In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead which handles all of the logic at once.

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: HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with     using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise     the memory will leak over time. To make things simpler, just call debugfs_lookup_and_remove() instead     which handles all of the logic at once. (CVE-2023-52937)

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-2025:01620-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-48933: netfilter: nf_tables: fix memory leak during stateful obj update (bsc#1229621).
    - CVE-2022-49110: netfilter: conntrack: revisit gc autotuning (bsc#1237981).
    - CVE-2022-49139: Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238032).
    - CVE-2022-49767: 9p/trans_fd: always use O_NONBLOCK read/write (bsc#1242493).
    - CVE-2024-46763: fou: Fix null-ptr-deref in GRO (bsc#1230764).
    - CVE-2024-50038: netfilter: xtables: avoid NFPROTO_UNSPEC where needed (bsc#1231910).
    - CVE-2025-21726: padata: avoid UAF for reorder_work (bsc#1238865).
    - CVE-2025-21785: arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array (bsc#1238747).
    - CVE-2025-21791: vrf: use RCU protection in l3mdev_l3_out() (bsc#1238512).
    - CVE-2025-21812: ax25: rcu protect dev->ax25_ptr (bsc#1238471).
    - CVE-2025-21839: KVM: x86: Load DR6 with guest value only before entering .vcpu_run() loop (bsc#1239061).
    - CVE-2025-22004: net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (bsc#1240835).
    - CVE-2025-22020: memstick: rtsx_usb_ms: Fix slab-use-after-free in rtsx_usb_ms_drv_remove (bsc#1241280).
    - CVE-2025-22045: x86/mm: Fix flush_tlb_range() when used for zapping normal PMDs (bsc#1241433).
    - CVE-2025-22055: net: fix geneve_opt length integer overflow (bsc#1241371).
    - CVE-2025-22097: drm/vkms: Fix use after free and double free on init error (bsc#1241541).
    - CVE-2025-2312: CIFS: New mount option for cifs.upcall namespace resolution (bsc#1239684).
    - CVE-2025-23138: watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch (bsc#1241648).
    - CVE-2025-39735: jfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in ea_get() (bsc#1241625).


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 Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6583 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: cls_u32 component reference counter leak if tcf_change_indev() fails (CVE-2023-3609)

    * kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and     cls_route (CVE-2023-4128, CVE-2023-4206, CVE-2023-4207, CVE-2023-4208)

    * kernel: eBPF: insufficient stack type checks in dynptr (CVE-2023-39191)

    * Kernel: race when faulting a device private page in memory manager (CVE-2022-3523)

    * kernel: use-after-free in l1oip timer handlers (CVE-2022-3565)

    * kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (CVE-2022-3594)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_cmd_res_check (CVE-2022-38457)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: use-after-free in vmw_execbuf_tie_context (CVE-2022-40133)

    * hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

    * kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42895)

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

    * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values() (CVE-2023-1073)

    * kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

    * kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove() (CVE-2023-1079)

    * kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

    * kernel: ovl: fix use after free in struct ovl_aio_req (CVE-2023-1252)

    * Kernel: use-after-free in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul in fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c (CVE-2023-1652)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)

    * kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

    * kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params() (CVE-2023-3772)

    * kernel: xfrm: out-of-bounds read of XFRMA_MTIMER_THRESH nlattr (CVE-2023-3773)

    * kernel: KVM: SEV-ES / SEV-SNP VMGEXIT double fetch vulnerability (CVE-2023-4155)

    * kernel: exFAT: stack overflow in exfat_get_uniname_from_ext_entry (CVE-2023-4273)

    * kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

    * kernel: KVM: nVMX: missing consistency checks for CR0 and CR4 (CVE-2023-30456)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove() (CVE-2023-33203)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: race condition leading to information disclosure vulnerability (CVE-2023-33951)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: double free within the handling of vmw_buffer_object objects (CVE-2023-33952)

    * kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove() (CVE-2023-35825)

    * kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid (CVE-2023-1076)

    * kernel: missing mmap_lock in file_files_note that could possibly lead to a use after free in the     coredump code (CVE-2023-1249)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

    * kernel: gfs2: NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_evict_inode() (CVE-2023-3212)

    * kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to missing kalloc() return value check in     shtp_cl_get_dma_send_buf() (CVE-2023-3358)

    * kernel: tap: tap_open(): correctly initialize socket uid next fix of i_uid to current_fsuid     (CVE-2023-4194)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes     linked from 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-2023:7077 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: tun: avoid double free in tun_free_netdev (CVE-2022-4744)

    * kernel: net/sched: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-3609, CVE-2023-3611, CVE-2023-4128, CVE-2023-4206,     CVE-2023-4207, CVE-2023-4208)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class function (CVE-2023-31436)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds write in hw_atl_utils_fw_rpc_wait (CVE-2021-43975)

    * kernel: Rate limit overflow messages in r8152 in intr_callback (CVE-2022-3594)

    * kernel: use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del (CVE-2022-3640)

    * kernel: double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit (CVE-2022-28388)

    * kernel: vmwgfx: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-38457, CVE-2022-40133, CVE-2023-33951,     CVE-2023-33952)

    * hw: Intel: Gather Data Sampling (GDS) side channel vulnerability (CVE-2022-40982)

    * kernel: Information leak in l2cap_parse_conf_req (CVE-2022-42895)

    * kernel: KVM: multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-45869, CVE-2023-4155, CVE-2023-30456)

    * kernel: memory leak in ttusb_dec_exit_dvb (CVE-2022-45887)

    * kernel: speculative pointer dereference in do_prlimit (CVE-2023-0458)

    * kernel: use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft (CVE-2023-0590)

    * kernel: x86/mm: Randomize per-cpu entry area (CVE-2023-0597)

    * kernel: HID: check empty report_list in hid_validate_values (CVE-2023-1073)

    * kernel: sctp: fail if no bound addresses can be used for a given scope (CVE-2023-1074)

    * kernel: hid: Use After Free in asus_remove (CVE-2023-1079)

    * kernel: use-after-free in drivers/media/rc/ene_ir.c (CVE-2023-1118)

    * kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

    * kernel: ovl: fix use after free in struct ovl_aio_req (CVE-2023-1252)

    * kernel: denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in btsdio_remove due to race condition (CVE-2023-1989)

    * kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

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

    * kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font (CVE-2023-3161)

    * kernel: out-of-bounds access in relay_file_read (CVE-2023-3268)

    * kernel: xfrm: NULL pointer dereference in xfrm_update_ae_params (CVE-2023-3772)

    * kernel: smsusb: use-after-free caused by do_submit_urb (CVE-2023-4132)

    * kernel: Race between task migrating pages and another task calling exit_mmap (CVE-2023-4732)

    * Kernel: denial of service in atm_tc_enqueue due to type confusion (CVE-2023-23455)

    * kernel: mpls: double free on sysctl allocation failure (CVE-2023-26545)

    * kernel: Denial of service issue in az6027 driver (CVE-2023-28328)

    * kernel: lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow (CVE-2023-28772)

    * kernel: blocking operation in dvb_frontend_get_event and wait_event_interruptible (CVE-2023-31084)

    * kernel: net: qcom/emac: race condition leading to use-after-free in emac_remove (CVE-2023-33203)

    * kernel: saa7134: race condition leading to use-after-free in saa7134_finidev (CVE-2023-35823)

    * kernel: dm1105: race condition leading to use-after-free in dm1105_remove.c (CVE-2023-35824)

    * kernel: r592: race condition leading to use-after-free in r592_remove (CVE-2023-35825)

    * kernel: net/tls: tls_is_tx_ready() checked list_entry (CVE-2023-1075)

    * kernel: use-after-free bug in remove function xgene_hwmon_remove (CVE-2023-1855)

    * kernel: Use after free bug in r592_remove (CVE-2023-3141)

    * kernel: gfs2: NULL pointer dereference in gfs2_evict_inode (CVE-2023-3212)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 Release Notes     linked from 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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-132 advisory.

    It has been discovered that on some AMD CPUs, the RAS (Return Address Stack, also called RAP - Return     Address Predictor - in some AMD documentation, and RSB - Return Stack Buffer - in Intel terminology) is     dynamically partitioned between non-idle threads.  This allows an attacker to control speculative     execution on the adjacent thread. (CVE-2022-27672)

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

    ovl: Use buf flexible array for memcpy() destination (CVE-2022-49743)

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

    mm/uffd: fix pte marker when fork() without fork event (CVE-2022-49744)

    The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:

    A flaw found in the Linux Kernel in RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol. The     rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() uses list_entry() on the head of a list causing a type confusion. Local user     can trigger this with rds_message_put(). Type confusion leads to `struct rds_msg_zcopy_info *info`     actually points to something else that is potentially controlled by local user. It is known how to trigger     this, which causes an OOB access, and a lock corruption. (CVE-2023-1078)

    A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing a font->width and     font->height greater than 32 to the fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-     bounds occurs, leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service. (CVE-2023-3161)

    brcm_nvram_parse in drivers/nvmem/brcm_nvram.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() and will cause     the NULL Pointer Dereference (CVE-2023-3359)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux     Kernel. In this flaw an attacker with local user access may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal     kernel information. (CVE-2023-3567)

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

    Fix page corruption caused by racy check in __free_pages (CVE-2023-52739)

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

    cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages() (CVE-2023-52741)

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

    xfrm/compat: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in xfrm_xlate32_attr() (CVE-2023-52746)

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

    bpf: Skip invalid kfunc call in backtrack_insn (CVE-2023-52928)

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

    drm/i915: Fix potential bit_17 double-free (CVE-2023-52930)

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

    drm/i915: Avoid potential vm use-after-free (CVE-2023-52931)

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

    mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-52932)

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

    Squashfs: fix handling and sanity checking of xattr_ids count (CVE-2023-52933)

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

    mm/MADV_COLLAPSE: catch !none !huge !bad pmd lookups (CVE-2023-52934)

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

    mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (CVE-2023-52935)

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

    kernel/irq/irqdomain.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-52936)

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

    HV: hv_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-52937)

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

    mm: memcg: fix NULL pointer in mem_cgroup_track_foreign_dirty_slowpath() (CVE-2023-52939)

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

    mm: multi-gen LRU: fix crash during cgroup migration (CVE-2023-52940)

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

    cgroup/cpuset: Fix wrong check in update_parent_subparts_cpumask() (CVE-2023-52942)

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

    vc_screen: move load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_read() to avoid UAF (CVE-2023-52973)

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

    efi: fix potential NULL deref in efi_mem_reserve_persistent (CVE-2023-52976)

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

    net: openvswitch: fix flow memory leak in ovs_flow_cmd_new (CVE-2023-52977)

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

    squashfs: harden sanity check in squashfs_read_xattr_id_table (CVE-2023-52979)

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

    drm/i915: Fix request ref counting during error capture & debugfs dump (CVE-2023-52981)

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

    fscache: Use wait_on_bit() to wait for the freeing of relinquished volume (CVE-2023-52982)

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

    block, bfq: fix uaf for bfqq in bic_set_bfqq() (CVE-2023-52983)

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

    bpf, sockmap: Check for any of tcp_bpf_prots when cloning a listener (CVE-2023-52986)

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
244166	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-52937	Nessus	Misc.	medium
237098	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:01620-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
194262	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:6583)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
185679	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:7077)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
173140	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-132)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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