (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle (git-fixes).
    - dm: free table mempools if not used in __bind (git-fixes).
    - padata: Honor the caller's alignment in case of chunk_size 0 (bsc#1237563).
    - platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Fail module load when plat_info is NULL (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Fix RSB clearing in indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Use SBPB in write_ibpb() if applicable (git-fixes).
    - x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Drop flags from __tdx_hypercall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Dynamically disable SEPT violations from causing #VEs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Emit warning if IRQs are enabled during HLT #VE handling (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Extend TDX_MODULE_CALL to support more TDCALL/SEAMCALL leafs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix __noreturn build warning around __tdx_hypercall_failed() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Introduce wrappers to read and write TD metadata (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make TDX_HYPERCALL asm similar to TDX_MODULE_CALL (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make macros of TDCALLs consistent with the spec (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Pass TDCALL/SEAMCALL input/output registers via a structure (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Reimplement __tdx_hypercall() using TDX_MODULE_CALL asm (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove 'struct tdx_hypercall_args' (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove TDX_HCALL_ISSUE_STI (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename __tdx_module_call() to __tdcall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename tdx_parse_tdinfo() to tdx_setup() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Retry partially-completed page conversion hypercalls (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Skip saving output regs when SEAMCALL fails with VMFailInvalid (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Zero out the missing RSI in TDX_HYPERCALL macro (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX_MODULE_CALL handle SEAMCALL #UD and #GP (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Wire up basic SEAMCALL functions (git-fixes).
    - xfs: fix sparse inode limits on runt AG (bsc#1254392).

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.

  - wifi: ath9k: avoid uninit memory read in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() syzbot is reporting uninit value at     ath9k_htc_rx_msg() [1], for ioctl(USB_RAW_IOCTL_EP_WRITE) can call ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() with pkt_len     = 0 but ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() uses __dev_alloc_skb(pkt_len + 32, GFP_ATOMIC) based on an assumption     that pkt_len is valid. As a result, ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() allocates skb with uninitialized memory and     ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is reading from uninitialized memory. Since bytes accessed by ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is not     known until ath9k_htc_rx_msg() is called, it would be difficult to check minimal valid pkt_len at if     (pkt_len > 2 * MAX_RX_BUF_SIZE) { line in ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream(). We have two choices. One is to     workaround by adding __GFP_ZERO so that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() sees 0 if pkt_len is invalid. The other is to     let ath9k_htc_rx_msg() validate pkt_len before accessing. This patch chose the latter. Note that I'm not     sure threshold condition is correct, for I can't find details on possible packet length used by this     protocol. (CVE-2022-50709)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
298924	SUSE SLES12 : Recommended update for initial livepatch (SUSE-SU-2026:0473-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
297191	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
279957	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50709	Nessus	Misc.	high

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