In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: Release atm_dev_mutex after removing procfs in atm_dev_deregister(). syzbot reported a warning below during atm_dev_register(). [0] Before creating a new device and procfs/sysfs for it, atm_dev_register() looks up a duplicated device by __atm_dev_lookup(). These operations are done under atm_dev_mutex. However, when removing a device in atm_dev_deregister(), it releases the mutex just after removing the device from the list that __atm_dev_lookup() iterates over. So, there will be a small race window where the device does not exist on the device list but procfs/sysfs are still not removed, triggering the splat. Let's hold the mutex until procfs/sysfs are removed in atm_dev_deregister(). [0]: proc_dir_entry 'atm/atmtcp:0' already registered WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5919 at fs/proc/generic.c:377 proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5919 Comm: syz-executor284 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-syzkaller-00047-g52da431bf03b #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 RIP: 0010:proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Code: 48 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 80 3c 01 00 0f 85 a2 01 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 48 c7 c7 20 c0 c2 8b 48 8b b0 d8 00 00 00 e8 0c 02 1c ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 48 c7 c7 80 f2 82 8e e8 0b de 23 09 48 8b 4c 24 28 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000466fa30 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff817ae248 RDX: ffff888026280000 RSI: ffffffff817ae255 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff8880232bed48 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff888076ed2140 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888078a61340 R15: ffffed100edda444 FS: 00007f38b3b0c6c0(0000) GS:ffff888124753000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f38b3bdf953 CR3: 0000000076d58000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> proc_create_data+0xbe/0x110 fs/proc/generic.c:585 atm_proc_dev_register+0x112/0x1e0 net/atm/proc.c:361 atm_dev_register+0x46d/0x890 net/atm/resources.c:113 atmtcp_create+0x77/0x210 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:369 atmtcp_attach drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:403 [inline] atmtcp_ioctl+0x2f9/0xd60 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:464 do_vcc_ioctl+0x12c/0x930 net/atm/ioctl.c:159 sock_do_ioctl+0x115/0x280 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x227/0x6b0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7f38b3b74459 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f38b3b0c198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f38b3bfe318 RCX: 00007f38b3b74459 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006180 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 00007f38b3bfe310 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f R10: 65732f636f72702f R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f38b3bcb0ac R13: 00007f38b3b0c1a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 00007f38b3bcb03b </TASK>

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5973 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5973-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     August 12, 2025                       https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : linux     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-36350 CVE-2024-36357 CVE-2024-36913 CVE-2024-41013                      CVE-2024-56758 CVE-2024-57883 CVE-2025-21816 CVE-2025-22119                      CVE-2025-27558 CVE-2025-37958 CVE-2025-38000 CVE-2025-38001                      CVE-2025-38003 CVE-2025-38004 CVE-2025-38031 CVE-2025-38034                      CVE-2025-38035 CVE-2025-38037 CVE-2025-38040 CVE-2025-38043                      CVE-2025-38044 CVE-2025-38048 CVE-2025-38051 CVE-2025-38052                      CVE-2025-38058 CVE-2025-38061 CVE-2025-38062 CVE-2025-38063                      CVE-2025-38065 CVE-2025-38066 CVE-2025-38067 CVE-2025-38068                      CVE-2025-38071 CVE-2025-38072 CVE-2025-38074 CVE-2025-38075                      CVE-2025-38077 CVE-2025-38078 CVE-2025-38079 CVE-2025-38083                      CVE-2025-38084 CVE-2025-38085 CVE-2025-38086 CVE-2025-38088                      CVE-2025-38090 CVE-2025-38097 CVE-2025-38100 CVE-2025-38102                      CVE-2025-38103 CVE-2025-38107 CVE-2025-38108 CVE-2025-38111                      CVE-2025-38112 CVE-2025-38113 CVE-2025-38115 CVE-2025-38118                      CVE-2025-38119 CVE-2025-38120 CVE-2025-38122 CVE-2025-38124                      CVE-2025-38126 CVE-2025-38131 CVE-2025-38135 CVE-2025-38136                      CVE-2025-38138 CVE-2025-38142 CVE-2025-38143 CVE-2025-38145                      CVE-2025-38146 CVE-2025-38147 CVE-2025-38148 CVE-2025-38151                      CVE-2025-38153 CVE-2025-38154 CVE-2025-38157 CVE-2025-38158                      CVE-2025-38159 CVE-2025-38160 CVE-2025-38161 CVE-2025-38163                      CVE-2025-38165 CVE-2025-38166 CVE-2025-38167 CVE-2025-38170                      CVE-2025-38173 CVE-2025-38174 CVE-2025-38180 CVE-2025-38181                      CVE-2025-38183 CVE-2025-38184 CVE-2025-38185 CVE-2025-38190                      CVE-2025-38191 CVE-2025-38193 CVE-2025-38194 CVE-2025-38197                      CVE-2025-38198 CVE-2025-38200 CVE-2025-38202 CVE-2025-38211                      CVE-2025-38212 CVE-2025-38214 CVE-2025-38215 CVE-2025-38218                      CVE-2025-38219 CVE-2025-38222 CVE-2025-38225 CVE-2025-38226                      CVE-2025-38227 CVE-2025-38229 CVE-2025-38230 CVE-2025-38231                      CVE-2025-38236 CVE-2025-38239 CVE-2025-38245 CVE-2025-38249                      CVE-2025-38251 CVE-2025-38257 CVE-2025-38259 CVE-2025-38260                      CVE-2025-38262 CVE-2025-38263 CVE-2025-38273 CVE-2025-38275                      CVE-2025-38277 CVE-2025-38280 CVE-2025-38282 CVE-2025-38285                      CVE-2025-38286 CVE-2025-38293 CVE-2025-38298 CVE-2025-38300                      CVE-2025-38304 CVE-2025-38305 CVE-2025-38310 CVE-2025-38312                      CVE-2025-38313 CVE-2025-38319 CVE-2025-38320 CVE-2025-38323                      CVE-2025-38324 CVE-2025-38326 CVE-2025-38328 CVE-2025-38331                      CVE-2025-38332 CVE-2025-38334 CVE-2025-38336 CVE-2025-38337                      CVE-2025-38342 CVE-2025-38344 CVE-2025-38345 CVE-2025-38346                      CVE-2025-38348 CVE-2025-38350 CVE-2025-38352 CVE-2025-38354                      CVE-2025-38362 CVE-2025-38363 CVE-2025-38364 CVE-2025-38365                      CVE-2025-38371 CVE-2025-38375 CVE-2025-38377 CVE-2025-38380                      CVE-2025-38382 CVE-2025-38384 CVE-2025-38385 CVE-2025-38386                      CVE-2025-38387 CVE-2025-38389 CVE-2025-38391 CVE-2025-38393                      CVE-2025-38395 CVE-2025-38396 CVE-2025-38399 CVE-2025-38400                      CVE-2025-38401 CVE-2025-38403 CVE-2025-38404 CVE-2025-38406                      CVE-2025-38409 CVE-2025-38410 CVE-2025-38412 CVE-2025-38415                      CVE-2025-38416 CVE-2025-38418 CVE-2025-38419 CVE-2025-38420                      CVE-2025-38422 CVE-2025-38424 CVE-2025-38425 CVE-2025-38428                      CVE-2025-38430 CVE-2025-38437 CVE-2025-38439 CVE-2025-38441                      CVE-2025-38443 CVE-2025-38444 CVE-2025-38445 CVE-2025-38448                      CVE-2025-38451 CVE-2025-38455 CVE-2025-38456 CVE-2025-38457                      CVE-2025-38458 CVE-2025-38459 CVE-2025-38460 CVE-2025-38461                      CVE-2025-38462 CVE-2025-38464 CVE-2025-38465 CVE-2025-38466                      CVE-2025-38467 CVE-2025-38468 CVE-2025-38470 CVE-2025-38471                      CVE-2025-38472 CVE-2025-38473 CVE-2025-38474 CVE-2025-38476                      CVE-2025-38477 CVE-2025-38478 CVE-2025-38480 CVE-2025-38481                      CVE-2025-38482 CVE-2025-38483 CVE-2025-38485 CVE-2025-38487                      CVE-2025-38488 CVE-2025-38494 CVE-2025-38495 CVE-2025-38497                      CVE-2025-38498 CVE-2025-38499

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that     may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information     leaks.

    For the oldstable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed     in version 6.1.147-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

    For the detailed security status of linux please refer to its security     tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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

  - atm: Release atm_dev_mutex after removing procfs in atm_dev_deregister(). syzbot reported a warning below     during atm_dev_register(). [0] Before creating a new device and procfs/sysfs for it, atm_dev_register()     looks up a duplicated device by __atm_dev_lookup(). These operations are done under atm_dev_mutex.
    However, when removing a device in atm_dev_deregister(), it releases the mutex just after removing the     device from the list that __atm_dev_lookup() iterates over. So, there will be a small race window where     the device does not exist on the device list but procfs/sysfs are still not removed, triggering the splat.
    Let's hold the mutex until procfs/sysfs are removed in atm_dev_deregister(). [0]: proc_dir_entry     'atm/atmtcp:0' already registered WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5919 at fs/proc/generic.c:377     proc_register+0x455/0x5f0 fs/proc/generic.c:377 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5919 Comm: syz-     executor284 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-syzkaller-00047-g52da431bf03b #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google     Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 RIP: 0010:proc_register+0x455/0x5f0     fs/proc/generic.c:377 Code: 48 89 f9 48 c1 e9 03 80 3c 01 00 0f 85 a2 01 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 48 c7 c7 20     c0 c2 8b 48 8b b0 d8 00 00 00 e8 0c 02 1c ff 90 <0f> 0b 90 90 48 c7 c7 80 f2 82 8e e8 0b de 23 09 48 8b 4c     24 28 48 RSP: 0018:ffffc9000466fa30 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX:
    ffffffff817ae248 RDX: ffff888026280000 RSI: ffffffff817ae255 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: ffff8880232bed48     R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12:
    ffff888076ed2140 R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff888078a61340 R15: ffffed100edda444 FS:
    00007f38b3b0c6c0(0000) GS:ffff888124753000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0:
    0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f38b3bdf953 CR3: 0000000076d58000 CR4: 00000000003526f0 DR0: 0000000000000000     DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7:
    0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> proc_create_data+0xbe/0x110 fs/proc/generic.c:585     atm_proc_dev_register+0x112/0x1e0 net/atm/proc.c:361 atm_dev_register+0x46d/0x890 net/atm/resources.c:113     atmtcp_create+0x77/0x210 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:369 atmtcp_attach drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:403 [inline]     atmtcp_ioctl+0x2f9/0xd60 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:464 do_vcc_ioctl+0x12c/0x930 net/atm/ioctl.c:159     sock_do_ioctl+0x115/0x280 net/socket.c:1190 sock_ioctl+0x227/0x6b0 net/socket.c:1311 vfs_ioctl     fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:893 [inline]
    __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18b/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:893 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]     do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP:
    0033:0x7f38b3b74459 Code: 28 00 00 00 75 05 48 83 c4 28 c3 e8 51 18 00 00 90 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48     89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89     01 48 RSP: 002b:00007f38b3b0c198 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
    00007f38b3bfe318 RCX: 00007f38b3b74459 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000006180 RDI: 0000000000000005     RBP: 00007f38b3bfe310 R08: 65732f636f72702f R09: 65732f636f72702f R10: 65732f636f72702f R11:
    0000000000000246 R12: 00007f38b3bcb0ac R13: 00007f38b3b0c1a0 R14: 0000200000000200 R15: 00007f38b3bcb03b     </TASK> (CVE-2025-38245)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
249177	Debian dsa-5973 : affs-modules-6.1.0-37-4kc-malta-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
247584	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38245	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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