In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: allow small head cache usage with large MAX_SKB_FRAGS values Sabrina reported the following splat: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at net/core/dev.c:6935 netif_napi_add_weight_locked+0x8f2/0xba0 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc1-net-00092-g011b03359038 #996 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS Arch Linux 1.16.3-1-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:netif_napi_add_weight_locked+0x8f2/0xba0 Code: e8 c3 e6 6a fe 48 83 c4 28 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f c3 cc cc cc cc c7 44 24 10 ff ff ff ff e9 8f fb ff ff e8 9e e6 6a fe <0f> 0b e9 d3 fe ff ff e8 92 e6 6a fe 48 8b 04 24 be ff ff ff ff 48 RSP: 0000:ffffc9000001fc60 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88806ce48128 RCX: 1ffff11001664b9e RDX: ffff888008f00040 RSI: ffffffff8317ca42 RDI: ffff88800b325cb6 RBP: ffff88800b325c40 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed100167502c R10: ffff88800b3a8163 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88800ac1c168 R13: ffff88800ac1c168 R14: ffff88800ac1c168 R15: 0000000000000007 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88806ce00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff888008201000 CR3: 0000000004c94001 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> gro_cells_init+0x1ba/0x270 xfrm_input_init+0x4b/0x2a0 xfrm_init+0x38/0x50 ip_rt_init+0x2d7/0x350 ip_init+0xf/0x20 inet_init+0x406/0x590 do_one_initcall+0x9d/0x2e0 do_initcalls+0x23b/0x280 kernel_init_freeable+0x445/0x490 kernel_init+0x20/0x1d0 ret_from_fork+0x46/0x80 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK> irq event stamp: 584330 hardirqs last enabled at (584338): [<ffffffff8168bf87>] __up_console_sem+0x77/0xb0 hardirqs last disabled at (584345): [<ffffffff8168bf6c>] __up_console_sem+0x5c/0xb0 softirqs last enabled at (583242): [<ffffffff833ee96d>] netlink_insert+0x14d/0x470 softirqs last disabled at (583754): [<ffffffff8317c8cd>] netif_napi_add_weight_locked+0x77d/0xba0 on kernel built with MAX_SKB_FRAGS=45, where SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(1024) is smaller than GRO_MAX_HEAD. Such built additionally contains the revert of the single page frag cache so that napi_get_frags() ends up using the page frag allocator, triggering the splat. Note that the underlying issue is independent from the mentioned revert; address it ensuring that the small head cache will fit either TCP and GRO allocation and updating napi_alloc_skb() and __netdev_alloc_skb() to select kmalloc() usage for any allocation fitting such cache.

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.

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