In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb-storage: alauda: Fix uninit-value in alauda_check_media() Syzbot got KMSAN to complain about access to an uninitialized value in the alauda subdriver of usb-storage: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in alauda_transport+0x462/0x57f0 drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:1137 CPU: 0 PID: 12279 Comm: usb-storage Not tainted 5.3.0-rc7+ #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x191/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:113 kmsan_report+0x13a/0x2b0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:108 __msan_warning+0x73/0xe0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:250 alauda_check_media+0x344/0x3310 drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:460 The problem is that alauda_check_media() doesn't verify that its USB transfer succeeded before trying to use the received data. What should happen if the transfer fails isn't entirely clear, but a reasonably conservative approach is to pretend that no media is present. A similar problem exists in a usb_stor_dbg() call in alauda_get_media_status(). In this case, when an error occurs the call is redundant, because usb_stor_ctrl_transfer() already will print a debugging message. Finally, unrelated to the uninitialized memory access, is the fact that alauda_check_media() performs DMA to a buffer on the stack. Fortunately usb-storage provides a general purpose DMA-able buffer for uses like this. We'll use it instead.

suse_linux SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1: SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important) (SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1)

suse_linux SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1: SUSE SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important) (SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49604,CVE-2025-40074: ip: Fix data-races around sysctl_ip_fwd_use_pmtu (bsc#1238414     bsc#1252794).
    - CVE-2022-50527: drm/amdgpu: Fix size validation for non-exclusive domains (v4) (bsc#1251738).
    - CVE-2022-50625: serial: amba-pl011: avoid SBSA UART accessing DMACR register (bsc#1254559).
    - CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
    - CVE-2022-50656: nfc: pn533: Clear nfc_target before being used (bsc#1254745).
    - CVE-2022-50678: wifi: brcmfmac: fix invalid address access when enabling SCAN log level (bsc#1254902).
    - CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
    - CVE-2023-53454: HID: multitouch: Correct devm device reference for hidinput input_dev name     (bsc#1250759).
    - CVE-2023-53718: ring-buffer: Do not swap cpu_buffer during resize process (bsc#1252564).
    - CVE-2023-53748: media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix potential array out-of-bounds in decoder queue_setup     (bsc#1254907).
    - CVE-2023-53765: dm cache: free background tracker's queued work in btracker_destroy (bsc#1254912).
    - CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
    - CVE-2023-53788: ALSA: hda/ca0132: fixup buffer overrun at tuning_ctl_set() (bsc#1254917).
    - CVE-2023-53819: amdgpu: validate offset_in_bo of drm_amdgpu_gem_va (bsc#1254712).
    - CVE-2023-53850: iavf: use internal state to free traffic IRQs (bsc#1254677).
    - CVE-2023-54120: Bluetooth: Fix race condition in hidp_session_thread (bsc#1256133).
    - CVE-2023-54214: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free (bsc#1255954).
    - CVE-2023-54236: net/net_failover: fix txq exceeding warning (bsc#1255922).
    - CVE-2023-54286: wifi: iwlwifi: dvm: Fix memcpy: detected field-spanning write backtrace (bsc#1255803).
    - CVE-2023-54300: wifi: ath9k: avoid referencing uninit memory in ath9k_wmi_ctrl_rx (bsc#1255790).
    - CVE-2025-38085: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (bsc#1245431 bsc#1245499).
    - CVE-2025-38336: ata: pata_via: Force PIO for ATAPI devices on VT6415/VT6330 (bsc#1246370).
    - CVE-2025-38728: smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd (bsc#1249256).
    - CVE-2025-40006: mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted (bsc#1252342).
    - CVE-2025-40035: Input: uinput - zero-initialize uinput_ff_upload_compat to avoid info leak     (bsc#1252866).
    - CVE-2025-40053: net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure (bsc#1252808).
    - CVE-2025-40064: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev() (bsc#1252845).
    - CVE-2025-40075: tcp_metrics: use dst_dev_net_rcu() (bsc#1252795).
    - CVE-2025-40081: perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF() (bsc#1252776).
    - CVE-2025-40110: drm/vmwgfx: Fix a null-ptr access in the cursor snooper (bsc#1253275).
    - CVE-2025-40123: bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (bsc#1253365).
    - CVE-2025-40135: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (bsc#1253342).
    - CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40149: tls: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in get_netdev_for_sock() (bsc#1253355).
    - CVE-2025-40153: mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area (bsc#1253408).
    - CVE-2025-40158: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (bsc#1253402).
    - CVE-2025-40160: xen/events: Cleanup find_virq() return codes (bsc#1253400).
    - CVE-2025-40164: usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings (bsc#1253407).
    - CVE-2025-40167: ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (bsc#1253458).
    - CVE-2025-40168: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (bsc#1253427).
    - CVE-2025-40170: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (bsc#1253413).
    - CVE-2025-40178: pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns (bsc#1253463).
    - CVE-2025-40198: ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() (bsc#1253453).
    - CVE-2025-40200: Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() (bsc#1253448).
    - CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40219: PCI/IOV: Add PCI rescan-remove locking when enabling/disabling SR-IOV (bsc#1254518).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40240: sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing (bsc#1254869).
    - CVE-2025-40244: hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent() (bsc#1255033).
    - CVE-2025-40248: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (bsc#1254864).
    - CVE-2025-40252: net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end()     (bsc#1254849).
    - CVE-2025-40269: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential overflow of PCM transfer buffer (bsc#1255035).
    - CVE-2025-40275: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix NULL pointer dereference in snd_usb_mixer_controls_badd     (bsc#1254829).
    - CVE-2025-40278: net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak     (bsc#1254825).
    - CVE-2025-40279: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak (bsc#1254846).
    - CVE-2025-40283: Bluetooth: btusb: reorder cleanup in btusb_disconnect to avoid UAF (bsc#1254858).
    - CVE-2025-40304: fbdev: Add bounds checking in bit_putcs to fix vmalloc-out-of-bounds (bsc#1255034).
    - CVE-2025-40308: Bluetooth: bcsp: receive data only if registered (bsc#1255064).
    - CVE-2025-40321: wifi: brcmfmac: fix crash while sending Action Frames in standalone AP Mode     (bsc#1254795).
    - CVE-2025-40322: fbdev: bitblit: bound-check glyph index in bit_putcs* (bsc#1255092).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-40337: net: stmmac: Correctly handle Rx checksum offload errors (bsc#1255081).
    - CVE-2025-40349: hfs: validate record offset in hfsplus_bmap_alloc (bsc#1255280).
    - CVE-2025-40351: hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfsplus_delete_cat() (bsc#1255281).
    - CVE-2025-68206: netfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections (bsc#1255142).
    - CVE-2025-68340: team: Move team device type change at the end of team_port_add (bsc#1255507).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured (bsc#1250759).
    - Squashfs: add additional inode sanity checking (bsc#1253448).
    - drm/amdgpu: Fix potential NULL dereference (bsc#1251238).

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 version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.254-169.358. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-116 advisory.

    A division-by-zero error on some AMD processors can potentially return speculative data resulting in loss     of confidentiality. (CVE-2023-20588)

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

    scsi: core: Fix possible memory leak if device_add() fails (CVE-2023-53174)

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

    scsi: storvsc: Fix handling of virtual Fibre Channel timeouts (CVE-2023-53245)

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

    nilfs2: fix use-after-free of nilfs_root in dirtying inodes via iput (CVE-2023-53311)

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

    dccp: fix data-race around dp->dccps_mss_cache (CVE-2023-53839)

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

    usb-storage: alauda: Fix uninit-value in alauda_check_media() (CVE-2023-53847)

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

  - usb-storage: alauda: Fix uninit-value in alauda_check_media() Syzbot got KMSAN to complain about access to     an uninitialized value in the alauda subdriver of usb-storage: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in     alauda_transport+0x462/0x57f0 drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:1137 CPU: 0 PID: 12279 Comm: usb-storage Not     tainted 5.3.0-rc7+ #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google     01/01/2011 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack+0x191/0x1f0     lib/dump_stack.c:113 kmsan_report+0x13a/0x2b0 mm/kmsan/kmsan_report.c:108 __msan_warning+0x73/0xe0     mm/kmsan/kmsan_instr.c:250 alauda_check_media+0x344/0x3310 drivers/usb/storage/alauda.c:460 The problem is     that alauda_check_media() doesn't verify that its USB transfer succeeded before trying to use the received     data. What should happen if the transfer fails isn't entirely clear, but a reasonably conservative     approach is to pretend that no media is present. A similar problem exists in a usb_stor_dbg() call in     alauda_get_media_status(). In this case, when an error occurs the call is redundant, because     usb_stor_ctrl_transfer() already will print a debugging message. Finally, unrelated to the uninitialized     memory access, is the fact that alauda_check_media() performs DMA to a buffer on the stack. Fortunately     usb-storage provides a general purpose DMA-able buffer for uses like this. We'll use it instead.
    (CVE-2023-53847)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
297090	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296680	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296676	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296481	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
281815	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2025-116 (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2025-116)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
278020	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53847	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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