In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths The usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()->do_prlimit() path is very broken. sys_prlimit64() does get_task_struct(tsk) but this only protects task_struct itself. If tsk != current and tsk is not a leader, this process can exit/exec and task_lock(tsk->group_leader) may use the already freed task_struct. Another problem is that sys_prlimit64() can race with mt-exec which changes ->group_leader. In this case do_prlimit() may take the wrong lock, or (worse) ->group_leader may change between task_lock() and task_unlock(). Change sys_prlimit64() to take tasklist_lock when necessary. This is not nice, but I don't see a better fix for -stable.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50253: bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device (bsc#1249912).
    - CVE-2025-37916: pds_core: remove write-after-free of client_id (bsc#1243474).
    - CVE-2025-38084: mm/hugetlb: unshare page tables during VMA split, not before (bsc#1245431 bsc#1245498).
    - CVE-2025-38085: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (bsc#1245431 bsc#1245499).
    - CVE-2025-38321: smb: Log an error when close_all_cached_dirs fails (bsc#1246328).
    - CVE-2025-38728: smb3: fix for slab out of bounds on mount to ksmbd (bsc#1249256).
    - CVE-2025-39805: net: macb: fix unregister_netdev call order in macb_remove() (bsc#1249982).
    - CVE-2025-39819: fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update (bsc#1250176).
    - CVE-2025-39822: io_uring/kbuf: fix signedness in this_len calculation (bsc#1250034).
    - CVE-2025-39831: fbnic: Move phylink resume out of service_task and into open/close (bsc#1249977).
    - CVE-2025-39859: ptp: ocp: fix use-after-free bugs causing by ptp_ocp_watchdog (bsc#1250252).
    - CVE-2025-39897: net: xilinx: axienet: Add error handling for RX metadata pointer retrieval     (bsc#1250746).
    - CVE-2025-39917: bpf: Fix out-of-bounds dynptr write in bpf_crypto_crypt (bsc#1250723).
    - CVE-2025-39944: octeontx2-pf: Fix use-after-free bugs in otx2_sync_tstamp() (bsc#1251120).
    - CVE-2025-39961: iommu/amd/pgtbl: Fix possible race while increase page table level (bsc#1251817).
    - CVE-2025-39980: nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group (bsc#1252063).
    - CVE-2025-39990: bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto (bsc#1252054).
    - CVE-2025-40001: scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue (bsc#1252303).
    - CVE-2025-40003: net: mscc: ocelot: Fix use-after-free caused by cyclic delayed work (bsc#1252301).
    - CVE-2025-40006: mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when deleted (bsc#1252342).
    - CVE-2025-40021: tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent (bsc#1252681).
    - CVE-2025-40024: vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task (bsc#1252686).
    - CVE-2025-40027: net/9p: fix double req put in p9_fd_cancelled (bsc#1252763).
    - CVE-2025-40031: tee: fix register_shm_helper() (bsc#1252779).
    - CVE-2025-40033: remoteproc: pru: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in pru_rproc_set_ctable()     (bsc#1252824).
    - CVE-2025-40038: KVM: SVM: Skip fastpath emulation on VM-Exit if next RIP isn't valid (bsc#1252817).
    - CVE-2025-40047: io_uring/waitid: always prune wait queue entry in io_waitid_wait() (bsc#1252790).
    - CVE-2025-40053: net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure (bsc#1252808).
    - CVE-2025-40055: ocfs2: fix double free in user_cluster_connect() (bsc#1252821).
    - CVE-2025-40059: coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc (bsc#1252809).
    - CVE-2025-40064: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev() (bsc#1252845).
    - CVE-2025-40070: pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail (bsc#1252836).
    - CVE-2025-40074: tcp: convert to dev_net_rcu() (bsc#1252794).
    - CVE-2025-40075: tcp_metrics: use dst_dev_net_rcu() (bsc#1252795).
    - CVE-2025-40081: perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF() (bsc#1252776).
    - CVE-2025-40083: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue (bsc#1252912).
    - CVE-2025-40086: drm/xe: Don't allow evicting of BOs in same VM in array of VM binds (bsc#1252923).
    - CVE-2025-40098: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state()     (bsc#1252917).
    - CVE-2025-40101: btrfs: fix memory leaks when rejecting a non SINGLE data profile without an RST     (bsc#1252901).
    - CVE-2025-40102: KVM: arm64: Prevent access to vCPU events before init (bsc#1252919).
    - CVE-2025-40105: vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (bsc#1252928).
    - CVE-2025-40133: mptcp: Call dst_release() in mptcp_active_enable() (bsc#1253328).
    - CVE-2025-40134: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() (bsc#1253386).
    - CVE-2025-40135: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() (bsc#1253342).
    - CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40149: tls: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in get_netdev_for_sock() (bsc#1253355).
    - CVE-2025-40153: mm: hugetlb: avoid soft lockup when mprotect to large memory area (bsc#1253408).
    - CVE-2025-40157: EDAC/i10nm: Skip DIMM enumeration on a disabled memory controller (bsc#1253423).
    - CVE-2025-40158: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() (bsc#1253402).
    - CVE-2025-40159: xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation (bsc#1253403).
    - CVE-2025-40168: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (bsc#1253427).
    - CVE-2025-40169: bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops (bsc#1253416).
    - CVE-2025-40173: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (bsc#1253421).
    - CVE-2025-40175: idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows (bsc#1253426).
    - CVE-2025-40176: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (bsc#1253425).
    - CVE-2025-40178: pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns (bsc#1253463).
    - CVE-2025-40185: ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure (bsc#1253394).
    - CVE-2025-40201: kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()     paths (bsc#1253455).
    - CVE-2025-40203: listmount: don't call path_put() under namespace semaphore (bsc#1253457).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - ACPI: scan: Update honor list for RPMI System MSI (stable-fixes).
    - ACPICA: Update dsmethod.c to get rid of unused variable warning (stable-fixes).
    - Disable CONFIG_CPU5_WDT The cpu5wdt driver doesn't implement a       proper watchdog interface and has many code issues. It only handles       obscure and obsolete hardware. Stop building and supporting this driver       (jsc#PED-14062).
    - Fix drm/xe: Don't allow evicting of BOs in same VM in array of VM binds (bsc#1252923)
    - KVM: SVM: Delete IRTE link from previous vCPU before setting new IRTE (git-fixes).
    - KVM: SVM: Delete IRTE link from previous vCPU irrespective of new routing (git-fixes).
    - KVM: SVM: Mark VMCB_LBR dirty when MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR is updated (git-fixes).
    - KVM: s390: improve interrupt cpu for wakeup (bsc#1235463).
    - KVM: s390: kABI backport for 'last_sleep_cpu' (bsc#1252352).
    - KVM: x86/mmu: Return -EAGAIN if userspace deletes/moves memslot during prefault (git-fixes).
    - PCI/ERR: Update device error_state already after reset (stable-fixes).
    - PM: EM: Slightly reduce em_check_capacity_update() overhead (stable-fixes).
    - Revert net/mlx5e: Update and set Xon/Xoff upon MTU set (git-fixes).
    - Revert net/mlx5e: Update and set Xon/Xoff upon port speed set (git-fixes).
    - Update config files: enable zstd module decompression (jsc#PED-14115).
    - bpf/selftests: Fix test_tcpnotify_user (bsc#1253635).
    - btrfs: do not clear read-only when adding sprout device (bsc#1253238).
    - btrfs: do not update last_log_commit when logging inode due to a new name (git-fixes).
    - dm: fix queue start/stop imbalance under suspend/load/resume races (bsc#1253386)
    - drm/amd/display: Add AVI infoframe copy in copy_stream_update_to_stream (stable-fixes).
    - drm/amd/display: update color on atomic commit time (stable-fixes).
    - drm/amd/display: update dpp/disp clock from smu clock table (stable-fixes).
    - drm/radeon: delete radeon_fence_process in is_signaled, no deadlock (stable-fixes).
    - hwmon: (lenovo-ec-sensors) Update P8 supprt (stable-fixes).
    - media: amphion: Delete v4l2_fh synchronously in .release() (stable-fixes).
    - mount: handle NULL values in mnt_ns_release() (bsc#1254308)
    - net/smc: Remove validation of reserved bits in CLC Decline (bsc#1252357).
    - net: phy: move realtek PHY driver to its own subdirectory (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: add defines for shadowed c45 standard registers (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: add helper RTL822X_VND2_C22_REG (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: change order of calls in C22 read_status() (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: clear 1000Base-T link partner advertisement (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: improve mmd register access for internal PHY's (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: read duplex and gbit master from PHYSR register (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: switch from paged to MMD ops in rtl822x functions (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: phy: realtek: use string choices helpers (jsc#PED-14353).
    - net: xilinx: axienet: Fix IRQ coalescing packet count overflow (bsc#1250746)
    - net: xilinx: axienet: Fix RX skb ring management in DMAengine mode (bsc#1250746)
    - net: xilinx: axienet: Fix Tx skb circular buffer occupancy check in dmaengine xmit (bsc#1250746)
    - nvmet-auth: update sc_c in host response (git-fixes bsc#1249397).
    - nvmet-auth: update sc_c in target host hash calculation (git-fixes).
    - perf list: Add IBM z17 event descriptions (jsc#PED-13611).
    - platform/x86:intel/pmc: Update Arrow Lake telemetry GUID (git-fixes).
    - powercap: intel_rapl: Add support for Panther Lake platform (jsc#PED-13949).
    - pwm: pca9685: Use bulk write to atomicially update registers (stable-fixes).
    - r8169: add PHY c45 ops for MDIO_MMD_VENDOR2 registers (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: add support for Intel Killer E5000 (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: add support for RTL8125BP rev.b (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: add support for RTL8125D rev.b (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: adjust version numbering for RTL8126 (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: align RTL8125 EEE config with vendor driver (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: align RTL8125/RTL8126 PHY config with vendor driver (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: align RTL8126 EEE config with vendor driver (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: align WAKE_PHY handling with r8125/r8126 vendor drivers (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: avoid duplicated messages if loading firmware fails and switch to warn level (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: don't take RTNL lock in rtl_task() (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: enable EEE at 2.5G per default on RTL8125B (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: enable RTL8168H/RTL8168EP/RTL8168FP ASPM support (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: fix inconsistent indenting in rtl8169_get_eth_mac_stats (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: implement additional ethtool stats ops (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: improve __rtl8169_set_wol (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: improve initialization of RSS registers on RTL8125/RTL8126 (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: improve rtl_set_d3_pll_down (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: increase max jumbo packet size on RTL8125/RTL8126 (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: remove leftover locks after reverted change (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: remove original workaround for RTL8125 broken rx issue (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: remove rtl_dash_loop_wait_high/low (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: remove support for chip version 11 (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: remove unused flag RTL_FLAG_TASK_RESET_NO_QUEUE_WAKE (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: replace custom flag with disable_work() et al (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: switch away from deprecated pcim_iomap_table (jsc#PED-14353).
    - r8169: use helper r8169_mod_reg8_cond to simplify rtl_jumbo_config (jsc#PED-14353).
    - ring-buffer: Update pages_touched to reflect persistent buffer content (git-fixes).
    - s390/mm: Fix __ptep_rdp() inline assembly (bsc#1253643).
    - sched/fair: Get rid of sched_domains_curr_level hack for tl->cpumask() (bsc#1246843).
    - sched/fair: Have SD_SERIALIZE affect newidle balancing (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Proportional newidle balance (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Proportional newidle balance -KABI (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Revert max_newidle_lb_cost bump (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Skip sched_balance_running cmpxchg when balance is not due (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Small cleanup to sched_balance_newidle() (bsc#1248792).
    - sched/fair: Small cleanup to update_newidle_cost() (bsc#1248792).
    - scsi: lpfc: Add capability to register Platform Name ID to fabric (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Allow support for BB credit recovery in point-to-point topology (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Ensure unregistration of rpis for received PLOGIs (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Fix leaked ndlp krefs when in point-to-point topology (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Fix reusing an ndlp that is marked NLP_DROPPED during FLOGI (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Modify kref handling for Fabric Controller ndlps (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Remove redundant NULL ptr assignment in lpfc_els_free_iocb() (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Revise discovery related function headers and comments (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 14.4.0.12 (bsc#1254119).
    - scsi: lpfc: Update various NPIV diagnostic log messaging (bsc#1254119).
    - selftests/run_kselftest.sh: Add `--skip` argument option (bsc#1254221).
    - smpboot: introduce SDTL_INIT() helper to tidy sched topology setup (bsc#1246843).
    - soc/tegra: fuse: speedo-tegra210: Update speedo IDs (git-fixes).
    - spi: tegra210-quad: Check hardware status on timeout (bsc#1253155)
    - spi: tegra210-quad: Fix timeout handling (bsc#1253155)
    - spi: tegra210-quad: Refactor error handling into helper functions (bsc#1253155)
    - spi: tegra210-quad: Update dummy sequence configuration (git-fixes)
    - tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork (bsc#1250705).
    - wifi: ath11k: Add quirk entries for Thinkpad T14s Gen3 AMD (bsc#1254181).
    - wifi: mt76: do not add wcid entries to sta poll list during MCU reset (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: introduce mt792x_config_mac_addr_list routine (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: Fix logical vs bitwise typo (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: Remove unnecessary if-check (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: Simplify HIF suspend handling to avoid suspend fail (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: add EHT control support based on the CLC data (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: add handler to hif suspend/resume event (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: add pci restore for hibernate (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: config the dwell time by firmware (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: extend MCU support for testmode (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix CLC command timeout when suspend/resume (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix missing hdr_trans_tlv command for broadcast wtbl (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix the unfinished command of regd_notifier before suspend (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: refine the txpower initialization flow (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: replace zero-length array with flexible-array member (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925: update the channel usage when the regd domain changed (bsc#1254315).
    - wifi: mt76: mt7925e: fix too long of wifi resume time (bsc#1254315).
    - x86/smpboot: avoid SMT domain attach/destroy if SMT is not enabled (bsc#1246843).
    - x86/smpboot: moves x86_topology to static initialize and truncate (bsc#1246843).
    - x86/smpboot: remove redundant CONFIG_SCHED_SMT (bsc#1246843).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 ALAS2023-2025-1316 advisory.

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

    crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (CVE-2025-40019)

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

    mm/ksm: fix flag-dropping behavior in ksm_madvise (CVE-2025-40040)

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

    tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2025-40042)

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

    cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (CVE-2025-40099)

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

    btrfs: do not assert we found block group item when creating free space tree (CVE-2025-40100)

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

    btrfs: fix memory leaks when rejecting a non SINGLE data profile without an RST (CVE-2025-40101)

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

    smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (CVE-2025-40103)

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

    ixgbevf: fix mailbox API compatibility by negotiating supported features (CVE-2025-40104)

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

    vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (CVE-2025-40105)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Fix a null-ptr access in the cursor snooper (CVE-2025-40110)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation (CVE-2025-40111)

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

    mptcp: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in mptcp_active_enable(). (CVE-2025-40133)

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

    xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation (CVE-2025-40159)

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

    xen/events: Return -EEXIST for bound VIRQs (CVE-2025-40160)

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

    ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (CVE-2025-40167)

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

    net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (CVE-2025-40173)

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

    tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CVE-2025-40176)

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

    pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns (CVE-2025-40178)

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

    ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big (CVE-2025-40179)

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

    x86/kvm: Force legacy PCI hole to UC when overriding MTRRs for TDX/SNP (CVE-2025-40181)

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

    bpf: Fix metadata_dst leak __bpf_redirect_neigh_v{4,6} (CVE-2025-40183)

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

    net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce() (CVE-2025-40187)

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

    ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update (CVE-2025-40190)

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

    cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix object lifecycle issue in update_qos_request() (CVE-2025-40194)

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

    mount: handle NULL values in mnt_ns_release() (CVE-2025-40195)

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

    fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work (CVE-2025-40196)

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

    media: mc: Clear minor number before put device (CVE-2025-40197)

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

    ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() (CVE-2025-40198)

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

    page_pool: Fix PP_MAGIC_MASK to avoid crashing on some 32-bit arches (CVE-2025-40199)

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

    Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() (CVE-2025-40200)

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

    kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths (CVE-2025-40201)

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

    ipmi: Rework user message limit handling (CVE-2025-40202)

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

    listmount: don't call path_put() under namespace semaphore (CVE-2025-40203)

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

    sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (CVE-2025-40204)

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

    btrfs: avoid potential out-of-bounds in btrfs_encode_fh() (CVE-2025-40205)

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

    netfilter: nft_objref: validate objref and objrefmap expressions (CVE-2025-40206)

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

    media: v4l2-subdev: Fix alloc failure check in v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() (CVE-2025-40207)

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 ALAS2023-2025-1297 advisory.

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

    crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (CVE-2025-40019)

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

    mm/ksm: fix flag-dropping behavior in ksm_madvise (CVE-2025-40040)

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

    tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2025-40042)

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

    cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (CVE-2025-40099)

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

    btrfs: do not assert we found block group item when creating free space tree (CVE-2025-40100)

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

    smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (CVE-2025-40103)

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

    ixgbevf: fix mailbox API compatibility by negotiating supported features (CVE-2025-40104)

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

    vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (CVE-2025-40105)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Fix Use-after-free in validation (CVE-2025-40111)

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

    ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (CVE-2025-40167)

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

    net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (CVE-2025-40173)

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

    tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CVE-2025-40176)

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

    pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns (CVE-2025-40178)

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

    ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big (CVE-2025-40179)

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

    bpf: Fix metadata_dst leak __bpf_redirect_neigh_v{4,6} (CVE-2025-40183)

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

    net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce() (CVE-2025-40187)

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

    ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update (CVE-2025-40190)

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

    cpufreq: intel_pstate: Fix object lifecycle issue in update_qos_request() (CVE-2025-40194)

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

    media: mc: Clear minor number before put device (CVE-2025-40197)

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

    ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() (CVE-2025-40198)

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

    Squashfs: reject negative file sizes in squashfs_read_inode() (CVE-2025-40200)

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

    kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths (CVE-2025-40201)

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

    sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (CVE-2025-40204)

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

    btrfs: avoid potential out-of-bounds in btrfs_encode_fh() (CVE-2025-40205)

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

    media: v4l2-subdev: Fix alloc failure check in v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() (CVE-2025-40207)

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.

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
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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.

  - kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths The usage of     task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()->do_prlimit() path is very broken. sys_prlimit64() does     get_task_struct(tsk) but this only protects task_struct itself. If tsk != current and tsk is not a leader,     this process can exit/exec and task_lock(tsk->group_leader) may use the already freed task_struct. Another     problem is that sys_prlimit64() can race with mt-exec which changes ->group_leader. In this case     do_prlimit() may take the wrong lock, or (worse) ->group_leader may change between task_lock() and     task_unlock(). Change sys_prlimit64() to take tasklist_lock when necessary. This is not nice, but I don't     see a better fix for -stable. (CVE-2025-40201)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
279677	openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
277808	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1316)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
277795	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1297)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
276782	Debian dla-4379 : linux-config-6.1 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
275352	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40201	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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