In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: fix hang on reboot with ice When a system with E810 with existing VFs gets rebooted the following hang may be observed. Pid 1 is hung in iavf_remove(), part of a network driver: PID: 1 TASK: ffff965400e5a340 CPU: 24 COMMAND: "systemd-shutdow" #0 [ffffaad04005fa50] __schedule at ffffffff8b3239cb #1 [ffffaad04005fae8] schedule at ffffffff8b323e2d #2 [ffffaad04005fb00] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock at ffffffff8b32cebc #3 [ffffaad04005fb80] usleep_range_state at ffffffff8b32c930 #4 [ffffaad04005fbb0] iavf_remove at ffffffffc12b9b4c [iavf] #5 [ffffaad04005fbf0] pci_device_remove at ffffffff8add7513 #6 [ffffaad04005fc10] device_release_driver_internal at ffffffff8af08baa #7 [ffffaad04005fc40] pci_stop_bus_device at ffffffff8adcc5fc #8 [ffffaad04005fc60] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device at ffffffff8adcc81e #9 [ffffaad04005fc70] pci_iov_remove_virtfn at ffffffff8adf9429 #10 [ffffaad04005fca8] sriov_disable at ffffffff8adf98e4 #11 [ffffaad04005fcc8] ice_free_vfs at ffffffffc04bb2c8 [ice] #12 [ffffaad04005fd10] ice_remove at ffffffffc04778fe [ice] #13 [ffffaad04005fd38] ice_shutdown at ffffffffc0477946 [ice] #14 [ffffaad04005fd50] pci_device_shutdown at ffffffff8add58f1 #15 [ffffaad04005fd70] device_shutdown at ffffffff8af05386 #16 [ffffaad04005fd98] kernel_restart at ffffffff8a92a870 #17 [ffffaad04005fda8] __do_sys_reboot at ffffffff8a92abd6 #18 [ffffaad04005fee0] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff8b317159 #19 [ffffaad04005ff08] __context_tracking_enter at ffffffff8b31b6fc #20 [ffffaad04005ff18] syscall_exit_to_user_mode at ffffffff8b31b50d #21 [ffffaad04005ff28] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff8b317169 #22 [ffffaad04005ff50] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe at ffffffff8b40009b RIP: 00007f1baa5c13d7 RSP: 00007fffbcc55a98 RFLAGS: 00000202 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f1baa5c13d7 RDX: 0000000001234567 RSI: 0000000028121969 RDI: 00000000fee1dead RBP: 00007fffbcc55ca0 R8: 0000000000000000 R9: 00007fffbcc54e90 R10: 00007fffbcc55050 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000005 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007fffbcc55af0 R15: 0000000000000000 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a9 CS: 0033 SS: 002b During reboot all drivers PM shutdown callbacks are invoked. In iavf_shutdown() the adapter state is changed to __IAVF_REMOVE. In ice_shutdown() the call chain above is executed, which at some point calls iavf_remove(). However iavf_remove() expects the VF to be in one of the states __IAVF_RUNNING, __IAVF_DOWN or __IAVF_INIT_FAILED. If that's not the case it sleeps forever. So if iavf_shutdown() gets invoked before iavf_remove() the system will hang indefinitely because the adapter is already in state __IAVF_REMOVE. Fix this by returning from iavf_remove() if the state is __IAVF_REMOVE, as we already went through iavf_shutdown().

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 hang on reboot with ice When     a system with E810 with existing VFs gets rebooted the following hang may be observed. Pid 1 is hung in     iavf_remove(), part of a network driver: PID: 1 TASK: ffff965400e5a340 CPU: 24 COMMAND: systemd-shutdow     #0 [ffffaad04005fa50] __schedule at ffffffff8b3239cb #1 [ffffaad04005fae8] schedule at ffffffff8b323e2d #2     [ffffaad04005fb00] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock at ffffffff8b32cebc #3 [ffffaad04005fb80]     usleep_range_state at ffffffff8b32c930 #4 [ffffaad04005fbb0] iavf_remove at ffffffffc12b9b4c [iavf] #5     [ffffaad04005fbf0] pci_device_remove at ffffffff8add7513 #6 [ffffaad04005fc10]     device_release_driver_internal at ffffffff8af08baa #7 [ffffaad04005fc40] pci_stop_bus_device at     ffffffff8adcc5fc #8 [ffffaad04005fc60] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device at ffffffff8adcc81e #9     [ffffaad04005fc70] pci_iov_remove_virtfn at ffffffff8adf9429 #10 [ffffaad04005fca8] sriov_disable at     ffffffff8adf98e4 #11 [ffffaad04005fcc8] ice_free_vfs at ffffffffc04bb2c8 [ice] #12 [ffffaad04005fd10]     ice_remove at ffffffffc04778fe [ice] #13 [ffffaad04005fd38] ice_shutdown at ffffffffc0477946 [ice] #14     [ffffaad04005fd50] pci_device_shutdown at ffffffff8add58f1 #15 [ffffaad04005fd70] device_shutdown at     ffffffff8af05386 #16 [ffffaad04005fd98] kernel_restart at ffffffff8a92a870 #17 [ffffaad04005fda8]
    __do_sys_reboot at ffffffff8a92abd6 #18 [ffffaad04005fee0] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff8b317159 #19     [ffffaad04005ff08] __context_tracking_enter at ffffffff8b31b6fc #20 [ffffaad04005ff18]     syscall_exit_to_user_mode at ffffffff8b31b50d #21 [ffffaad04005ff28] do_syscall_64 at ffffffff8b317169 #22     [ffffaad04005ff50] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe at ffffffff8b40009b RIP: 00007f1baa5c13d7 RSP:
    00007fffbcc55a98 RFLAGS: 00000202 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f1baa5c13d7 RDX:
    0000000001234567 RSI: 0000000028121969 RDI: 00000000fee1dead RBP: 00007fffbcc55ca0 R8: 0000000000000000     R9: 00007fffbcc54e90 R10: 00007fffbcc55050 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000000000000005 R13:
    0000000000000000 R14: 00007fffbcc55af0 R15: 0000000000000000 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a9 CS: 0033 SS: 002b     During reboot all drivers PM shutdown callbacks are invoked. In iavf_shutdown() the adapter state is     changed to __IAVF_REMOVE. In ice_shutdown() the call chain above is executed, which at some point calls     iavf_remove(). However iavf_remove() expects the VF to be in one of the states __IAVF_RUNNING, __IAVF_DOWN     or __IAVF_INIT_FAILED. If that's not the case it sleeps forever. So if iavf_shutdown() gets invoked before     iavf_remove() the system will hang indefinitely because the adapter is already in state __IAVF_REMOVE. Fix     this by returning from iavf_remove() if the state is __IAVF_REMOVE, as we already went through     iavf_shutdown(). (CVE-2023-53064)

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-2025:02262-1 advisory.

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

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - 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-2022-49775: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times (bsc#1242245).
    - CVE-2022-49858: octeontx2-pf: Fix SQE threshold checking (bsc#1242589).
    - CVE-2023-53058: net/mlx5: E-Switch, Fix an Oops in error handling code (bsc#1242237).
    - CVE-2023-53060: igb: revert rtnl_lock() that causes deadlock (bsc#1242241).
    - CVE-2023-53064: iavf: Fix hang on reboot with ice (bsc#1242222).
    - CVE-2023-53066: qed/qed_sriov: guard against NULL derefs from qed_iov_get_vf_info (bsc#1242227).
    - CVE-2023-53079: net/mlx5: Fix steering rules cleanup (bsc#1242765).
    - CVE-2023-53114: i40e: Fix kernel crash during reboot when adapter is in recovery mode (bsc#1242398).
    - CVE-2023-53134: bnxt_en: Avoid order-5 memory allocation for TPA data (bsc#1242380)
    - CVE-2024-53168: net: make sock_inuse_add() available (bsc#1234887).
    - CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show (bsc#1235100).
    - CVE-2025-21888: RDMA/mlx5: Fix a WARN during dereg_mr for DM type (bsc#1240177).
    - CVE-2025-21999: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (bsc#1240802).
    - CVE-2025-22056: netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix geneve_opt type confusion addition (bsc#1241525).
    - CVE-2025-22060: net: mvpp2: Prevent parser TCAM memory corruption (bsc#1241526).
    - CVE-2025-23138: watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch (bsc#1241648).
    - CVE-2025-23145: mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow (bsc#1242596).
    - CVE-2025-37785: ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir (bsc#1241640).
    - CVE-2025-37789: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (bsc#1242762).


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-2025:02173-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49775: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times (bsc#1242245).
    - CVE-2024-53168: net: make sock_inuse_add() available (bsc#1234887).
    - CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show (bsc#1235100).
    - CVE-2025-21999: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (bsc#1240802).
    - CVE-2025-22056: netfilter: nft_tunnel: fix geneve_opt type confusion addition (bsc#1241525).
    - CVE-2025-23145: mptcp: fix NULL pointer in can_accept_new_subflow (bsc#1242596).
    - CVE-2025-37789: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (bsc#1242762).
    - CVE-2024-28956: x86/its: Add support for ITS-safe indirect thunk (bsc#1242006).
    - CVE-2025-37785: ext4: fix OOB read when checking dotdot dir (bsc#1241640).


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 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2951 advisory.

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

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (4.18.0). (BZ#2122230,     BZ#2122267)

    Security Fix(es):

    * use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)

    * net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

    * hw: cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)

    * malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)

    * when setting font with malicious data by ioctl PIO_FONT, kernel will write memory out of bounds     (CVE-2021-33656)

    * possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

    * use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)

    * KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)

    * KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)

    * netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

    * race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)

    * media: em28xx: initialize refcount before kref_get (CVE-2022-3239)

    * race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)

    * memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

    * data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

    * data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)

    * memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

    * denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

    * use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)

    * USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

    * Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)

    * l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)

    * igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

    * Executable Space Protection Bypass (CVE-2022-25265)

    * Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)

    * unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)

    * TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning     (CVE-2022-39189)

    * Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)

    * u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

    * use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

    * use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

    * BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

    * Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

    * memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

    * NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)

    * NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

    * use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

    * Soft lockup occurred during __page_mapcount (CVE-2023-1582)

    * slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)

    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 8.8 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 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2458 advisory.

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

    Security Fix(es):

    * use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

    * net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

    * cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)

    * malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)

    * possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

    * KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)

    * use-after-free in free_pipe_info() could lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1882)

    * KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)

    * netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

    * race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)

    * out-of-bounds read in fib_nh_match of the file net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c (CVE-2022-3435)

    * race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)

    * memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

    * data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

    * data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)

    * memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

    * denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

    * use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)

    * USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

    * use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3640)

    * Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)

    * mptcp: NULL pointer dereference in subflow traversal at disconnect time (CVE-2022-4128)

    * l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)

    * igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

    * lockdown bypass using IMA (CVE-2022-21505)

    * double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (CVE-2022-28388)

    * network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs (XSA-405) (CVE-2022-33743)

    * unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)

    * TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning     (CVE-2022-39189)

    * u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

    * use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

    * use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

    * BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

    * Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

    * memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

    * NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)

    * NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

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

    * use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

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

    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 9.2 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
246399	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53064	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241966	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
241036	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
175900	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:2951)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
175477	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:2458)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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