In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1]. This is because if argc is less than 0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by store the error in ret and jump to done to clean up instead of returning directly. [dh: Modified Lizhi Xu's original patch to make it honour the error code from afs_split_string()] [1] WARNING: lock held when returning to user space! 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00209-g499551201b5f #0 Not tainted ------------------------------------------------ syz-executor133/5823 is leaving the kernel with locks still held! 1 lock held by syz-executor133/5823: #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:818 [inline] #0: ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: afs_proc_addr_prefs_write+0x2bb/0x14e0 fs/afs/addr_prefs.c:388

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7448-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the CIFS network file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     verify the target namespace when handling upcalls. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information. (CVE-2025-2312)

    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:

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - IRQ chip drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - i.MX PM domains;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - USB Serial drivers;

    - AFS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Proc file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;

    - Memory management;

    - Networking core;

    - Ethtool driver;

    - IEEE 802.15.4 subsystem;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Network traffic control;

    - VMware vSockets driver; (CVE-2025-21694, CVE-2025-21993, CVE-2025-21684, CVE-2025-21681, CVE-2025-21675,     CVE-2025-21672, CVE-2025-21696, CVE-2025-21691, CVE-2025-21683, CVE-2025-21666, CVE-2025-21682,     CVE-2025-21697, CVE-2025-21668, CVE-2025-21701, CVE-2025-21670, CVE-2025-21676, CVE-2025-21695,     CVE-2025-21692, CVE-2025-21674, CVE-2025-21699, CVE-2024-57948, CVE-2025-21677, CVE-2024-57951,     CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2025-21700, CVE-2024-57949, CVE-2025-21669, CVE-2025-21703, CVE-2025-21756,     CVE-2025-21667, CVE-2024-57952, CVE-2024-57950, CVE-2025-21685, CVE-2025-21693, CVE-2025-21678,     CVE-2025-21665, CVE-2025-21680, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2025-21690, CVE-2025-21673)

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 remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7445-1 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:

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - IRQ chip drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - i.MX PM domains;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - USB Serial drivers;

    - AFS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Proc file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - Kernel CPU control infrastructure;

    - Memory management;

    - Networking core;

    - Ethtool driver;

    - IEEE 802.15.4 subsystem;

    - Open vSwitch;

    - Network traffic control;

    - VMware vSockets driver; (CVE-2025-21685, CVE-2025-21684, CVE-2025-21756, CVE-2025-21670, CVE-2024-57949,     CVE-2025-21677, CVE-2025-21680, CVE-2025-21703, CVE-2024-57952, CVE-2025-21674, CVE-2025-21701,     CVE-2025-21691, CVE-2025-21689, CVE-2025-21668, CVE-2025-21665, CVE-2025-21683, CVE-2025-21675,     CVE-2025-21672, CVE-2024-57948, CVE-2025-21669, CVE-2025-21673, CVE-2025-21692, CVE-2025-21699,     CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2025-21682, CVE-2025-21690, CVE-2025-21681, CVE-2025-21695, CVE-2025-21696,     CVE-2025-21700, CVE-2025-21678, CVE-2025-21676, CVE-2024-57950, CVE-2025-21666, CVE-2025-21694,     CVE-2025-21693, CVE-2025-21993, CVE-2024-57951, CVE-2025-21697, CVE-2025-21667)

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: afs: Fix merge preference rule failure     condition syzbot reported a lock held when returning to userspace[1]. This is because if argc is less than     0 and the function returns directly, the held inode lock is not released. Fix this by store the error in     ret and jump to done to clean up instead of returning directly. [dh: Modified Lizhi Xu's original patch to     make it honour the error code from afs_split_string()] [1] WARNING: lock held when returning to user     space! 6.13.0-rc3-syzkaller-00209-g499551201b5f #0 Not tainted
    ------------------------------------------------ syz-executor133/5823 is leaving the kernel with locks     still held! 1 lock held by syz-executor133/5823: #0: ffff888071cffc00     (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: inode_lock include/linux/fs.h:818 [inline] #0:
    ffff888071cffc00 (&sb->s_type->i_mutex_key#9){++++}-{4:4}, at: afs_proc_addr_prefs_write+0x2bb/0x14e0     fs/afs/addr_prefs.c:388 (CVE-2025-21672)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234778	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7448-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
234757	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-7445-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
231301	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-21672	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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