In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility Yinhao et al. recently reported: Our fuzzer tool discovered an uninitialized pointer issue in the bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() function within the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference when a BPF program attempts to deference the txq member of struct xdp_buff object. The test initializes two programs of BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP: progA acts as the entry point for bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() and its expected_attach_type can neither be of be BPF_XDP_DEVMAP nor BPF_XDP_CPUMAP. progA calls into a slot of a tailcall map it owns. progB's expected_attach_type must be BPF_XDP_DEVMAP to pass xdp_is_valid_access() validation. The program returns struct xdp_md's egress_ifindex, and the latter is only allowed to be accessed under mentioned expected_attach_type. progB is then inserted into the tailcall which progA calls. The underlying issue goes beyond XDP though. Another example are programs of type BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK_ADDR. sock_addr_is_valid_access() as well as sock_addr_func_proto() have different logic depending on the programs' expected_attach_type. Similarly, a program attached to BPF_CGROUP_INET4_GETPEERNAME should not be allowed doing a tailcall into a program which calls bpf_bind() out of BPF which is only enabled for BPF_CGROUP_INET4_CONNECT. In short, specifying expected_attach_type allows to open up additional functionality or restrictions beyond what the basic bpf_prog_type enables. The use of tailcalls must not violate these constraints. Fix it by enforcing expected_attach_type in __bpf_prog_map_compatible(). Note that we only enforce this for tailcall maps, but not for BPF devmaps or cpumaps: There, the programs are invoked through dev_map_bpf_prog_run*() and cpu_map_bpf_prog_run*() which set up a new environment / context and therefore these situations are not prone to this issue.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4379 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4379-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                        Ben Hutchings     November 25, 2025                             https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : linux-6.1     Version        : 6.1.158-1~deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-21861 CVE-2025-39929 CVE-2025-39931 CVE-2025-39934                      CVE-2025-39937 CVE-2025-39938 CVE-2025-39942 CVE-2025-39943                      CVE-2025-39944 CVE-2025-39945 CVE-2025-39946 CVE-2025-39949                      CVE-2025-39951 CVE-2025-39953 CVE-2025-39955 CVE-2025-39957                      CVE-2025-39964 CVE-2025-39967 CVE-2025-39968 CVE-2025-39969                      CVE-2025-39970 CVE-2025-39971 CVE-2025-39972 CVE-2025-39973                      CVE-2025-39977 CVE-2025-39978 CVE-2025-39980 CVE-2025-39982                      CVE-2025-39985 CVE-2025-39986 CVE-2025-39987 CVE-2025-39988                      CVE-2025-39993 CVE-2025-39994 CVE-2025-39995 CVE-2025-39996                      CVE-2025-39998 CVE-2025-40001 CVE-2025-40006 CVE-2025-40008                      CVE-2025-40010 CVE-2025-40011 CVE-2025-40013 CVE-2025-40018                      CVE-2025-40019 CVE-2025-40020 CVE-2025-40021 CVE-2025-40022                      CVE-2025-40026 CVE-2025-40027 CVE-2025-40029 CVE-2025-40030                      CVE-2025-40032 CVE-2025-40035 CVE-2025-40036 CVE-2025-40040                      CVE-2025-40042 CVE-2025-40043 CVE-2025-40044 CVE-2025-40048                      CVE-2025-40049 CVE-2025-40051 CVE-2025-40053 CVE-2025-40055                      CVE-2025-40056 CVE-2025-40060 CVE-2025-40062 CVE-2025-40068                      CVE-2025-40070 CVE-2025-40078 CVE-2025-40080 CVE-2025-40081                      CVE-2025-40084 CVE-2025-40085 CVE-2025-40087 CVE-2025-40088                      CVE-2025-40092 CVE-2025-40093 CVE-2025-40094 CVE-2025-40095                      CVE-2025-40096 CVE-2025-40099 CVE-2025-40100 CVE-2025-40103                      CVE-2025-40104 CVE-2025-40105 CVE-2025-40106 CVE-2025-40107                      CVE-2025-40109 CVE-2025-40111 CVE-2025-40112 CVE-2025-40115                      CVE-2025-40116 CVE-2025-40118 CVE-2025-40120 CVE-2025-40121                      CVE-2025-40123 CVE-2025-40124 CVE-2025-40125 CVE-2025-40126                      CVE-2025-40127 CVE-2025-40134 CVE-2025-40140 CVE-2025-40141                      CVE-2025-40153 CVE-2025-40154 CVE-2025-40156 CVE-2025-40167                      CVE-2025-40171 CVE-2025-40173 CVE-2025-40176 CVE-2025-40178                      CVE-2025-40179 CVE-2025-40183 CVE-2025-40186 CVE-2025-40187                      CVE-2025-40188 CVE-2025-40190 CVE-2025-40193 CVE-2025-40194                      CVE-2025-40197 CVE-2025-40198 CVE-2025-40200 CVE-2025-40201                      CVE-2025-40202 CVE-2025-40204 CVE-2025-40205 CVE-2025-40207

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

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     6.1.158-1~deb11u1.  This version additionally includes many more bug     fixes from stable updates 6.1.154-6.1.158.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux-6.1 packages.

    For the detailed security status of linux-6.1 please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux-6.1

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
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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.

  - bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility Yinhao et al. recently reported: Our fuzzer     tool discovered an uninitialized pointer issue in the bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() function within the Linux     kernel's BPF subsystem. This leads to a NULL pointer dereference when a BPF program attempts to deference     the txq member of struct xdp_buff object. The test initializes two programs of BPF_PROG_TYPE_XDP: progA     acts as the entry point for bpf_prog_test_run_xdp() and its expected_attach_type can neither be of be     BPF_XDP_DEVMAP nor BPF_XDP_CPUMAP. progA calls into a slot of a tailcall map it owns. progB's     expected_attach_type must be BPF_XDP_DEVMAP to pass xdp_is_valid_access() validation. The program returns     struct xdp_md's egress_ifindex, and the latter is only allowed to be accessed under mentioned     expected_attach_type. progB is then inserted into the tailcall which progA calls. The underlying issue     goes beyond XDP though. Another example are programs of type BPF_PROG_TYPE_CGROUP_SOCK_ADDR.
    sock_addr_is_valid_access() as well as sock_addr_func_proto() have different logic depending on the     programs' expected_attach_type. Similarly, a program attached to BPF_CGROUP_INET4_GETPEERNAME should not     be allowed doing a tailcall into a program which calls bpf_bind() out of BPF which is only enabled for     BPF_CGROUP_INET4_CONNECT. In short, specifying expected_attach_type allows to open up additional     functionality or restrictions beyond what the basic bpf_prog_type enables. The use of tailcalls must not     violate these constraints. Fix it by enforcing expected_attach_type in __bpf_prog_map_compatible(). Note     that we only enforce this for tailcall maps, but not for BPF devmaps or cpumaps: There, the programs are     invoked through dev_map_bpf_prog_run*() and cpu_map_bpf_prog_run*() which set up a new environment /     context and therefore these situations are not prone to this issue. (CVE-2025-40123)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1253 advisory.

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

    scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow (CVE-2025-39998)

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

    ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (CVE-2025-40018)

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

    Input: uinput - zero-initialize uinput_ff_upload_compat to avoid info leak (CVE-2025-40035)

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

    fs: udf: fix OOB read in lengthAllocDescs handling (CVE-2025-40044)

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

    uio_hv_generic: Let userspace take care of interrupt mask (CVE-2025-40048)

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

    Squashfs: fix uninit-value in squashfs_get_parent (CVE-2025-40049)

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

    fs: ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in run_unpack() (CVE-2025-40068)

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

    pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail (CVE-2025-40070)

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

    bpf: Explicitly check accesses to bpf_sock_addr (CVE-2025-40078)

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

    nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP (CVE-2025-40080)

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

    perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF() (CVE-2025-40081)

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

    crypto: rng - Ensure set_ent is always present (CVE-2025-40109)

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

    scsi: mpt3sas: Fix crash in transport port remove by using ioc_info() (CVE-2025-40115)

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

    bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (CVE-2025-40123)

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

    blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx (CVE-2025-40125)

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

    dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() (CVE-2025-40134)

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

    mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area (CVE-2025-40153)

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

    tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request(). (CVE-2025-40186)

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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1254 advisory.

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

    io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths (CVE-2025-39816)

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

    crypto: af_alg - Set merge to zero early in af_alg_sendmsg (CVE-2025-39931)

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

    dm-stripe: fix a possible integer overflow (CVE-2025-39940)

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

    tls: make sure to abort the stream if headers are bogus (CVE-2025-39946)

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

    net/mlx5e: Harden uplink netdev access against device unbind (CVE-2025-39947)

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

    cgroup: split cgroup_destroy_wq into 3 workqueues (CVE-2025-39953)

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

    tcp: Clear tcp_sk(sk)->fastopen_rsk in tcp_disconnect(). (CVE-2025-39955)

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

    igc: don't fail igc_probe() on LED setup error (CVE-2025-39956)

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

    iommu/amd/pgtbl: Fix possible race while increase page table level (CVE-2025-39961)

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

    io_uring: fix incorrect io_kiocb reference in io_link_skb (CVE-2025-39963)

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

    crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (CVE-2025-39964)

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

    xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI (CVE-2025-39965)

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

    fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font (CVE-2025-39967)

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

    smb: client: fix wrong index reference in smb2_compound_op() (CVE-2025-39975)

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

    futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (CVE-2025-39977)

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

    nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group (CVE-2025-39980)

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

    net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process (CVE-2025-39984)

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

    bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto (CVE-2025-39990)

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

    mm: swap: check for stable address space before operating on the VMA (CVE-2025-39992)

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

    scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow (CVE-2025-39998)

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

    mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted (CVE-2025-40006)

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

    fs/proc/task_mmu: check p->vec_buf for NULL (CVE-2025-40009)

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

    ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (CVE-2025-40018)

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

    tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent (CVE-2025-40021)

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

    vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task. (CVE-2025-40024)

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

    pinctrl: check the return value of pinmux_ops::get_function_name() (CVE-2025-40030)

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

    Input: uinput - zero-initialize uinput_ff_upload_compat to avoid info leak (CVE-2025-40035)

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

    fs: udf: fix OOB read in lengthAllocDescs handling (CVE-2025-40044)

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

    io_uring/waitid: always prune wait queue entry in io_waitid_wait() (CVE-2025-40047)

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

    uio_hv_generic: Let userspace take care of interrupt mask (CVE-2025-40048)

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

    Squashfs: fix uninit-value in squashfs_get_parent (CVE-2025-40049)

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

    smb: client: fix crypto buffers in non-linear memory (CVE-2025-40052)

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

    ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks (CVE-2025-40057)

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

    iommu/vt-d: Disallow dirty tracking if incoherent page walk (CVE-2025-40058)

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

    fs/ntfs3: reject index allocation if $BITMAP is empty but blocks exist (CVE-2025-40067)

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

    fs: ntfs3: Fix integer overflow in run_unpack() (CVE-2025-40068)

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

    pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail (CVE-2025-40070)

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

    bpf: Explicitly check accesses to bpf_sock_addr (CVE-2025-40078)

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

    nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP (CVE-2025-40080)

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

    perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF() (CVE-2025-40081)

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

    crypto: rng - Ensure set_ent is always present (CVE-2025-40109)

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

    scsi: mpt3sas: Fix crash in transport port remove by using ioc_info() (CVE-2025-40115)

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

    bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (CVE-2025-40123)

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

    blk-mq: check kobject state_in_sysfs before deleting in blk_mq_unregister_hctx (CVE-2025-40125)

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

    sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum (CVE-2025-40129)

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

    dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() (CVE-2025-40134)

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

    mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area (CVE-2025-40153)

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

    bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops (CVE-2025-40169)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
276782	Debian dla-4379 : linux-config-6.1 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
275180	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40123	Nessus	Misc.	medium
271758	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1253)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
271737	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1254)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium

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