In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: don't hold ni_lock when calling truncate_setsize() syzbot is reporting hung task at do_user_addr_fault() [1], for there is a silent deadlock between PG_locked bit and ni_lock lock. Since filemap_update_page() calls filemap_read_folio() after calling folio_trylock() which will set PG_locked bit, ntfs_truncate() must not call truncate_setsize() which will wait for PG_locked bit to be cleared when holding ni_lock lock.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-131737 advisory.

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

    fs/ntfs3: don't hold ni_lock when calling truncate_setsize()

    syzbot is reporting hung task at do_user_addr_fault() [1], for there is     a silent deadlock between PG_locked bit and ni_lock lock.

    Since filemap_update_page() calls filemap_read_folio() after calling     folio_trylock() which will set PG_locked bit, ntfs_truncate() must not     call truncate_setsize() which will wait for PG_locked bit to be cleared     when holding ni_lock lock.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: don't hold ni_lock when     calling truncate_setsize() syzbot is reporting hung task at do_user_addr_fault() [1], for there is a     silent deadlock between PG_locked bit and ni_lock lock. Since filemap_update_page() calls     filemap_read_folio() after calling folio_trylock() which will set PG_locked bit, ntfs_truncate() must not     call truncate_setsize() which will wait for PG_locked bit to be cleared when holding ni_lock lock.
    (CVE-2023-53163)

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

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.90-54.138. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-013 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.6, a NULL pointer dereference bug in the traffic control subsystem allows     an unprivileged user to trigger a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted traffic control     configuration that is set up with tc qdisc and tc class commands. This affects qdisc_graft in     net/sched/sch_api.c. (CVE-2022-47929)

    A flaw NULL Pointer Dereference in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver function attr_punch_hole() was found. A     local user could use this flaw to crash the system. (CVE-2022-4842)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/inode.c does not validate the attribute name offset. An     unhandled page fault may occur. (CVE-2022-48424)

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

    efi: fix NULL-deref in init error path (CVE-2022-48879)

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

    sched/core: Fix use-after-free bug in dup_user_cpus_ptr() (CVE-2022-48892)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Validate BOOT record_size (CVE-2022-50262)

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

    pnode: terminate at peers of source (CVE-2022-50280)

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

    ext4: fix delayed allocation bug in ext4_clu_mapped for bigalloc + inline (CVE-2022-50286)

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

    btrfs: fix extent map use-after-free when handling missing device in read_one_chunk (CVE-2022-50300)

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

    ext4: fix potential out of bound read in ext4_fc_replay_scan() (CVE-2022-50306)

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

    block, bfq: fix uaf for bfqq in bfq_exit_icq_bfqq (CVE-2022-50329)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Add null pointer check to attr_load_runs_vcn (CVE-2022-50336)

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

    cifs: fix oops during encryption (CVE-2022-50341)

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

    ext4: init quota for 'old.inode' in 'ext4_rename' (CVE-2022-50346)

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

    md: fix a crash in mempool_free (CVE-2022-50381)

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

    nvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled (CVE-2022-50388)

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

    tpm: tpm_crb: Add the missed acpi_put_table() to fix memory leak (CVE-2022-50389)

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

    net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_set_parms (CVE-2022-50396)

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

    ext4: fix off-by-one errors in fast-commit block filling (CVE-2022-50428)

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

    ext4: don't set up encryption key during jbd2 transaction (CVE-2022-50436)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Validate buffer length while parsing index (CVE-2022-50442)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path (CVE-2022-50451)

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

    btrfs: fix resolving backrefs for inline extent followed by prealloc (CVE-2022-50456)

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

    ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal (CVE-2022-50465)

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

    cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() (CVE-2022-50473)

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

    ext4: add EXT4_IGET_BAD flag to prevent unexpected bad inode (CVE-2022-50485)

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

    dm cache: Fix UAF in destroy() (CVE-2022-50496)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset (CVE-2022-50507)

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

    dm thin: Use last transaction's pmd->root when commit failed (CVE-2022-50534)

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

    ext4: fix uninititialized value in 'ext4_evict_inode' (CVE-2022-50546)

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

    dm thin: Fix ABBA deadlock between shrink_slab and dm_pool_abort_metadata (CVE-2022-50549)

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

    tpm: acpi: Call acpi_put_table() to fix memory leak (CVE-2022-50562)

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

    dm thin: Fix UAF in run_timer_softirq() (CVE-2022-50563)

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

    PCI: Fix pci_device_is_present() for VFs by checking PF (CVE-2022-50636)

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

    ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad boot loader inode (CVE-2022-50638)

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

    ext4: fix deadlock due to mbcache entry corruption (CVE-2022-50668)

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

    ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup (CVE-2022-50673)

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

    io_uring/rw: defer fsnotify calls to task context (CVE-2022-50705)

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

    ext4: silence the warning when evicting inode with dioread_nolock (CVE-2022-50730)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Validate index root when initialize NTFS security (CVE-2022-50737)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Add null pointer check for inode operations (CVE-2022-50739)

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

    nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size (CVE-2022-50756)

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

    ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode (CVE-2022-50782)

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

    mptcp: use proper req destructor for IPv6 (CVE-2022-50783)

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

    SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails (CVE-2022-50821)

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

    tpm: tpm_tis: Add the missed acpi_put_table() to fix memory leak (CVE-2022-50824)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Add overflow check for attribute size (CVE-2022-50841)

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

    ext4: fix inode leak in ext4_xattr_inode_create() on an error path (CVE-2022-50845)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in r_page (CVE-2022-50869)

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

    objtool: Fix SEGFAULT (CVE-2022-50879)

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

    dm integrity: Fix UAF in dm_integrity_dtr() (CVE-2022-50889)

    The Linux kernel does not correctly mitigate SMT attacks, as discovered through a strange pattern in the     kernel API using STIBP as a mitigation, leaving the process exposed for a short period of time after a     syscall. The kernel also does not issue an IBPB immediately during the syscall. (CVE-2023-0045)

    A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could     allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to     the root user via arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2023-0179)

    A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in rawv6_push_pending_frames in net/ipv6/raw.c in the network     subcomponent in the Linux kernel. This flaw causes the system to crash. (CVE-2023-0394)

    Detected a few exploitable gadgets that could leak secret memory through a side-channel such as MDS as     well as insufficient hardening of the usercopy functions against spectre-v1. (CVE-2023-0459)

    There is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel which can be exploited to achieve local     privilege escalation. To reach the vulnerability kernel configuration flag CONFIG_TLS or     CONFIG_XFRM_ESPINTCP has to be configured, but the operation does not require any privilege.

    There is a use-after-free bug of icsk_ulp_data of a struct inet_connection_sock.

    When CONFIG_TLS is enabled, user can install a tls context (struct tls_context) on a connected tcp socket.
    The context is not cleared if this socket is disconnected and reused as a listener. If a new socket is     created from the listener, the context is inherited and vulnerable.

    The setsockopt TCP_ULP operation does not require any privilege.

    We recommend upgrading past commit 2c02d41d71f90a5168391b6a5f2954112ba2307c (CVE-2023-0461)

    cbq_classify in net/sched/sch_cbq.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial     of service (slab-out-of-bounds read) because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes     indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid classification results). (CVE-2023-23454)

    atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c in the Linux kernel through 6.1.4 allows attackers to cause a denial     of service because of type confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition     rather than valid classification results). (CVE-2023-23455)

    In the Linux kernel 6.0.8, there is a use-after-free in run_unpack in fs/ntfs3/run.c, related to a     difference between NTFS sector size and media sector size. (CVE-2023-26544)

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

    btrfs: fix race between quota rescan and disable leading to NULL pointer deref (CVE-2023-52896)

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

    xhci: Fix null pointer dereference when host dies (CVE-2023-52898)

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

    usb: xhci: Check endpoint is valid before dereferencing it (CVE-2023-52901)

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

    io_uring: lock overflowing for IOPOLL (CVE-2023-52903)

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

    net/sched: act_mpls: Fix warning during failed attribute validation (CVE-2023-52906)

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

    iommu/iova: Fix alloc iova overflows issue (CVE-2023-52910)

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

    netfilter: ipset: Fix overflow before widen in the bitmap_ip_create() function. (CVE-2023-53032)

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

    netfilter: nft_payload: incorrect arithmetics when fetching VLAN header bits (CVE-2023-53033)

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

    fs/ntfs3: don't hold ni_lock when calling truncate_setsize() (CVE-2023-53163)

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

    netfilter: ipset: Rework long task execution when adding/deleting entries (CVE-2023-53549)

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

    x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer (CVE-2023-54146)

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	Type	Severity
366602	Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-131737)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
265230	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53163	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
171227	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-013 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-013)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high

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