On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and "UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs", an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks.

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8275-1 advisory.

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    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:

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Drivers core;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - DMA engine subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - HID subsystem;

    - Intel Trace Hub HW tracing drivers;

    - IIO ADC drivers;

    - IRQ chip drivers;

    - Modular ISDN driver;

    - LED subsystem;

    - UACCE accelerator framework;

    - Ethernet bonding driver;

    - Network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - Ethernet team driver;

    - NVME drivers;

    - PHY drivers;

    - SLIMbus drivers;

    - W1 Dallas's 1-wire bus driver;

    - Xen hypervisor drivers;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - NTFS3 file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - IRQ subsystem;

    - Memory management;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - CAN network layer;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - L2TP protocol;

    - NET/ROM layer;

    - Network traffic control;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - TLS protocol;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi driver;

    - USB sound devices; (CVE-2023-53421, CVE-2023-53520, CVE-2023-53662, CVE-2023-54207, CVE-2025-38057,     CVE-2025-38125, CVE-2025-38232, CVE-2025-38408, CVE-2025-38591, CVE-2025-40149, CVE-2025-40164,     CVE-2025-68211, CVE-2025-68340, CVE-2025-68365, CVE-2025-68725, CVE-2025-68817, CVE-2025-71162,     CVE-2025-71163, CVE-2025-71185, CVE-2025-71186, CVE-2025-71188, CVE-2025-71190, CVE-2025-71191,     CVE-2025-71194, CVE-2025-71196, CVE-2025-71197, CVE-2025-71199, CVE-2026-22997, CVE-2026-22998,     CVE-2026-22999, CVE-2026-23001, CVE-2026-23003, CVE-2026-23011, CVE-2026-23026, CVE-2026-23033,     CVE-2026-23037, CVE-2026-23038, CVE-2026-23049, CVE-2026-23056, CVE-2026-23058, CVE-2026-23061,     CVE-2026-23063, CVE-2026-23064, CVE-2026-23071, CVE-2026-23073, CVE-2026-23075, CVE-2026-23076,     CVE-2026-23078, CVE-2026-23080, CVE-2026-23083, CVE-2026-23084, CVE-2026-23085, CVE-2026-23087,     CVE-2026-23089, CVE-2026-23090, CVE-2026-23091, CVE-2026-23093, CVE-2026-23095, CVE-2026-23096,     CVE-2026-23097, CVE-2026-23098, CVE-2026-23099, CVE-2026-23101, CVE-2026-23103, CVE-2026-23105,     CVE-2026-23108, CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23119, CVE-2026-23120, CVE-2026-23121, CVE-2026-23124,     CVE-2026-23125, CVE-2026-23128, CVE-2026-23133, CVE-2026-23145, CVE-2026-23146, CVE-2026-23150,     CVE-2026-23164, CVE-2026-23167, CVE-2026-23170, CVE-2026-23209, CVE-2026-23273)

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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8255-1 advisory.

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    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:

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers; (CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23273)

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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - On Ubuntu kernels carrying both c914c0e27eb0 and UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: Skip permission checking for     trusted.overlayfs.* xattrs, an unprivileged user may set privileged extended attributes on the mounted     files, leading them to be set on the upper files without the appropriate security checks. (CVE-2023-2640)

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

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6285-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check     buffer indexes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker     could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-48502)

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel, leading to a     null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image     that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-2898)

    Mingi Cho discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the status     of a nft chain while performing a lookup by id, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-31248)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3390)

    Tanguy Dubroca discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     pointer data type, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35001)

    It was discovered that the universal 32bit network packet classifier implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3609)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3610)

    It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing network scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3611)

    It was discovered that the network packet classifier with netfilter/firewall marks implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3776)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate SMB     request protocol IDs, leading to a out-of- bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38430)

    Chih-Yen Chang discovered that the KSMBD implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     command payload size, leading to a out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A remote attacker could possibly use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-38432)

    It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability     when performing peer-to-peer communication in certain conditions. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2023-3863)

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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6260-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the NTFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly check     buffer indexes in certain situations, leading to an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A local attacker     could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2022-48502)

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory     in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3090)

    Mingi Cho discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the status     of a nft chain while performing a lookup by id, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-31248)

    It was discovered that the Ricoh R5C592 MemoryStick card reader driver in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition during module unload, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3141)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    Querijn Voet discovered that a race condition existed in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3389)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3390)

    Tanguy Dubroca discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     pointer data type, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35001)

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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6248-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the network queuing discipline implementation in the Linux kernel contained a null     pointer dereference in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2022-47929)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in Adreno GPU DRM driver in the Linux kernel, leading to a     double-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-21106)

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    Mingi Cho discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the status     of a nft chain while performing a lookup by id, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-31248)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    Querijn Voet discovered that a race condition existed in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3389)

    Tanguy Dubroca discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     pointer data type, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35001)

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 Ubuntu 23.04 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6250-1 advisory.

    Stonejiajia, Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux     kernel did not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly     use this to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-2640)

    It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory     in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3090)

    Mingi Cho discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the status     of a nft chain while performing a lookup by id, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-31248)

    Shir Tamari and Sagi Tzadik discovered that the OverlayFS implementation in the Ubuntu Linux kernel did     not properly perform permission checks in certain situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2023-32629)

    Ruihan Li discovered that the memory management subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     when accessing VMAs in certain conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker     could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2023-3269)

    Querijn Voet discovered that a race condition existed in the io_uring subsystem in the Linux kernel,     leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3389)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3390)

    Tanguy Dubroca discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain     pointer data type, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. A privileged attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-35001)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
315743	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities (USN-8275-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
314212	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8255-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
227206	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-2640	Nessus	Misc.	high
179706	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6285-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
178946	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6260-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
178798	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6248-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
178797	Ubuntu 23.04 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-6250-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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