In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: state: fix out-of-bounds read during lookup lookup and resize can run in parallel. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock ensures a retry, but the hash functions can observe a hmask value that is too large for the new hlist array. rehash does: rcu_assign_pointer(net->xfrm.state_bydst, ndst) [..] net->xfrm.state_hmask = nhashmask; While state lookup does: h = xfrm_dst_hash(net, daddr, saddr, tmpl->reqid, encap_family); hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(x, net->xfrm.state_bydst + h, bydst) { This is only safe in case the update to state_bydst is larger than net->xfrm.xfrm_state_hmask (or if the lookup function gets serialized via state spinlock again). Fix this by prefetching state_hmask and the associated pointers. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock retry will ensure that the pointer and the hmask will be consistent. The existing helpers, like xfrm_dst_hash(), are now unsafe for RCU side, add lockdep assertions to document that they are only safe for insert side. xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr() uses the spinlock rather than RCU. AFAICS this is an oversight from back when state lookup was converted to RCU, this lock should be replaced with RCU in a future patch.

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7521-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - PowerPC architecture;

    - x86 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Serial ATA and Parallel ATA drivers;

    - Drivers core;

    - Network block device driver;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - Character device driver;

    - TPM device driver;

    - Clock framework and drivers;

    - Hardware crypto device drivers;

    - FireWire subsystem;

    - EFI core;

    - Qualcomm firmware drivers;

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - HID subsystem;

    - I2C subsystem;

    - I3C subsystem;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Input Device (Mouse) drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - NVIDIA Tegra memory controller driver;

    - Fastrpc Driver;

    - Network drivers;

    - Operating Performance Points (OPP) driver;

    - PCI subsystem;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

    - PTP clock framework;

    - Remote Processor subsystem;

    - Real Time Clock drivers;

    - S/390 drivers;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - QCOM SoC drivers;

    - SPI subsystem;

    - Media staging drivers;

    - Trusted Execution Environment drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - UFS subsystem;

    - USB Device Class drivers;

    - USB core drivers;

    - USB Gadget drivers;

    - USB Host Controller drivers;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - Ceph distributed file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - Overlay file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - UBI file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - KVM subsystem;

    - Networking core;

    - ptr_ring data structure definitions;

    - Networking subsytem;

    - Amateur Radio drivers;

    - L3 Master device support module;

    - TCP network protocol;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - io_uring subsystem;

    - Process Accounting mechanism;

    - Perf events;

    - Padata parallel execution mechanism;

    - printk logging mechanism;

    - Scheduler infrastructure;

    - Workqueue subsystem;

    - Memory management;

    - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Rose network layer;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - Network traffic control;

    - Wireless networking;

    - Key management;

    - Landlock security;

    - Linux Security Modules (LSM) Framework;

    - Tomoyo security module;

    - SoC audio core drivers;

    - SOF drivers; (CVE-2025-21737, CVE-2025-21711, CVE-2025-21987, CVE-2025-21848, CVE-2024-49570,     CVE-2025-21762, CVE-2025-21738, CVE-2025-21712, CVE-2025-21719, CVE-2025-21870, CVE-2024-57984,     CVE-2025-21815, CVE-2025-21744, CVE-2024-58058, CVE-2024-58078, CVE-2024-57990, CVE-2024-54458,     CVE-2025-21899, CVE-2025-21814, CVE-2025-21746, CVE-2024-54456, CVE-2025-21739, CVE-2024-58057,     CVE-2025-21855, CVE-2025-21758, CVE-2024-58006, CVE-2024-58007, CVE-2025-21720, CVE-2024-58090,     CVE-2025-21852, CVE-2024-57982, CVE-2024-58013, CVE-2024-58082, CVE-2025-21825, CVE-2024-58072,     CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2025-21787, CVE-2025-21742, CVE-2025-21705, CVE-2025-21829, CVE-2024-58060,     CVE-2025-21811, CVE-2025-21900, CVE-2025-21853, CVE-2025-21809, CVE-2025-21938, CVE-2025-21728,     CVE-2025-21785, CVE-2025-21732, CVE-2025-21888, CVE-2025-21768, CVE-2025-21875, CVE-2025-21721,     CVE-2025-21766, CVE-2025-21892, CVE-2024-57953, CVE-2025-21772, CVE-2025-21735, CVE-2024-58017,     CVE-2024-58086, CVE-2024-58084, CVE-2025-21761, CVE-2024-58008, CVE-2024-57988, CVE-2025-21874,     CVE-2024-58011, CVE-2025-21706, CVE-2024-57999, CVE-2025-21858, CVE-2024-58061, CVE-2025-21727,     CVE-2025-21780, CVE-2024-58051, CVE-2025-21791, CVE-2025-21788, CVE-2025-21786, CVE-2024-58012,     CVE-2024-58010, CVE-2024-58001, CVE-2025-21844, CVE-2025-21708, CVE-2024-57834, CVE-2025-21873,     CVE-2025-21704, CVE-2025-21765, CVE-2025-21839, CVE-2025-21723, CVE-2024-57974, CVE-2025-21876,     CVE-2025-21782, CVE-2025-21866, CVE-2024-58076, CVE-2025-21724, CVE-2025-21895, CVE-2025-21770,     CVE-2025-21835, CVE-2024-58052, CVE-2025-21827, CVE-2024-58069, CVE-2025-21828, CVE-2025-21734,     CVE-2025-21781, CVE-2025-21971, CVE-2025-21775, CVE-2024-52559, CVE-2024-58020, CVE-2025-21713,     CVE-2024-58068, CVE-2024-58018, CVE-2025-21806, CVE-2025-21802, CVE-2025-21731, CVE-2025-21741,     CVE-2025-21847, CVE-2025-21767, CVE-2024-58003, CVE-2024-57993, CVE-2025-21725, CVE-2025-21796,     CVE-2025-21764, CVE-2025-21862, CVE-2025-21733, CVE-2024-58075, CVE-2025-21808, CVE-2024-58034,     CVE-2025-21707, CVE-2024-58080, CVE-2025-21784, CVE-2024-57994, CVE-2025-21890, CVE-2025-21754,     CVE-2024-58063, CVE-2025-21826, CVE-2025-21821, CVE-2024-58079, CVE-2024-58056, CVE-2025-21798,     CVE-2024-58077, CVE-2024-58019, CVE-2025-21748, CVE-2025-21759, CVE-2024-58004, CVE-2024-58081,     CVE-2024-57978, CVE-2025-21865, CVE-2024-58002, CVE-2025-21810, CVE-2025-21743, CVE-2024-57989,     CVE-2025-21718, CVE-2024-57987, CVE-2025-21877, CVE-2024-57973, CVE-2024-58070, CVE-2024-58071,     CVE-2025-21891, CVE-2024-58021, CVE-2024-58016, CVE-2024-58005, CVE-2025-21760, CVE-2025-21883,     CVE-2025-21878, CVE-2025-21881, CVE-2025-21838, CVE-2025-21783, CVE-2024-57986, CVE-2025-21793,     CVE-2025-21859, CVE-2025-21792, CVE-2025-21820, CVE-2025-21799, CVE-2025-21750, CVE-2025-21795,     CVE-2025-21854, CVE-2025-21836, CVE-2025-21726, CVE-2025-21846, CVE-2025-21864, CVE-2024-57977,     CVE-2025-21887, CVE-2025-21710, CVE-2025-21889, CVE-2025-21812, CVE-2025-21773, CVE-2024-57852,     CVE-2025-21856, CVE-2025-21871, CVE-2025-21763, CVE-2024-58064, CVE-2025-21804, CVE-2024-58055,     CVE-2025-21898, CVE-2025-21776, CVE-2025-21869, CVE-2025-21745, CVE-2025-21736, CVE-2025-21716,     CVE-2024-57981, CVE-2024-57979, CVE-2025-21715, CVE-2024-57998, CVE-2025-21790, CVE-2024-58085,     CVE-2025-21749, CVE-2024-58088, CVE-2025-21753, CVE-2025-21851, CVE-2024-58054, CVE-2025-21830,     CVE-2025-21832, CVE-2024-57980, CVE-2025-21885, CVE-2025-21863, CVE-2024-58053, CVE-2025-21823,     CVE-2025-21857, CVE-2024-58083, CVE-2024-58014, CVE-2025-21816, CVE-2025-21779, CVE-2025-21872,     CVE-2024-57997, CVE-2025-21867, CVE-2024-57985, CVE-2025-21831, CVE-2025-21801, CVE-2025-21868,     CVE-2025-21849)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: state: fix out-of-bounds read     during lookup lookup and resize can run in parallel. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock ensures a     retry, but the hash functions can observe a hmask value that is too large for the new hlist array. rehash     does: rcu_assign_pointer(net->xfrm.state_bydst, ndst) [..] net->xfrm.state_hmask = nhashmask; While state     lookup does: h = xfrm_dst_hash(net, daddr, saddr, tmpl->reqid, encap_family); hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(x,     net->xfrm.state_bydst + h, bydst) { This is only safe in case the update to state_bydst is larger than     net->xfrm.xfrm_state_hmask (or if the lookup function gets serialized via state spinlock again). Fix this     by prefetching state_hmask and the associated pointers. The xfrm_state_hash_generation seqlock retry will     ensure that the pointer and the hmask will be consistent. The existing helpers, like xfrm_dst_hash(), are     now unsafe for RCU side, add lockdep assertions to document that they are only safe for insert side.
    xfrm_state_lookup_byaddr() uses the spinlock rather than RCU. AFAICS this is an oversight from back when     state lookup was converted to RCU, this lock should be replaced with RCU in a future patch.
    (CVE-2024-57982)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
236983	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7521-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
230746	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-57982	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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