In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: do not run mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw Trying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in a successful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When removing the driver, ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Fix the issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered hw.

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: wifi: mt76: do not run     mt76_unregister_device() on unregistered hw Trying to probe a mt7921e pci card without firmware results in     a successful probe where ieee80211_register_hw hasn't been called. When removing the driver,     ieee802111_unregister_hw is called unconditionally leading to a kernel NULL pointer dereference. Fix the     issue running mt76_unregister_device routine just for registered hw. (CVE-2023-53071)

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-2025:02173-1 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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
244435	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53071	Nessus	Misc.	medium
241036	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
210758	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2024-5.0-0393	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
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

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