In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k: htc_hst: free skb in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() if there is no callback function It is stated that ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees the provided skb or passes its management to another callback function. However, the skb is not freed in case there is no another callback function, and Syzkaller was able to cause a memory leak. Also minor comment fix. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1078-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50453: gpiolib: cdev: fix NULL-pointer dereferences (bsc#1250887).
    - CVE-2023-53794: cifs: fix session state check in reconnect to avoid use-after-free issue (bsc#1255163).
    - CVE-2023-53802: wifi: ath9k: htc_hst: free skb in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() if there is no callback function     (bsc#1254725).
    - CVE-2023-53808: wifi: mwifiex: fix memory leak in mwifiex_histogram_read() (bsc#1254723).
    - CVE-2023-53816: drm/amdkfd: fix potential kgd_mem UAFs (bsc#1254958).
    - CVE-2023-53817: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() (bsc#1254992).
    - CVE-2023-53827: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_disconnect_{req,rsp} (bsc#1255049).
    - CVE-2023-54184: scsi: target: iscsit: Free cmds before session free (bsc#1255991).
    - CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1238917).
    - CVE-2025-22083: vhost-scsi: Fix handling of multiple calls to vhost_scsi_set_endpoint (bsc#1241414).
    - CVE-2025-22125: md/raid1,raid10: do not ignore IO flags (bsc#1241596).
    - CVE-2025-39748: bpf: Forget ranges when refining tnum after JSET (bsc#1249587).
    - CVE-2025-39817: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (bsc#1249998).
    - CVE-2025-39964: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (bsc#1251966).
    - CVE-2025-39998: scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow     (bsc#1252073).
    - CVE-2025-40099: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (bsc#1252911).
    - CVE-2025-40103: smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (bsc#1252924).
    - CVE-2025-40219: PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV (bsc#1254518).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40242: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (bsc#1255075).
    - CVE-2025-40342: nvme-fc: use lock accessing port_state and rport state (bsc#1255274).
    - CVE-2025-68223: drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock (bsc#1255357).
    - CVE-2025-68234: scsi: imm: Fix use-after-free bug caused by unfinished delayed work (bsc#1255416).
    - CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
    - CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
    - CVE-2025-68287: usb: dwc3: Fix race condition between concurrent dwc3_remove_requests() call paths     (bsc#1255152).
    - CVE-2025-68295: smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon() (bsc#1255129).
    - CVE-2025-68724: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (bsc#1255550).
    - CVE-2025-68818: scsi: qla2xxx: Perform lockless command completion in abort path (bsc#1256675).
    - CVE-2025-71075: scsi: aic94xx: fix use-after-free in device removal path (bsc#1256629).
    - CVE-2025-71104: KVM: x86: Fix VM hard lockup after prolonged inactivity with periodic HV timer     (bsc#1256708).
    - CVE-2025-71113: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc (bsc#1256716).
    - CVE-2025-71116: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (bsc#1256744).
    - CVE-2025-71131: crypto: seqiv - Do not use req->iv after crypto_aead_encrypt (bsc#1256742).
    - CVE-2025-71183: btrfs: always detect conflicting inodes when logging inode refs (bsc#1257631).
    - CVE-2025-71184: btrfs: fix NULL dereference on root when tracing inode eviction (bsc#1257635).
    - CVE-2025-71194: btrfs: fix deadlock in wait_current_trans() due to ignored transaction type     (bsc#1257687).
    - CVE-2025-71224: wifi: mac80211: ocb: skip rx_no_sta when interface is not joined (bsc#1258824).
    - CVE-2025-71236: scsi: qla2xxx: Validate sp before freeing associated memory (bsc#1258442).
    - CVE-2026-22991: libceph: make free_choose_arg_map() resilient to partial allocation (bsc#1257220).
    - CVE-2026-22998: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (bsc#1257209).
    - CVE-2026-23004: dst: fix races in rt6_uncached_list_del() and rt_del_uncached_list() (bsc#1257231).
    - CVE-2026-23054: net: hv_netvsc: reject RSS hash key programming without RX indirection table     (bsc#1257732).
    - CVE-2026-23060: crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec     (bsc#1257735).
    - CVE-2026-23064: net/sched: act_ife: avoid possible NULL deref (bsc#1257765).
    - CVE-2026-23069: vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit() (bsc#1257755).
    - CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1257749).
    - CVE-2026-23083: fou: Don't allow 0 for FOU_ATTR_IPPROTO (bsc#1257745).
    - CVE-2026-23084: be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list (bsc#1257830).
    - CVE-2026-23085: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Avoid truncating memory addresses (bsc#1257758).
    - CVE-2026-23086: vsock/virtio: cap TX credit to local buffer size (bsc#1257757).
    - CVE-2026-23089: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix use-after-free in snd_usb_mixer_free() (bsc#1257790).
    - CVE-2026-23095: gue: Fix skb memleak with inner IP protocol 0 (bsc#1257808).
    - CVE-2026-23099: bonding: limit BOND_MODE_8023AD to Ethernet devices (bsc#1257816).
    - CVE-2026-23105: net/sched: qfq: Use cl_is_active to determine whether class is active in qfq_rm_from_ag     (bsc#1257775).
    - CVE-2026-23112: nvmet-tcp: add bounds checks in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (bsc#1258184).
    - CVE-2026-23125: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT (bsc#1258293).
    - CVE-2026-23141: btrfs: send: check for inline extents in range_is_hole_in_parent() (bsc#1258377).
    - CVE-2026-23191: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (bsc#1258395).
    - CVE-2026-23198: KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd (bsc#1258321).
    - CVE-2026-23204: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() (bsc#1258340).
    - CVE-2026-23208: ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames (bsc#1258468).
    - CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() (bsc#1258518).
    - CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (bsc#1258850).
    - CVE-2026-23269: apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb (bsc#1259857).


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-2026:0617-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
    - CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255594).
    - CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
    - CVE-2023-53215: sched/fair: Don't balance task to its current running CPU (bsc#1250397).
    - CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
    - CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
    - CVE-2023-54142: gtp: Fix use-after-free in __gtp_encap_destroy() (bsc#1256095).
    - CVE-2023-54243: netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free (bsc#1255908).
    - CVE-2024-28956: x86/its: Enumerate Indirect Target Selection (ITS) bug (bsc#1242006).
    - CVE-2024-36348: x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (bsc#1238896).
    - CVE-2024-36349: x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (bsc#1238896).
    - CVE-2024-36350: x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (bsc#1238896).
    - CVE-2024-36357: x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (bsc#1238896).
    - CVE-2024-44987: ipv6: prevent UAF in ip6_send_skb() (bsc#1230185).
    - CVE-2024-46854: net: dpaa: Pad packets to ETH_ZLEN (bsc#1231084).
    - CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1238917).
    - CVE-2025-38068: crypto: lzo - Fix compression buffer overrun (bsc#1245210).
    - CVE-2025-38129: page_pool: fix inconsistency for page_pool_ring_lock() (bsc#1245723).
    - CVE-2025-38159: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (bsc#1245751).
    - CVE-2025-38375: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size (bsc#1247177).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
    - CVE-2025-40139: net: ipv4: Consolidate ipv4_mtu and ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40257: mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() (bsc#1254842).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40300: Documentation/hw-vuln: Add VMSCAPE documentation (bsc#1247483).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-68183: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (bsc#1255251).
    - CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()     (bsc#1255377).
    - CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
    - CVE-2025-68312: usbnet: Prevents free active kevent (bsc#1255171).
    - CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).
    - CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256641).
    - CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256623).
    - CVE-2025-71089: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set (bsc#1256612).
    - CVE-2025-71112: net: hns3: add VLAN id validation before using (bsc#1256726).
    - CVE-2025-71116: libceph: make decode_pool() more resilient against corrupted osdmaps (bsc#1256744).
    - CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf     (bsc#1256779).
    - CVE-2026-22999: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() (bsc#1257236).
    - CVE-2026-23001: macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source() (bsc#1257232).
    - CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1257749).
    - CVE-2026-23089: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix use-after-free in snd_usb_mixer_free() (bsc#1257790).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - net: hv_netvsc: reject RSS hash key programming without RX indirection table (bsc#1257473).
    - net: tcp: allow zero-window ACK update the window (bsc#1254767).
    - net: tcp: send zero-window ACK when no memory (bsc#1254767).
    - scsi: storvsc: Process unsupported MODE_SENSE_10 (bsc#1257296).
    - tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze (bsc#1254767).
    - x86/CPU/AMD: Add ZenX generations flags (bsc#1238896).
    - x86/its: Fix crash during dynamic its initialization (bsc#1257771).
    - x86/modules: Set VM_FLUSH_RESET_PERMS in module_alloc() (bsc#1257771).
    - x86: make page fault handling disable interrupts properly (git-fixes).

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-2026:0317-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
    - CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
    - CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
    - CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
    - CVE-2024-56590: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix not checking skb length on hci_acldata_packet (bsc#1235038).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
    - CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - ACPI/IORT: Fix memory leak in iort_rmr_alloc_sids() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: PRM: Remove unnecessary strict handler address checks (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Do not pass NULL handles to acpi_attach_data() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Fix buffer properties extraction for subnodes (git-fixes).
    - KVM: SVM: Fix TSC_AUX virtualization setup (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/cm: Rate limit destroy CM ID timeout error message (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/counter: Check CAP_NET_RAW check in user namespace for RDMA counters (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/hns: Fix the modification of max_send_sge (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for anchor create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for devx create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Fix compilation warning when USER_ACCESS isn't set (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/nldev: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP modify (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Add empty rdma_uattrs_has_raw_cap() declaration (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for RAW QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - arch/idle: Change arch_cpu_idle() behavior: always exit with IRQs disabled (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle (git-fixes).
    - dm: free table mempools if not used in __bind (git-fixes).
    - padata: Honor the caller's alignment in case of chunk_size 0 (bsc#1237563).
    - platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Fail module load when plat_info is NULL (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Fix RSB clearing in indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Use SBPB in write_ibpb() if applicable (git-fixes).
    - x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Drop flags from __tdx_hypercall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Dynamically disable SEPT violations from causing #VEs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Emit warning if IRQs are enabled during HLT #VE handling (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Extend TDX_MODULE_CALL to support more TDCALL/SEAMCALL leafs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix __noreturn build warning around __tdx_hypercall_failed() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Introduce wrappers to read and write TD metadata (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make TDX_HYPERCALL asm similar to TDX_MODULE_CALL (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make macros of TDCALLs consistent with the spec (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Pass TDCALL/SEAMCALL input/output registers via a structure (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Reimplement __tdx_hypercall() using TDX_MODULE_CALL asm (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove 'struct tdx_hypercall_args' (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove TDX_HCALL_ISSUE_STI (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename __tdx_module_call() to __tdcall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename tdx_parse_tdinfo() to tdx_setup() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Retry partially-completed page conversion hypercalls (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Skip saving output regs when SEAMCALL fails with VMFailInvalid (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Zero out the missing RSI in TDX_HYPERCALL macro (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX_MODULE_CALL handle SEAMCALL #UD and #GP (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Wire up basic SEAMCALL functions (git-fixes).
    - xfs: fix sparse inode limits on runt AG (bsc#1254392).

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.

  - wifi: ath9k: htc_hst: free skb in ath9k_htc_rx_msg() if there is no callback function It is stated that     ath9k_htc_rx_msg() either frees the provided skb or passes its management to another callback function.
    However, the skb is not freed in case there is no another callback function, and Syzkaller was able to     cause a memory leak. Also minor comment fix. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with     Syzkaller. (CVE-2023-53802)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
303947	SUSE SLES12 : Recommended update for initial livepatch (SUSE-SU-2026:1078-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
300092	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
297191	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
278061	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53802	Nessus	Misc.	medium
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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