In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels The cacheinfo sets up the shared_cpu_map by checking whether the caches with the same index are shared between CPUs. However, this will trigger slab-out-of-bounds access if the CPUs do not have the same cache hierarchy. Another problem is the mismatched shared_cpu_map when the shared cache does not have the same index between CPUs. CPU0 I D L3 index 0 1 2 x ^ ^ ^ ^ index 0 1 2 3 CPU1 I D L2 L3 This patch checks each cache is shared with all caches on other CPUs.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50233: Bluetooth: eir: Fix using strlen with hdev->{dev_name,short_name} (bsc#1246968).
    - CVE-2022-50242: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init() (bsc#1249696).
    - CVE-2022-50244: cxl: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cxl_pci_init_afu|adapter() (bsc#1249647).
    - CVE-2022-50252: igb: Do not free q_vector unless new one was allocated (bsc#1249846).
    - CVE-2022-50258: wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential stack-out-of-bounds in brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds()     (bsc#1249947).
    - CVE-2022-50265: kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_wait (bsc#1249744).
    - CVE-2022-50278: PNP: fix name memory leak in pnp_alloc_dev() (bsc#1249715).
    - CVE-2022-50285: mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages (bsc#1249803).
    - CVE-2022-50288: qlcnic: prevent ->dcb use-after-free on qlcnic_dcb_enable() failure (bsc#1249802).
    - CVE-2022-50291: kcm: annotate data-races around kcm->rx_psock (bsc#1249798).
    - CVE-2022-50294: wifi: libertas: fix memory leak in lbs_init_adapter() (bsc#1249799).
    - CVE-2022-50297: wifi: ath9k: verify the expected usb_endpoints are present (bsc#1250250).
    - CVE-2022-50304: mm: export bdi_unregister (bsc#1249725).
    - CVE-2022-50311: cxl: Fix refcount leak in cxl_calc_capp_routing (bsc#1249720).
    - CVE-2022-50312: drivers: serial: jsm: fix some leaks in probe (bsc#1249716).
    - CVE-2022-50321: wifi: brcmfmac: fix potential memory leak in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() (bsc#1249706).
    - CVE-2022-50330: crypto: cavium - prevent integer overflow loading firmware (bsc#1249700).
    - CVE-2022-50349: misc: tifm: fix possible memory leak in tifm_7xx1_switch_media() (bsc#1249920).
    - CVE-2022-50352: net: hns: fix possible memory leak in hnae_ae_register() (bsc#1249922).
    - CVE-2022-50359: media: cx88: Fix a null-ptr-deref bug in buffer_prepare() (bsc#1250269).
    - CVE-2022-50365: skbuff: Account for tail adjustment during pull operations (bsc#1250084).
    - CVE-2022-50375: tty: serial: fsl_lpuart: disable dma rx/tx use flags in lpuart_dma_shutdown     (bsc#1250132).
    - CVE-2022-50386: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free (bsc#1250301).
    - CVE-2022-50396: net: sched: fix memory leak in tcindex_set_parms (bsc#1250104).
    - CVE-2022-50402: drivers/md/md-bitmap: check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter() (bsc#1250363).
    - CVE-2022-50405: net/tunnel: wait until all sk_user_data reader finish before releasing the sock     (bsc#1250155).
    - CVE-2022-50406: iomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback     (bsc#1250165).
    - CVE-2022-50408: wifi: brcmfmac: fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() (bsc#1250391).
    - CVE-2022-50409: net: If sock is dead do not access sock's sk_wq in sk_stream_wait_memory (bsc#1250392).
    - CVE-2022-50419: Bluetooth: hci_sysfs: Fix attempting to call device_add multiple times (bsc#1250394).
    - CVE-2023-53148: igb: Do not bring the device up after non-fatal error (bsc#1249842).
    - CVE-2023-53153: wifi: cfg80211: Partial revert 'wifi: cfg80211: Fix use after free for wext'     (bsc#1249877).
    - CVE-2023-53176: serial: 8250: Fix oops for port->pm on uart_change_pm() (bsc#1249991).
    - CVE-2023-53178: mm: zswap: fix missing folio cleanup in writeback race path (bsc#1249827 git-fix).
    - CVE-2023-53199: wifi: ath9k: hif_usb: clean up skbs if ath9k_hif_usb_rx_stream() fails (bsc#1249683).
    - CVE-2023-53201: RDMA/bnxt_re: wraparound mbox producer index (bsc#1249687).
    - CVE-2023-53226: wifi: mwifiex: Fix oob check condition in mwifiex_process_rx_packet (bsc#1249658).
    - CVE-2023-53248: drm/amdgpu: install stub fence into potential unused fence pointers (bsc#1249779).
    - CVE-2023-53254: drivers: base: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map changes in event of CPU hotplug     (bsc#1249871).
    - CVE-2023-53272: net: ena: fix shift-out-of-bounds in exponential backoff (bsc#1249917).
    - CVE-2023-53277: wifi: iwl3945: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue (bsc#1249936).
    - CVE-2023-53288: drm/client: Fix memory leak in drm_client_modeset_probe (bsc#1250058).
    - CVE-2023-53298: nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io (bsc#1249944).
    - CVE-2023-53302: wifi: iwl4965: Add missing check for create_singlethread_workqueue() (bsc#1249958).
    - CVE-2023-53305: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free (bsc#1250049).
    - CVE-2023-53309: drm/radeon: Fix integer overflow in radeon_cs_parser_init (bsc#1250055).
    - CVE-2023-53317: ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent (bsc#1250081).
    - CVE-2023-53321: wifi: mac80211_hwsim: drop short frames (bsc#1250313).
    - CVE-2023-53335: RDMA/cxgb4: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in pass_establish() (bsc#1250072).
    - CVE-2023-53344: can: bcm: bcm_tx_setup(): fix KMSAN uninit-value in vfs_write (bsc#1250023).
    - CVE-2023-53348: btrfs: fix deadlock when aborting transaction during relocation with scrub     (bsc#1250018).
    - CVE-2023-53365: ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() (bsc#1249988).
    - CVE-2023-53384: wifi: mwifiex: avoid possible NULL skb pointer dereference (bsc#1250127).
    - CVE-2023-53393: RDMA/mlx5: Fix mlx5_ib_get_hw_stats when used for device (bsc#1250114).
    - CVE-2023-53395: ACPICA: Add AML_NO_OPERAND_RESOLVE flag to Timer (bsc#1250358).
    - CVE-2023-53397: modpost: fix off by one in is_executable_section() (bsc#1250125).
    - CVE-2023-53400: ALSA: hda: Fix Oops by 9.1 surround channel names (bsc#1250328).
    - CVE-2023-53438: x86/MCE: Always save CS register on AMD Zen IF Poison errors (bsc#1250180).
    - CVE-2023-53441: bpf: cpumap: Fix memory leak in cpu_map_update_elem (bsc#1250150).
    - CVE-2024-53194: PCI: Fix use-after-free of slot->bus on hot remove (bsc#1235459).
    - CVE-2024-58240: tls: separate no-async decryption request handling from async (bsc#1248847).
    - CVE-2025-38488: smb: client: fix use-after-free in crypt_message when using async crypto (bsc#1247239).
    - CVE-2025-38527: smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break (bsc#1248199).
    - CVE-2025-38553: net/sched: Restrict conditions for adding duplicating netems to qdisc tree     (bsc#1248255).
    - CVE-2025-38572: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() (bsc#1248399).
    - CVE-2025-38574: pptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit() (bsc#1248365).
    - CVE-2025-38602: wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start() (bsc#1248341).
    - CVE-2025-38604: wifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue (bsc#1248333).
    - CVE-2025-38623: PCI: pnv_php: Fix surprise plug detection and recovery (bsc#1248610).
    - CVE-2025-38624: PCI: pnv_php: Clean up allocated IRQs on unplug (bsc#1248617).
    - CVE-2025-38632: pinmux: fix race causing mux_owner NULL with active mux_usecount (bsc#1248669).
    - CVE-2025-38639: netfilter: xt_nfacct: do not assume acct name is null-terminated (bsc#1248674).
    - CVE-2025-38665: can: netlink: can_changelink(): fix NULL pointer deref of struct can_priv::do_set_mode     (bsc#1248648).
    - CVE-2025-38685: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit (bsc#1249220).
    - CVE-2025-38701: ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr (bsc#1249258).
    - CVE-2025-38702: fbdev: fix potential buffer overflow in do_register_framebuffer() (bsc#1249254).
    - CVE-2025-38705: drm/amd/pm: fix null pointer access (bsc#1249334).
    - CVE-2025-38712: hfsplus: do not use BUG_ON() in hfsplus_create_attributes_file() (bsc#1249194).
    - CVE-2025-38713: hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_uni2asc() (bsc#1249200).
    - CVE-2025-38729: ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too (bsc#1249164).
    - CVE-2025-38735: gve: prevent ethtool ops after shutdown (bsc#1249288).
    - CVE-2025-39677: net/sched: Fix backlog accounting in qdisc_dequeue_internal (bsc#1249300).
    - CVE-2025-39691: fs/buffer: fix use-after-free when call bh_read() helper (bsc#1249374).
    - CVE-2025-39705: drm/amd/display: fix a Null pointer dereference vulnerability (bsc#1249295).
    - CVE-2025-39706: drm/amdkfd: Destroy KFD debugfs after destroy KFD wq (bsc#1249413).
    - CVE-2025-39726: s390/ism: fix concurrency management in ism_cmd() (bsc#1249266).
    - CVE-2025-39751: ALSA: hda/ca0132: Fix buffer overflow in add_tuning_control (bsc#1249538).
    - CVE-2025-39754: mm/smaps: fix race between smaps_hugetlb_range and migration (bsc#1249524).
    - CVE-2025-39757: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix size validation in convert_chmap_v3() (bsc#1249515).
    - CVE-2025-39760: usb: core: config: Prevent OOB read in SS endpoint companion parsing (bsc#1249598).
    - CVE-2025-39763: ACPICA: Fix error code path in acpi_ds_call_control_method() (bsc#1249615).
    - CVE-2025-39764: netfilter: ctnetlink: remove refcounting in expectation dumpers (bsc#1249513).
    - CVE-2025-39773: net: bridge: fix soft lockup in br_multicast_query_expired() (bsc#1249504).
    - CVE-2025-39782: jbd2: prevent softlockup in jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() (bsc#1249526).
    - CVE-2025-39787: soc: qcom: mdt_loader: Deal with zero e_shentsize (bsc#1249545).
    - CVE-2025-39800: btrfs: abort transaction on unexpected eb generation at btrfs_copy_root() (bsc#1250177).
    - CVE-2025-39808: HID: hid-ntrig: fix unable to handle page fault in ntrig_report_version() (bsc#1250088).
    - CVE-2025-39824: HID: asus: fix UAF via HID_CLAIMED_INPUT validation (bsc#1250007).
    - CVE-2025-39833: mISDN: hfcpci: Fix warning when deleting uninitialized timer (bsc#1250028).
    - CVE-2025-39838: cifs: prevent NULL pointer dereference in UTF16 conversion (bsc#1250365).
    - CVE-2025-39847: ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb (bsc#1250292).
    - CVE-2025-39853: i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty (bsc#1250275).
    - CVE-2025-39860: Bluetooth: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_cleanup_listen() (bsc#1250247).
    - CVE-2025-39863: wifi: brcmfmac: fix use-after-free when rescheduling brcmf_btcoex_info work     (bsc#1250281).
    - CVE-2025-39865: tee: fix NULL pointer dereference in tee_shm_put (bsc#1250294).
    - CVE-2025-39869: dmaengine: ti: edma: Fix memory allocation size for queue_priority_map (bsc#1250406).
    - CVE-2025-39885: ocfs2: fix recursive semaphore deadlock in fiemap call (bsc#1250407).
    - CVE-2025-40300: x86/vmscape: Warn when STIBP is disabled with SMT (bsc#1247483).


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

  - cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels The cacheinfo sets up the     shared_cpu_map by checking whether the caches with the same index are shared between CPUs. However, this     will trigger slab-out-of-bounds access if the CPUs do not have the same cache hierarchy. Another problem     is the mismatched shared_cpu_map when the shared cache does not have the same index between CPUs. CPU0 I D     L3 index 0 1 2 x ^ ^ ^ ^ index 0 1 2 3 CPU1 I D L2 L3 This patch checks each cache is shared with all     caches on other CPUs. (CVE-2023-53254)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-138 advisory.

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

    drm: Fix potential null-ptr-deref due to drmm_mode_config_init() (CVE-2022-50556)

    A double-free vulnerability was found in the handling of IORING_OP_SOCKET operation with io_uring on the     Linux kernel. (CVE-2023-1032)

    Due to a type confusion during initializations, the tun and tap sockets in the Linux Kernel have their     socket UID hardcoded to 0, i.e. root. While it will be often correct, as TUN/TAP devices require     CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case. The socket UID may be used for network filtering and     routing, thus TUN/TAP sockets may be incorrectly managed, potentially bypassing network filters based on     UID. (CVE-2023-1076)

    kernel: Type confusion in pick_next_rt_entity(), which can result in memory corruption. (CVE-2023-1077)

    A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel integrated infrared receiver/transceiver driver was found in the     way user detaching rc device. A local user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate     their privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1118)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited     to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate     filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double     freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to     root.We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28. (CVE-2023-1829)

    When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation()     determines that STIBP is not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch     targetinjection. However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on returning to userspace for     performance reasons which leaves userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target injection     against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2985)

    An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker     can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2023-45863)

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

    vfio/type1: prevent underflow of locked_vm via exec() (CVE-2023-53171)

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

    USB: uhci: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53197)

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

    netfilter: x_tables: fix percpu counter block leak on error path when creating new netns (CVE-2023-53200)

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

    PM: domains: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53202)

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

    driver core: location: Free struct acpi_pld_info *pld before return false (CVE-2023-53211)

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

    arm64: efi: Make efi_rt_lock a raw_spinlock (CVE-2023-53216)

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

    watchdog: Fix kmemleak in watchdog_cdev_register (CVE-2023-53234)

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

    xsk: check IFF_UP earlier in Tx path (CVE-2023-53240)

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

    firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in dmi_sysfs_register_handle (CVE-2023-53250)

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

    cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (CVE-2023-53254)

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

    VMCI: check context->notify_page after call to get_user_pages_fast() to avoid GPF (CVE-2023-53259)

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

    misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53279)

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

    udf: Do not update file length for failed writes to inline files (CVE-2023-53295)

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

    rbd: avoid use-after-free in do_rbd_add() when rbd_dev_create() fails (CVE-2023-53307)

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

    genirq/ipi: Fix NULL pointer deref in irq_data_get_affinity_mask() (CVE-2023-53332)

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

    USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53359)

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

    block: be a bit more careful in checking for NULL bdev while polling (CVE-2023-53366)

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

    crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)

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

    NFSD: fix leaked reference count of nfsd4_ssc_umount_item (CVE-2023-53381)

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

    drivers: base: dd: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53390)

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

    trace/blktrace: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53408)

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

    drivers: base: component: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53409)

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

    PM: EM: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53411)

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

    objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections() (CVE-2023-53423)

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

    cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list (CVE-2023-53427)

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

    ipv6: Add lwtunnel encap size of all siblings in nexthop calculation (CVE-2023-53477)

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

    iommu: Fix error unwind in iommu_group_alloc() (CVE-2023-53482)

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

    crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53494)

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

    udf: Do not bother merging very long extents (CVE-2023-53506)

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

    io_uring: fix fget leak when fs don't support nowait buffered read (CVE-2023-53511)

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

    sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop (CVE-2023-53590)

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

    driver core: fix resource leak in device_add() (CVE-2023-53594)

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

    nfsd: clean up potential nfsd_file refcount leaks in COPY codepath (CVE-2023-53606)

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

    irqchip: Fix refcount leak in platform_irqchip_probe (CVE-2023-53610)

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

    nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery (CVE-2023-53643)

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

    srcu: Delegate work to the boot cpu if using SRCU_SIZE_SMALL (CVE-2023-53671)

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

    drm/i915: Fix system suspend without fbdev being initialized (CVE-2023-53678)

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

    udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy (CVE-2023-53695)

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

    ring-buffer: Handle race between rb_move_tail and rb_check_pages (CVE-2023-53709)

    kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

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
270831	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
264999	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53254	Nessus	Misc.	high
173340	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-138)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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