In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: vmw_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 AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777616064 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix potential double free in     create_var_ref() In create_var_ref(), init_var_ref() is called to initialize the fields of variable     ref_field, which is allocated in the previous function call to create_hist_field(). Function     init_var_ref() allocates the corresponding fields such as ref_field->system, but frees these fields when     the function encounters an error. The caller later calls destroy_hist_field() to conduct error handling,     which frees the fields and the variable itself. This results in double free of the fields which are     already freed in the previous function. Fix this by storing NULL to the corresponding fields when they are     freed in init_var_ref(). (CVE-2022-49410)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mdio: fix undefined behavior in     bit shift for __mdiobus_register Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined, so changing     significant bit to unsigned. The UBSAN warning calltrace like below: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in     drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c:586:27 left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int' Call     Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa5 dump_stack+0x15/0x1b ubsan_epilogue+0xe/0x4e
    __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x20c __mdiobus_register+0x49d/0x4e0     fixed_mdio_bus_init+0xd8/0x12d do_one_initcall+0x76/0x430 kernel_init_freeable+0x3b3/0x422     kernel_init+0x24/0x1e0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> (CVE-2022-49907)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt: Clear selection before changing     the font When changing the console font with ioctl(KDFONTOP) the new font size can be bigger than the     previous font. A previous selection may thus now be outside of the new screen size and thus trigger out-     of-bounds accesses to graphics memory if the selection is removed in vc_do_resize(). Prevent such out-of-     memory accesses by dropping the selection before the various con_font_set() console handlers are called.
    (CVE-2022-49948)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix double free on     tx path. We see kernel crashes and lockups and KASAN errors related to ax210 firmware crashes. One of the     KASAN dumps pointed at the tx path, and it appears there is indeed a way to double-free an skb. If     iwl_mvm_tx_skb_sta returns non-zero, then the 'skb' sent into the method will be freed. But, in case where     we build TSO skb buffer, the skb may also be freed in error case. So, return 0 in that particular error     case and do cleanup manually. BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 iwlwifi     0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | tsf hi Read of size 8 at addr ffff88813cfa4ba0 by task btserver/9650 CPU: 4     PID: 9650 Comm: btserver Tainted: G W 5.19.8+ #5 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | time gp1 Hardware     name: Default string Default string/SKYBAY, BIOS 5.12 02/19/2019 Call Trace: <TASK>     dump_stack_lvl+0x55/0x6d print_report.cold.12+0xf2/0x684 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x1D0915A8 | time gp2 ?
    __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 kasan_report+0x8b/0x180 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000001 | uCode revision     type ? __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 __list_del_entry_valid+0x12/0x90 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000048     | uCode version major tcp_update_skb_after_send+0x5d/0x170 __tcp_transmit_skb+0xb61/0x15c0 iwlwifi     0000:06:00.0: 0xDAA05125 | uCode version minor ? __tcp_select_window+0x490/0x490 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0:
    0x00000420 | hw version ? trace_kmalloc_node+0x29/0xd0 ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x12a/0x260 ?     memset+0x1f/0x40 ? __build_skb_around+0x125/0x150 ? __alloc_skb+0x1d4/0x220 ?     skb_zerocopy_clone+0x55/0x230 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00489002 | board version ? kmalloc_reserve+0x80/0x80     ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0x60/0xb0 tcp_write_xmit+0x3f1/0x24d0 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x034E001C | hcmd ?
    __check_object_size+0x180/0x350 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x24020000 | isr0 tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x8a9/0x1520     iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x01400000 | isr1 ? tcp_sendpage+0x50/0x50 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x48F0000A | isr2 ?     lock_release+0xb9/0x400 ? tcp_sendmsg+0x14/0x40 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00C3080C | isr3 ?     lock_downgrade+0x390/0x390 ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x114/0x1d0 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00200000 | isr4 ?     rwlock_bug.part.2+0x50/0x50 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x034A001C | last cmd Id ? rwlock_bug.part.2+0x50/0x50 ?     lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xe/0x200 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x0000C2F0 | wait_event ?
    __local_bh_enable_ip+0x87/0xe0 ? inet_send_prepare+0x220/0x220 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x000000C4 |     l2p_control tcp_sendmsg+0x22/0x40 sock_sendmsg+0x5f/0x70 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00010034 | l2p_duration
    __sys_sendto+0x19d/0x250 iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000007 | l2p_mhvalid ? __ia32_sys_getpeername+0x40/0x40     iwlwifi 0000:06:00.0: 0x00000000 | l2p_addr_match ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0     ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? lock_release+0xb9/0x400 ? lock_downgrade+0x390/0x390 ?     ktime_get+0x64/0x130 ? ktime_get+0x8d/0x130 ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_held_common+0x12/0x50 ?     rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x5a/0xd0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0 ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb0/0xb0
    __x64_sys_sendto+0x6f/0x80 do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 RIP:
    0033:0x7f1d126e4531 Code: 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 8d 05 35 80 0c 00 41 89 ca 8b 00 85 c0     75 1c 45 31 c9 45 31 c0 b8 2c 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 67 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 83 ec 20     48 89 RSP: 002b:00007ffe21a679d8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002c RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
    000000000000ffdc RCX: 00007f1d126e4531 RDX: 0000000000010000 RSI: 000000000374acf0 RDI: 0000000000000014     RBP: 00007ffe21a67ac0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11:
    0000000000000246 R ---truncated--- (CVE-2022-50248)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: rtsx_usb_sdmmc: fix return value     check of mmc_add_host() mmc_add_host() may return error, if we ignore its return value, the memory that     allocated in mmc_alloc_host() will be leaked and it will lead a kernel crash because of deleting not added     device in the remove path. So fix this by checking the return value and calling mmc_free_host() in the     error path, besides, led_classdev_unregister() and pm_runtime_disable() also need be called.
    (CVE-2022-50347)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780052998 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: isotp: fix potential CAN frame     reception race in isotp_rcv() When receiving a CAN frame the current code logic does not consider     concurrently receiving processes which do not show up in real world usage. Ziyang Xuan writes: The     following syz problem is one of the scenarios. so->rx.len is changed by isotp_rcv_ff() during     isotp_rcv_cf(), so->rx.len equals 0 before alloc_skb() and equals 4096 after alloc_skb(). That will     trigger skb_over_panic() in skb_put(). ======================================================= CPU: 1 PID:
    19 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc8-syzkaller #0 RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x16c/0x16e     net/core/skbuff.c:113 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:118 [inline]     skb_put.cold+0x24/0x24 net/core/skbuff.c:1990 isotp_rcv_cf net/can/isotp.c:570 [inline]     isotp_rcv+0xa38/0x1e30 net/can/isotp.c:668 deliver net/can/af_can.c:574 [inline]     can_rcv_filter+0x445/0x8d0 net/can/af_can.c:635 can_receive+0x31d/0x580 net/can/af_can.c:665     can_rcv+0x120/0x1c0 net/can/af_can.c:696 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x114/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5465
    __netif_receive_skb+0x24/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:5579 Therefore we make sure the state changes and data     structures stay consistent at CAN frame reception time by adding a spin_lock in isotp_rcv(). This fixes     the issue reported by syzkaller but does not affect real world operation. (CVE-2022-48830)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix deadlock or deadcode of     misusing dget() The lock order is incorrect between denty and its parent, we should always make sure that     the parent get the lock first. But since this deadcode is never used and the parent dir will always be set     from the callers, let's just remove it. (CVE-2023-52583)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: trace_events_hist: add check for     return value of 'create_hist_field' Function 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at     trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have to check it to avoid null pointer     dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. (CVE-2023-53005)

  - 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 Here is the stack where we allocate percpu     counter block: +-< __alloc_percpu +-< xt_percpu_counter_alloc +-< find_check_entry # {arp,ip,ip6}_tables.c     +-< translate_table And it can be leaked on this code path: +-> ip6t_register_table +-> translate_table #     allocates percpu counter block +-> xt_register_table # fails there is no freeing of the counter block on     xt_register_table fail. Note: xt_percpu_counter_free should be called to free it like we do in do_replace     through cleanup_entry helper (or in __ip6t_unregister_table). Probability of hitting this error path is     low AFAICS (xt_register_table can only return ENOMEM here, as it is not replacing anything, as we are     creating new netns, and it is hard to imagine that all previous allocations succeeded and after that one     in xt_register_table failed). But it's worth fixing even the rare leak. (CVE-2023-53200)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: imx: Don't skip cleanup in     remove's error path Returning early in a platform driver's remove callback is wrong. In this case the dma     resources are not released in the error path. this is never retried later and so this is a permanent leak.
    To fix this, only skip hardware disabling if waking the device fails. (CVE-2023-53225)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780052998 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: isotp: fix potential CAN frame     reception race in isotp_rcv() When receiving a CAN frame the current code logic does not consider     concurrently receiving processes which do not show up in real world usage. Ziyang Xuan writes: The     following syz problem is one of the scenarios. so->rx.len is changed by isotp_rcv_ff() during     isotp_rcv_cf(), so->rx.len equals 0 before alloc_skb() and equals 4096 after alloc_skb(). That will     trigger skb_over_panic() in skb_put(). ======================================================= CPU: 1 PID:
    19 Comm: ksoftirqd/1 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc8-syzkaller #0 RIP: 0010:skb_panic+0x16c/0x16e     net/core/skbuff.c:113 Call Trace: <TASK> skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:118 [inline]     skb_put.cold+0x24/0x24 net/core/skbuff.c:1990 isotp_rcv_cf net/can/isotp.c:570 [inline]     isotp_rcv+0xa38/0x1e30 net/can/isotp.c:668 deliver net/can/af_can.c:574 [inline]     can_rcv_filter+0x445/0x8d0 net/can/af_can.c:635 can_receive+0x31d/0x580 net/can/af_can.c:665     can_rcv+0x120/0x1c0 net/can/af_can.c:696 __netif_receive_skb_one_core+0x114/0x180 net/core/dev.c:5465
    __netif_receive_skb+0x24/0x1b0 net/core/dev.c:5579 Therefore we make sure the state changes and data     structures stay consistent at CAN frame reception time by adding a spin_lock in isotp_rcv(). This fixes     the issue reported by syzkaller but does not affect real world operation. (CVE-2022-48830)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix deadlock or deadcode of     misusing dget() The lock order is incorrect between denty and its parent, we should always make sure that     the parent get the lock first. But since this deadcode is never used and the parent dir will always be set     from the callers, let's just remove it. (CVE-2023-52583)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: trace_events_hist: add check for     return value of 'create_hist_field' Function 'create_hist_field' is called recursively at     trace_events_hist.c:1954 and can return NULL-value that's why we have to check it to avoid null pointer     dereference. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. (CVE-2023-53005)

  - 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 Here is the stack where we allocate percpu     counter block: +-< __alloc_percpu +-< xt_percpu_counter_alloc +-< find_check_entry # {arp,ip,ip6}_tables.c     +-< translate_table And it can be leaked on this code path: +-> ip6t_register_table +-> translate_table #     allocates percpu counter block +-> xt_register_table # fails there is no freeing of the counter block on     xt_register_table fail. Note: xt_percpu_counter_free should be called to free it like we do in do_replace     through cleanup_entry helper (or in __ip6t_unregister_table). Probability of hitting this error path is     low AFAICS (xt_register_table can only return ENOMEM here, as it is not replacing anything, as we are     creating new netns, and it is hard to imagine that all previous allocations succeeded and after that one     in xt_register_table failed). But it's worth fixing even the rare leak. (CVE-2023-53200)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: imx: Don't skip cleanup in     remove's error path Returning early in a platform driver's remove callback is wrong. In this case the dma     resources are not released in the error path. this is never retried later and so this is a permanent leak.
    To fix this, only skip hardware disabling if waking the device fails. (CVE-2023-53225)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-014333 advisory.

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

    misc: vmw_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.

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.

  - misc: vmw_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-2023-53279)

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)

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

    KVM: VMX: Fix crash due to uninitialized current_vmcs (CVE-2023-53756)

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

    dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy (CVE-2023-53765)

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

    blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() (CVE-2023-53783)

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

    iommu/amd: Improve page fault error reporting (CVE-2023-53789)

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

    bpf: Zeroing allocated object from slab in bpf memory allocator (CVE-2023-53790)

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

    PCI: Fix dropping valid root bus resources with .end = zero (CVE-2023-53814)

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

    loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment (CVE-2023-53820)

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

    usb: early: xhci-dbc: Fix a potential out-of-bound memory access (CVE-2023-53840)

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

    KVM: Destroy target device if coalesced MMIO unregistration fails (CVE-2023-54024)

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

    crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-54046)

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

    iommu/amd: Add a length limitation for the ivrs_acpihid command-line parameter (CVE-2023-54057)

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

    blk-cgroup: dropping parent refcount after pd_free_fn() is done (CVE-2023-54107)

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

    leds: led-core: Fix refcount leak in of_led_get() (CVE-2023-54190)

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

    tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (CVE-2023-54198)

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

    netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free (CVE-2023-54243)

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

    cifs: Fix lost destroy smbd connection when MR allocate failed (CVE-2023-54260)

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

    ext4: refuse to create ea block when umounted (CVE-2023-54305)

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

    net: tls: avoid hanging tasks on the tx_lock (CVE-2023-54306)

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

    dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page (CVE-2023-54317)

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

    driver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add() (CVE-2023-54321)

    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.

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.102-61.139. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 advisory.

    A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks.
    L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after     running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can     execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past     commit 2e7eab81425a (CVE-2022-2196)

    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:

    netfilter: nft_tproxy: restrict to prerouting hook (CVE-2022-50001)

    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)

    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-2023-0458)

    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)

    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)

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege     Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-     after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this     vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git     commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. (CVE-2023-1281)

    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)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring system can be exploited to achieve local     privilege escalation.

    The io_file_get_fixed function lacks the presence of ctx->uring_lock which can lead to a Use-After-Free     vulnerability due a race condition with fixed files getting unregistered.

    We recommend upgrading past commit da24142b1ef9fd5d36b76e36bab328a5b27523e8. (CVE-2023-1872)

    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)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure     (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

    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:

    aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref (CVE-2023-52646)

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

    net: openvswitch: fix possible memory leak in ovs_meter_cmd_set() (CVE-2023-52702)

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

    sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue() (CVE-2023-52707)

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

    bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself (CVE-2023-52735)

    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:

    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:

    ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype (CVE-2023-53224)

    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:

    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:

    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:

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

    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:

    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:

    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:

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

    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)

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

    blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() (CVE-2023-53783)

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

    loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment (CVE-2023-53820)

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

    usb: early: xhci-dbc: Fix a potential out-of-bound memory access (CVE-2023-53840)

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

    KVM: Destroy target device if coalesced MMIO unregistration fails (CVE-2023-54024)

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

    crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-54046)

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

    leds: led-core: Fix refcount leak in of_led_get() (CVE-2023-54190)

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

    tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (CVE-2023-54198)

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

    netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free (CVE-2023-54243)

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

    cifs: Fix lost destroy smbd connection when MR allocate failed (CVE-2023-54260)

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

    ext4: refuse to create ea block when umounted (CVE-2023-54305)

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

    net: tls: avoid hanging tasks on the tx_lock (CVE-2023-54306)

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

    dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page (CVE-2023-54317)

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

    driver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add() (CVE-2023-54321)

    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	Type	Severity
353159	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777616064)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
351722	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780052998)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
351610	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1780052998)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
310368	Unity Linux 20.1060a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-014333)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
265251	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53279	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
173340	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-138)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
173235	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-015)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high

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