In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount Calling intotify_show_fdinfo() on fd watching an overlayfs inode, while the overlayfs is being unmounted, can lead to dereferencing NULL ptr. This issue was found by syzkaller. Race Condition Diagram: Thread 1 Thread 2 -------- -------- generic_shutdown_super() shrink_dcache_for_umount sb->s_root = NULL | | vfs_read() | inotify_fdinfo() | * inode get from mark * | show_mark_fhandle(m, inode) | exportfs_encode_fid(inode, ..) | ovl_encode_fh(inode, ..) | ovl_check_encode_origin(inode) | * deref i_sb->s_root * | | v fsnotify_sb_delete(sb) Which then leads to: [ 32.133461] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN NOPTI [ 32.134438] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037] [ 32.135032] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4468 Comm: systemd-coredum Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6 #22 PREEMPT(none) <snip registers, unreliable trace> [ 32.143353] Call Trace: [ 32.143732] ovl_encode_fh+0xd5/0x170 [ 32.144031] exportfs_encode_inode_fh+0x12f/0x300 [ 32.144425] show_mark_fhandle+0xbe/0x1f0 [ 32.145805] inotify_fdinfo+0x226/0x2d0 [ 32.146442] inotify_show_fdinfo+0x1c5/0x350 [ 32.147168] seq_show+0x530/0x6f0 [ 32.147449] seq_read_iter+0x503/0x12a0 [ 32.148419] seq_read+0x31f/0x410 [ 32.150714] vfs_read+0x1f0/0x9e0 [ 32.152297] ksys_read+0x125/0x240 IOW ovl_check_encode_origin derefs inode->i_sb->s_root, after it was set to NULL in the unmount path. Fix it by protecting calling exportfs_encode_fid() from show_mark_fhandle() with s_umount lock. This form of fix was suggested by Amir in [1]. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAOQ4uxhbDwhb+2Brs1UdkoF0a3NSdBAOQPNfEHjahrgoKJpLEw@mail.gmail.com/

The remote Ubuntu 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8029-1 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;

    - MIPS architecture;

    - Nios II architecture;

    - PA-RISC architecture;

    - RISC-V architecture;

    - S390 architecture;

    - Sun Sparc architecture;

    - x86 architecture;

    - Xtensa architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Compute Acceleration Framework;

    - ACPI drivers;

    - Drivers core;

    - Network block device driver;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - Bus devices;

    - Hardware random number generator core;

    - Character device driver;

    - Clock framework and drivers;

    - Data acquisition framework and drivers;

    - CPU frequency scaling framework;

    - Hardware crypto device drivers;

    - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;

    - Device frequency scaling framework;

    - ARM SCMI message protocol;

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Hardware monitoring drivers;

    - HW tracing;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - ISDN/mISDN subsystem;

    - Mailbox framework;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - Fastrpc Driver;

    - PCI Endpoint Test driver;

    - VMware Balloon Driver;

    - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - PCI subsystem;

    - Performance monitor drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - Mellanox platform drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - ARM PM domains;

    - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

    - PTP clock framework;

    - PWM drivers;

    - Remote Processor subsystem;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - SPI subsystem;

    - Trusted Execution Environment drivers;

    - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - UFS subsystem;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - Cadence USB3 driver;

    - USB Gadget drivers;

    - USB Host Controller drivers;

    - vDPA drivers;

    - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - Xen hypervisor drivers;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - Ceph distributed file system;

    - EROFS file system;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - JFS file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - File system notification infrastructure;

    - NTFS3 file system;

    - Proc file system;

    - Diskquota system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - Mellanox drivers;

    - Memory management;

    - Virtio network driver;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - IP tunnels definitions;

    - io_uring subsystem;

    - Kernel crash support code;

    - Perf events;

    - Kernel futex primitives;

    - PID allocator;

    - Scheduler infrastructure;

    - Syscalls implementation;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - 9P file system network protocol;

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - Network traffic control;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - SMC sockets;

    - Sun RPC protocol;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - TLS protocol;

    - VMware vSockets driver;

    - eXpress Data Path;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;

    - ALSA framework;

    - HD-audio driver;

    - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;

    - WCD audio codecs;

    - Intel ASoC drivers;

    - USB sound devices;

    - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2025-40001, CVE-2025-40002, CVE-2025-40003, CVE-2025-40004, CVE-2025-40029,     CVE-2025-40030, CVE-2025-40031, CVE-2025-40032, CVE-2025-40033, CVE-2025-40034, CVE-2025-40035,     CVE-2025-40036, CVE-2025-40037, CVE-2025-40038, CVE-2025-40039, CVE-2025-40040, CVE-2025-40042,     CVE-2025-40043, CVE-2025-40044, CVE-2025-40045, CVE-2025-40046, CVE-2025-40047, CVE-2025-40048,     CVE-2025-40049, CVE-2025-40050, CVE-2025-40051, CVE-2025-40052, CVE-2025-40053, CVE-2025-40054,     CVE-2025-40055, CVE-2025-40056, CVE-2025-40057, CVE-2025-40058, CVE-2025-40059, CVE-2025-40060,     CVE-2025-40061, CVE-2025-40062, CVE-2025-40063, CVE-2025-40064, CVE-2025-40065, CVE-2025-40066,     CVE-2025-40067, CVE-2025-40068, CVE-2025-40069, CVE-2025-40070, CVE-2025-40071, CVE-2025-40072,     CVE-2025-40073, CVE-2025-40074, CVE-2025-40075, CVE-2025-40076, CVE-2025-40077, CVE-2025-40078,     CVE-2025-40079, CVE-2025-40080, CVE-2025-40081, CVE-2025-40082, CVE-2025-40084, CVE-2025-40085,     CVE-2025-40086, CVE-2025-40087, CVE-2025-40088, CVE-2025-40089, CVE-2025-40091, CVE-2025-40092,     CVE-2025-40093, CVE-2025-40094, CVE-2025-40095, CVE-2025-40096, CVE-2025-40097, CVE-2025-40098,     CVE-2025-40099, CVE-2025-40100, CVE-2025-40101, CVE-2025-40102, CVE-2025-40103, CVE-2025-40104,     CVE-2025-40105, CVE-2025-40106, CVE-2025-40110, CVE-2025-40111, CVE-2025-40112, CVE-2025-40113,     CVE-2025-40115, CVE-2025-40116, CVE-2025-40117, CVE-2025-40118, CVE-2025-40119, CVE-2025-40120,     CVE-2025-40121, CVE-2025-40122, CVE-2025-40123, CVE-2025-40124, CVE-2025-40125, CVE-2025-40126,     CVE-2025-40127, CVE-2025-40129, CVE-2025-40130, CVE-2025-40131, CVE-2025-40132, CVE-2025-40133,     CVE-2025-40134, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40136, CVE-2025-40137, CVE-2025-40138, CVE-2025-40139,     CVE-2025-40140, CVE-2025-40141, CVE-2025-40142, CVE-2025-40143, CVE-2025-40145, CVE-2025-40146,     CVE-2025-40147, CVE-2025-40148, CVE-2025-40149, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-40152, CVE-2025-40153,     CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40155, CVE-2025-40156, CVE-2025-40158, CVE-2025-40159, CVE-2025-40160,     CVE-2025-40161, CVE-2025-40162, CVE-2025-40163, CVE-2025-40164, CVE-2025-40165, CVE-2025-40166,     CVE-2025-40167, CVE-2025-40168, CVE-2025-40169, CVE-2025-40170, CVE-2025-40171, CVE-2025-40172,     CVE-2025-40173, CVE-2025-40174, CVE-2025-40175, CVE-2025-40176, CVE-2025-40177, CVE-2025-40178,     CVE-2025-40179, CVE-2025-40180, CVE-2025-40181, CVE-2025-40182, CVE-2025-40183, CVE-2025-40184,     CVE-2025-40185, CVE-2025-40186, CVE-2025-40187, CVE-2025-40188, CVE-2025-40189, CVE-2025-40191,     CVE-2025-40192, CVE-2025-40193, CVE-2025-40194, CVE-2025-40195, CVE-2025-40196, CVE-2025-40198,     CVE-2025-40199, CVE-2025-40200, CVE-2025-40201, CVE-2025-40203, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2025-40205,     CVE-2025-40206, CVE-2025-40207, CVE-2025-40208, CVE-2025-40209, CVE-2025-40210, CVE-2025-40211,     CVE-2025-40212, CVE-2025-40213, CVE-2025-40217, CVE-2025-40218, CVE-2025-40219, CVE-2025-40220,     CVE-2025-40221, CVE-2025-40222, CVE-2025-40223, CVE-2025-40224, CVE-2025-40225, CVE-2025-40226,     CVE-2025-40227, CVE-2025-40228, CVE-2025-40229, CVE-2025-40230, CVE-2025-40231, CVE-2025-40233,     CVE-2025-40234, CVE-2025-40235, CVE-2025-40236, CVE-2025-40237, CVE-2025-40238, CVE-2025-40239,     CVE-2025-40240, CVE-2025-40241, CVE-2025-40242, CVE-2025-40243, CVE-2025-40244, CVE-2025-40245,     CVE-2025-40256, CVE-2025-40267, CVE-2025-40268, CVE-2025-40269, CVE-2025-40270, CVE-2025-40271,     CVE-2025-40272, CVE-2025-40273, CVE-2025-40274, CVE-2025-40275, CVE-2025-40276, CVE-2025-40277,     CVE-2025-40278, CVE-2025-40279, CVE-2025-40280, CVE-2025-40281, CVE-2025-40282, CVE-2025-40283,     CVE-2025-40284, CVE-2025-40285, CVE-2025-40286, CVE-2025-40287, CVE-2025-40288, CVE-2025-40289,     CVE-2025-40291, CVE-2025-40292, CVE-2025-40293, CVE-2025-40294, CVE-2025-40295, CVE-2025-40296,     CVE-2025-40297, CVE-2025-40298, CVE-2025-40299, CVE-2025-40301, CVE-2025-40302, CVE-2025-40303,     CVE-2025-40304, CVE-2025-40305, CVE-2025-40306, CVE-2025-40307, CVE-2025-40308, CVE-2025-40309,     CVE-2025-40310, CVE-2025-40311, CVE-2025-40312, CVE-2025-40313, CVE-2025-40314, CVE-2025-40315,     CVE-2025-40316, CVE-2025-40317, CVE-2025-40318, CVE-2025-40319, CVE-2025-40320, CVE-2025-40321,     CVE-2025-40322, CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2025-40324, CVE-2025-40326, CVE-2025-40327, CVE-2025-40328,     CVE-2025-40329, CVE-2025-40330, CVE-2025-40331, CVE-2025-40332, CVE-2025-40333, CVE-2025-40334,     CVE-2025-40335, CVE-2025-40336, CVE-2025-40337, CVE-2025-40338, CVE-2025-40339, CVE-2025-40340,     CVE-2025-40341, CVE-2025-40342, CVE-2025-40343, CVE-2025-40344, CVE-2025-40346, CVE-2025-40347,     CVE-2025-40349, CVE-2025-40350, CVE-2025-40351, CVE-2025-40352, CVE-2025-40353, CVE-2025-40354,     CVE-2025-40355, CVE-2025-40356, CVE-2025-40357, CVE-2025-40358, CVE-2025-40359, CVE-2025-40360,     CVE-2025-40362, CVE-2025-40363, CVE-2025-68167, CVE-2025-68168, CVE-2025-68169, CVE-2025-68170,     CVE-2025-68171, CVE-2025-68172, CVE-2025-68173, CVE-2025-68174, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68176,     CVE-2025-68177, CVE-2025-68178, CVE-2025-68179, CVE-2025-68180, CVE-2025-68181, CVE-2025-68182,     CVE-2025-68183, CVE-2025-68184, CVE-2025-68185, CVE-2025-68186, CVE-2025-68187, CVE-2025-68188,     CVE-2025-68189, CVE-2025-68190, CVE-2025-68191, CVE-2025-68192, CVE-2025-68193, CVE-2025-68194,     CVE-2025-68196, CVE-2025-68197, CVE-2025-68198, CVE-2025-68199, CVE-2025-68200, CVE-2025-68201,     CVE-2025-68202, CVE-2025-68204, CVE-2025-68205, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68207, CVE-2025-68208,     CVE-2025-68209, CVE-2025-68210, CVE-2025-68211, CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68240, CVE-2025-68241,     CVE-2025-68242, CVE-2025-68243, CVE-2025-68244, CVE-2025-68245, CVE-2025-68246, CVE-2025-68247,     CVE-2025-68248, CVE-2025-68249, CVE-2025-68250, CVE-2025-68251, CVE-2025-68253, CVE-2025-68309,     CVE-2025-68310, CVE-2025-68311, CVE-2025-68312, CVE-2025-68313, CVE-2025-68314, CVE-2025-68315,     CVE-2025-68316, CVE-2025-68317, CVE-2025-68318, CVE-2025-68319, CVE-2025-68320, CVE-2025-68321,     CVE-2025-68322, CVE-2025-68734)

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 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8030-1 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;

    - MIPS architecture;

    - Nios II architecture;

    - PA-RISC architecture;

    - RISC-V architecture;

    - S390 architecture;

    - Sun Sparc architecture;

    - x86 architecture;

    - Xtensa architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - Compute Acceleration Framework;

    - ACPI drivers;

    - Drivers core;

    - Network block device driver;

    - Bluetooth drivers;

    - Bus devices;

    - Hardware random number generator core;

    - Character device driver;

    - Clock framework and drivers;

    - Data acquisition framework and drivers;

    - CPU frequency scaling framework;

    - Hardware crypto device drivers;

    - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers;

    - Device frequency scaling framework;

    - ARM SCMI message protocol;

    - GPIO subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - Hardware monitoring drivers;

    - HW tracing;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - ISDN/mISDN subsystem;

    - Mailbox framework;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Media drivers;

    - Fastrpc Driver;

    - PCI Endpoint Test driver;

    - VMware Balloon Driver;

    - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - Mellanox network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - PCI subsystem;

    - Performance monitor drivers;

    - Pin controllers subsystem;

    - Mellanox platform drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - ARM PM domains;

    - PPS (Pulse Per Second) driver;

    - PTP clock framework;

    - PWM drivers;

    - Remote Processor subsystem;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - SPI subsystem;

    - Trusted Execution Environment drivers;

    - Thunderbolt and USB4 drivers;

    - TTY drivers;

    - UFS subsystem;

    - Userspace I/O drivers;

    - Cadence USB3 driver;

    - USB Gadget drivers;

    - USB Host Controller drivers;

    - vDPA drivers;

    - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;

    - Framebuffer layer;

    - Xen hypervisor drivers;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - BTRFS file system;

    - Ceph distributed file system;

    - EROFS file system;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - F2FS file system;

    - GFS2 file system;

    - JFS file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - NILFS2 file system;

    - File system notification infrastructure;

    - NTFS3 file system;

    - Proc file system;

    - Diskquota system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - BPF subsystem;

    - Mellanox drivers;

    - Memory management;

    - Virtio network driver;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - IP tunnels definitions;

    - io_uring subsystem;

    - Kernel crash support code;

    - Perf events;

    - Kernel futex primitives;

    - PID allocator;

    - Scheduler infrastructure;

    - Syscalls implementation;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - 9P file system network protocol;

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Networking core;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - NFC subsystem;

    - Network traffic control;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - SMC sockets;

    - Sun RPC protocol;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - TLS protocol;

    - VMware vSockets driver;

    - eXpress Data Path;

    - XFRM subsystem;

    - Integrity Measurement Architecture(IMA) framework;

    - ALSA framework;

    - HD-audio driver;

    - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;

    - WCD audio codecs;

    - Intel ASoC drivers;

    - USB sound devices;

    - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2025-40001, CVE-2025-40002, CVE-2025-40003, CVE-2025-40004, CVE-2025-40029,     CVE-2025-40030, CVE-2025-40031, CVE-2025-40032, CVE-2025-40033, CVE-2025-40034, CVE-2025-40035,     CVE-2025-40036, CVE-2025-40037, CVE-2025-40038, CVE-2025-40039, CVE-2025-40040, CVE-2025-40042,     CVE-2025-40043, CVE-2025-40044, CVE-2025-40045, CVE-2025-40046, CVE-2025-40047, CVE-2025-40048,     CVE-2025-40049, CVE-2025-40050, CVE-2025-40051, CVE-2025-40052, CVE-2025-40053, CVE-2025-40054,     CVE-2025-40055, CVE-2025-40056, CVE-2025-40057, CVE-2025-40058, CVE-2025-40059, CVE-2025-40060,     CVE-2025-40061, CVE-2025-40062, CVE-2025-40063, CVE-2025-40064, CVE-2025-40065, CVE-2025-40066,     CVE-2025-40067, CVE-2025-40068, CVE-2025-40069, CVE-2025-40070, CVE-2025-40071, CVE-2025-40072,     CVE-2025-40073, CVE-2025-40074, CVE-2025-40075, CVE-2025-40076, CVE-2025-40077, CVE-2025-40078,     CVE-2025-40079, CVE-2025-40080, CVE-2025-40081, CVE-2025-40082, CVE-2025-40084, CVE-2025-40085,     CVE-2025-40086, CVE-2025-40087, CVE-2025-40088, CVE-2025-40089, CVE-2025-40091, CVE-2025-40092,     CVE-2025-40093, CVE-2025-40094, CVE-2025-40095, CVE-2025-40096, CVE-2025-40097, CVE-2025-40098,     CVE-2025-40099, CVE-2025-40100, CVE-2025-40101, CVE-2025-40102, CVE-2025-40103, CVE-2025-40104,     CVE-2025-40105, CVE-2025-40106, CVE-2025-40110, CVE-2025-40111, CVE-2025-40112, CVE-2025-40113,     CVE-2025-40115, CVE-2025-40116, CVE-2025-40117, CVE-2025-40118, CVE-2025-40119, CVE-2025-40120,     CVE-2025-40121, CVE-2025-40122, CVE-2025-40123, CVE-2025-40124, CVE-2025-40125, CVE-2025-40126,     CVE-2025-40127, CVE-2025-40129, CVE-2025-40130, CVE-2025-40131, CVE-2025-40132, CVE-2025-40133,     CVE-2025-40134, CVE-2025-40135, CVE-2025-40136, CVE-2025-40137, CVE-2025-40138, CVE-2025-40139,     CVE-2025-40140, CVE-2025-40141, CVE-2025-40142, CVE-2025-40143, CVE-2025-40145, CVE-2025-40146,     CVE-2025-40147, CVE-2025-40148, CVE-2025-40149, CVE-2025-40150, CVE-2025-40152, CVE-2025-40153,     CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40155, CVE-2025-40156, CVE-2025-40158, CVE-2025-40159, CVE-2025-40160,     CVE-2025-40161, CVE-2025-40162, CVE-2025-40163, CVE-2025-40164, CVE-2025-40165, CVE-2025-40166,     CVE-2025-40167, CVE-2025-40168, CVE-2025-40169, CVE-2025-40170, CVE-2025-40171, CVE-2025-40172,     CVE-2025-40173, CVE-2025-40174, CVE-2025-40175, CVE-2025-40176, CVE-2025-40177, CVE-2025-40178,     CVE-2025-40179, CVE-2025-40180, CVE-2025-40182, CVE-2025-40183, CVE-2025-40184, CVE-2025-40185,     CVE-2025-40186, CVE-2025-40187, CVE-2025-40188, CVE-2025-40189, CVE-2025-40191, CVE-2025-40192,     CVE-2025-40193, CVE-2025-40194, CVE-2025-40195, CVE-2025-40196, CVE-2025-40198, CVE-2025-40199,     CVE-2025-40200, CVE-2025-40201, CVE-2025-40203, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2025-40205, CVE-2025-40206,     CVE-2025-40207, CVE-2025-40208, CVE-2025-40209, CVE-2025-40210, CVE-2025-40211, CVE-2025-40212,     CVE-2025-40213, CVE-2025-40217, CVE-2025-40218, CVE-2025-40219, CVE-2025-40220, CVE-2025-40221,     CVE-2025-40222, CVE-2025-40223, CVE-2025-40224, CVE-2025-40225, CVE-2025-40226, CVE-2025-40227,     CVE-2025-40228, CVE-2025-40229, CVE-2025-40230, CVE-2025-40231, CVE-2025-40233, CVE-2025-40234,     CVE-2025-40235, CVE-2025-40236, CVE-2025-40237, CVE-2025-40238, CVE-2025-40239, CVE-2025-40240,     CVE-2025-40241, CVE-2025-40242, CVE-2025-40243, CVE-2025-40244, CVE-2025-40245, CVE-2025-40256,     CVE-2025-40267, CVE-2025-40268, CVE-2025-40269, CVE-2025-40270, CVE-2025-40271, CVE-2025-40272,     CVE-2025-40273, CVE-2025-40274, CVE-2025-40275, CVE-2025-40276, CVE-2025-40277, CVE-2025-40278,     CVE-2025-40279, CVE-2025-40280, CVE-2025-40281, CVE-2025-40282, CVE-2025-40283, CVE-2025-40284,     CVE-2025-40285, CVE-2025-40286, CVE-2025-40287, CVE-2025-40288, CVE-2025-40289, CVE-2025-40291,     CVE-2025-40292, CVE-2025-40293, CVE-2025-40294, CVE-2025-40295, CVE-2025-40296, CVE-2025-40297,     CVE-2025-40298, CVE-2025-40299, CVE-2025-40301, CVE-2025-40302, CVE-2025-40303, CVE-2025-40304,     CVE-2025-40305, CVE-2025-40306, CVE-2025-40307, CVE-2025-40308, CVE-2025-40309, CVE-2025-40310,     CVE-2025-40311, CVE-2025-40312, CVE-2025-40313, CVE-2025-40314, CVE-2025-40315, CVE-2025-40316,     CVE-2025-40317, CVE-2025-40318, CVE-2025-40319, CVE-2025-40320, CVE-2025-40321, CVE-2025-40322,     CVE-2025-40323, CVE-2025-40324, CVE-2025-40326, CVE-2025-40327, CVE-2025-40328, CVE-2025-40329,     CVE-2025-40330, CVE-2025-40331, CVE-2025-40332, CVE-2025-40333, CVE-2025-40334, CVE-2025-40335,     CVE-2025-40336, CVE-2025-40337, CVE-2025-40338, CVE-2025-40339, CVE-2025-40340, CVE-2025-40341,     CVE-2025-40342, CVE-2025-40343, CVE-2025-40344, CVE-2025-40346, CVE-2025-40347, CVE-2025-40349,     CVE-2025-40350, CVE-2025-40351, CVE-2025-40352, CVE-2025-40353, CVE-2025-40354, CVE-2025-40355,     CVE-2025-40356, CVE-2025-40357, CVE-2025-40358, CVE-2025-40359, CVE-2025-40360, CVE-2025-40362,     CVE-2025-40363, CVE-2025-68167, CVE-2025-68168, CVE-2025-68169, CVE-2025-68170, CVE-2025-68171,     CVE-2025-68172, CVE-2025-68173, CVE-2025-68174, CVE-2025-68175, CVE-2025-68176, CVE-2025-68177,     CVE-2025-68178, CVE-2025-68179, CVE-2025-68180, CVE-2025-68181, CVE-2025-68182, CVE-2025-68183,     CVE-2025-68184, CVE-2025-68185, CVE-2025-68186, CVE-2025-68187, CVE-2025-68188, CVE-2025-68189,     CVE-2025-68190, CVE-2025-68191, CVE-2025-68192, CVE-2025-68193, CVE-2025-68194, CVE-2025-68196,     CVE-2025-68197, CVE-2025-68198, CVE-2025-68199, CVE-2025-68200, CVE-2025-68201, CVE-2025-68202,     CVE-2025-68204, CVE-2025-68205, CVE-2025-68206, CVE-2025-68207, CVE-2025-68208, CVE-2025-68209,     CVE-2025-68210, CVE-2025-68211, CVE-2025-68239, CVE-2025-68240, CVE-2025-68241, CVE-2025-68242,     CVE-2025-68243, CVE-2025-68244, CVE-2025-68245, CVE-2025-68246, CVE-2025-68247, CVE-2025-68248,     CVE-2025-68249, CVE-2025-68250, CVE-2025-68251, CVE-2025-68253, CVE-2025-68309, CVE-2025-68310,     CVE-2025-68311, CVE-2025-68312, CVE-2025-68313, CVE-2025-68314, CVE-2025-68315, CVE-2025-68316,     CVE-2025-68317, CVE-2025-68318, CVE-2025-68319, CVE-2025-68320, CVE-2025-68321, CVE-2025-68322,     CVE-2025-68734)

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 SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1 advisory.

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

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-38704: rcu/nocb: Fix possible invalid rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread pointer (bsc#1254408).
    - CVE-2025-39880: ceph: fix race condition validating r_parent before applying state (bsc#1250388).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40042: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference     (bsc#1252861).
    - CVE-2025-40123: bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (bsc#1253365).
    - CVE-2025-40130: scsi: ufs: core: Fix data race in CPU latency PM QoS request handling
    - CVE-2025-40160: xen/events: Cleanup find_virq() return codes (bsc#1253400).
    - CVE-2025-40167: ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (bsc#1253458).
    - CVE-2025-40170: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (bsc#1253413).
    - CVE-2025-40179: ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big (bsc#1253442).
    - CVE-2025-40190: ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update (bsc#1253623).
    - CVE-2025-40214: af_unix: Initialise scc_index in unix_add_edge() (bsc#1254961).
    - CVE-2025-40215: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40218: mm/damon/vaddr: do not repeat pte_offset_map_lock() until success (bsc#1254964).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40231: vsock: fix lock inversion in vsock_assign_transport() (bsc#1254815).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40237: fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount (bsc#1254809).
    - CVE-2025-40238: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device (bsc#1254871).
    - CVE-2025-40239: net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814 (bsc#1254868).
    - CVE-2025-40242: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (bsc#1255075).
    - CVE-2025-40246: xfs: fix out of bounds memory read error in symlink repair (bsc#1254861).
    - CVE-2025-40248: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (bsc#1254864).
    - CVE-2025-40250: net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure (bsc#1254854).
    - CVE-2025-40251: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (bsc#1254856).
    - CVE-2025-40252: net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in       qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() (bsc#1254849).
    - CVE-2025-40254: net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields (bsc#1254852).
    - CVE-2025-40255: net: core: prevent NULL deref in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() (bsc#1255156).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40264: be2net: pass wrb_params in case of OS2BMC (bsc#1254835).
    - CVE-2025-40268: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param (bsc#1255082).
    - CVE-2025-40271: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (bsc#1255297).
    - CVE-2025-40274: KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying (bsc#1254830).
    - CVE-2025-40276: drm/panthor: Flush shmem writes before mapping buffers CPU-uncached (bsc#1254824).
    - CVE-2025-40278: net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak     (bsc#1254825).
    - CVE-2025-40279: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak (bsc#1254846).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40292: virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets (bsc#1255175).
    - CVE-2025-40293: iommufd: Don't overflow during division for dirty tracking (bsc#1255179).
    - CVE-2025-40297: net: bridge: fix use-after-free due to MST port state bypass (bsc#1255187).
    - CVE-2025-40319: bpf: Sync pending IRQ work before freeing ring buffer (bsc#1254794).
    - CVE-2025-40328: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() (bsc#1254624).
    - CVE-2025-40330: bnxt_en: Shutdown FW DMA in bnxt_shutdown() (bsc#1254616).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-40338: ASoC: Intel: avs: Do not share the name pointer between components (bsc#1255273).
    - CVE-2025-40346: arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() (bsc#1255318).
    - CVE-2025-40347: net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock (bsc#1255262).
    - CVE-2025-40350: net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ     (bsc#1255260).
    - CVE-2025-40355: sysfs: check visibility before changing group attribute ownership (bsc#1255261).
    - CVE-2025-40357: net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump (bsc#1255097).
    - CVE-2025-40359: perf/x86/intel: Fix KASAN global-out-of-bounds warning (bsc#1255087).
    - CVE-2025-40362: ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue (bsc#1255103).
    - CVE-2025-68171: x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery (bsc#1255255).
    - CVE-2025-68197: bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap() (bsc#1255242).
    - CVE-2025-68198: crash: fix crashkernel resource shrink (bsc#1255243).
    - CVE-2025-68202: sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state() (bsc#1255223).
    - CVE-2025-68206: netfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections (bsc#1255142).
    - CVE-2025-68208: bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()     (bsc#1255227).
    - CVE-2025-68209: mlx5: Fix default values in create CQ (bsc#1255230).
    - CVE-2025-68215: ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path (bsc#1255226).
    - CVE-2025-68239: binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()     (bsc#1255272).
    - CVE-2025-68259: KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced (bsc#1255199).
    - CVE-2025-68264: ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations (bsc#1255380).
    - CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
    - CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()     (bsc#1255377).
    - CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
    - CVE-2025-68293: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio (bsc#1255150).
    - CVE-2025-68301: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (bsc#1255120).
    - CVE-2025-68302: net: sxgbe: fix potential NULL dereference in sxgbe_rx() (bsc#1255121).
    - CVE-2025-68317: io_uring/zctx: check chained notif contexts (bsc#1255354).
    - CVE-2025-68340: team: Move team device type change at the end of team_port_add (bsc#1255507).
    - CVE-2025-68353: net: vxlan: prevent NULL deref in vxlan_xmit_one (bsc#1255533).
    - CVE-2025-68363: bpf: Check skb->transport_header is set in bpf_skb_check_mtu (bsc#1255552).
    - CVE-2025-68378: bpf: Refactor stack map trace depth calculation into helper function (bsc#1255614).
    - CVE-2025-68736: landlock: Optimize file path walks and prepare for audit support (bsc#1255698).
    - CVE-2025-68742: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails (bsc#1255707).
    - CVE-2025-68744: bpf: Free special fields when update [lru_,]percpu_hash maps (bsc#1255709).
    - CVE-2025-71096: RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly (bsc#1256606).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - KVM: SEV: Drop GHCB_VERSION_DEFAULT and open code it (bsc#1255672).
    - Set HZ=1000 for ppc64 default configuration (jsc#PED-14344)
    - bpf: Do not limit bpf_cgroup_from_id to current's namespace (bsc#1255433).
    - btrfs: handle aligned EOF truncation correctly for subpage cases (bsc#1253238).
    - cgroup: rstat: use LOCK CMPXCHG in css_rstat_updated (bsc#1255434).
    - cifs: update dstaddr whenever channel iface is updated (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: menu: Use residency threshold in polling state override decisions (bsc#1255026).
    - cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition (bsc#1256794).
    - ext4: use optimized mballoc scanning regardless of inode format (bsc#1254378).
    - net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() (git-fixes).
    - netdevsim: print human readable IP address (bsc#1255071).
    - powerpc/eeh: fix recursive pci_lock_rescan_remove locking in EEH event       handling (bsc#1253262 ltc#216029).
    - powerpc/kexec: Enable SMT before waking offline CPUs (bsc#1214285       bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588 git-fixes bsc#1253739 ltc#211493       bsc#1254244 ltc#216496).
    - sched: Increase sched_tick_remote timeout (bsc#1254510).
    - selftests: net: fib-onlink-tests: Set high metric for default IPv6 route (bsc#1255346).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to make sure IPv6 setup finished (bsc#1255349).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to stabilize vrf_route_leaking test (bsc#1255349).
    - serial: xilinx_uartps: Use helper function hrtimer_update_function() (stable-fixes).
    - supported.conf: Mark lan 743x supported (jsc#PED-14571)
    - tick/sched: Limit non-timekeeper CPUs calling jiffies update (bsc#1254477).
    - wifi: ath10k: Avoid vdev delete timeout when firmware is already down (stable-fixes).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Fix Entrysign revision check for Zen5/Strix Halo (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Make __verify_patch_size() return bool (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Remove bogus comment from parse_container() (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Select which microcode patch to load (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Use sha256() instead of init/update/final (bsc#1256495).

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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1 advisory.

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

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-38704: rcu/nocb: Fix possible invalid rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread pointer (bsc#1254408).
    - CVE-2025-39880: ceph: fix race condition validating r_parent before applying state (bsc#1250388).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40042: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference     (bsc#1252861).
    - CVE-2025-40123: bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (bsc#1253365).
    - CVE-2025-40130: scsi: ufs: core: Fix data race in CPU latency PM QoS request handling
    - CVE-2025-40160: xen/events: Cleanup find_virq() return codes (bsc#1253400).
    - CVE-2025-40167: ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (bsc#1253458).
    - CVE-2025-40170: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (bsc#1253413).
    - CVE-2025-40179: ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big (bsc#1253442).
    - CVE-2025-40190: ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update (bsc#1253623).
    - CVE-2025-40214: af_unix: Initialise scc_index in unix_add_edge() (bsc#1254961).
    - CVE-2025-40215: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40218: mm/damon/vaddr: do not repeat pte_offset_map_lock() until success (bsc#1254964).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40231: vsock: fix lock inversion in vsock_assign_transport() (bsc#1254815).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40237: fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount (bsc#1254809).
    - CVE-2025-40238: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device (bsc#1254871).
    - CVE-2025-40239: net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814 (bsc#1254868).
    - CVE-2025-40242: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (bsc#1255075).
    - CVE-2025-40246: xfs: fix out of bounds memory read error in symlink repair (bsc#1254861).
    - CVE-2025-40248: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (bsc#1254864).
    - CVE-2025-40250: net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure (bsc#1254854).
    - CVE-2025-40251: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (bsc#1254856).
    - CVE-2025-40252: net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in       qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() (bsc#1254849).
    - CVE-2025-40254: net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields (bsc#1254852).
    - CVE-2025-40255: net: core: prevent NULL deref in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() (bsc#1255156).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40264: be2net: pass wrb_params in case of OS2BMC (bsc#1254835).
    - CVE-2025-40268: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param (bsc#1255082).
    - CVE-2025-40271: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (bsc#1255297).
    - CVE-2025-40274: KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying (bsc#1254830).
    - CVE-2025-40276: drm/panthor: Flush shmem writes before mapping buffers CPU-uncached (bsc#1254824).
    - CVE-2025-40278: net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak     (bsc#1254825).
    - CVE-2025-40279: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak (bsc#1254846).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40292: virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets (bsc#1255175).
    - CVE-2025-40293: iommufd: Don't overflow during division for dirty tracking (bsc#1255179).
    - CVE-2025-40297: net: bridge: fix use-after-free due to MST port state bypass (bsc#1255187).
    - CVE-2025-40319: bpf: Sync pending IRQ work before freeing ring buffer (bsc#1254794).
    - CVE-2025-40328: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() (bsc#1254624).
    - CVE-2025-40330: bnxt_en: Shutdown FW DMA in bnxt_shutdown() (bsc#1254616).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-40338: ASoC: Intel: avs: Do not share the name pointer between components (bsc#1255273).
    - CVE-2025-40346: arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() (bsc#1255318).
    - CVE-2025-40347: net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock (bsc#1255262).
    - CVE-2025-40350: net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ     (bsc#1255260).
    - CVE-2025-40355: sysfs: check visibility before changing group attribute ownership (bsc#1255261).
    - CVE-2025-40357: net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump (bsc#1255097).
    - CVE-2025-40359: perf/x86/intel: Fix KASAN global-out-of-bounds warning (bsc#1255087).
    - CVE-2025-40362: ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue (bsc#1255103).
    - CVE-2025-68171: x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery (bsc#1255255).
    - CVE-2025-68197: bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap() (bsc#1255242).
    - CVE-2025-68198: crash: fix crashkernel resource shrink (bsc#1255243).
    - CVE-2025-68202: sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state() (bsc#1255223).
    - CVE-2025-68206: netfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections (bsc#1255142).
    - CVE-2025-68208: bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()     (bsc#1255227).
    - CVE-2025-68209: mlx5: Fix default values in create CQ (bsc#1255230).
    - CVE-2025-68215: ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path (bsc#1255226).
    - CVE-2025-68239: binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()     (bsc#1255272).
    - CVE-2025-68259: KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced (bsc#1255199).
    - CVE-2025-68264: ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations (bsc#1255380).
    - CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
    - CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()     (bsc#1255377).
    - CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
    - CVE-2025-68293: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio (bsc#1255150).
    - CVE-2025-68301: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (bsc#1255120).
    - CVE-2025-68302: net: sxgbe: fix potential NULL dereference in sxgbe_rx() (bsc#1255121).
    - CVE-2025-68317: io_uring/zctx: check chained notif contexts (bsc#1255354).
    - CVE-2025-68340: team: Move team device type change at the end of team_port_add (bsc#1255507).
    - CVE-2025-68353: net: vxlan: prevent NULL deref in vxlan_xmit_one (bsc#1255533).
    - CVE-2025-68363: bpf: Check skb->transport_header is set in bpf_skb_check_mtu (bsc#1255552).
    - CVE-2025-68378: bpf: Refactor stack map trace depth calculation into helper function (bsc#1255614).
    - CVE-2025-68736: landlock: Optimize file path walks and prepare for audit support (bsc#1255698).
    - CVE-2025-68742: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails (bsc#1255707).
    - CVE-2025-68744: bpf: Free special fields when update [lru_,]percpu_hash maps (bsc#1255709).
    - CVE-2025-71096: RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly (bsc#1256606).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - KVM: SEV: Drop GHCB_VERSION_DEFAULT and open code it (bsc#1255672).
    - Set HZ=1000 for ppc64 default configuration (jsc#PED-14344)
    - bpf: Do not limit bpf_cgroup_from_id to current's namespace (bsc#1255433).
    - btrfs: handle aligned EOF truncation correctly for subpage cases (bsc#1253238).
    - cgroup: rstat: use LOCK CMPXCHG in css_rstat_updated (bsc#1255434).
    - cifs: update dstaddr whenever channel iface is updated (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: menu: Use residency threshold in polling state override decisions (bsc#1255026).
    - cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition (bsc#1256794).
    - ext4: use optimized mballoc scanning regardless of inode format (bsc#1254378).
    - net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() (git-fixes).
    - netdevsim: print human readable IP address (bsc#1255071).
    - powerpc/eeh: fix recursive pci_lock_rescan_remove locking in EEH event       handling (bsc#1253262 ltc#216029).
    - powerpc/kexec: Enable SMT before waking offline CPUs (bsc#1214285       bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588 git-fixes bsc#1253739 ltc#211493       bsc#1254244 ltc#216496).
    - sched: Increase sched_tick_remote timeout (bsc#1254510).
    - selftests: net: fib-onlink-tests: Set high metric for default IPv6 route (bsc#1255346).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to make sure IPv6 setup finished (bsc#1255349).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to stabilize vrf_route_leaking test (bsc#1255349).
    - serial: xilinx_uartps: Use helper function hrtimer_update_function() (stable-fixes).
    - supported.conf: Mark lan 743x supported (jsc#PED-14571)
    - tick/sched: Limit non-timekeeper CPUs calling jiffies update (bsc#1254477).
    - wifi: ath10k: Avoid vdev delete timeout when firmware is already down (stable-fixes).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Fix Entrysign revision check for Zen5/Strix Halo (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Make __verify_patch_size() return bool (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Remove bogus comment from parse_container() (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Select which microcode patch to load (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Use sha256() instead of init/update/final (bsc#1256495).

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.

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1 advisory.

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

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-38704: rcu/nocb: Fix possible invalid rdp's->nocb_cb_kthread pointer (bsc#1254408).
    - CVE-2025-39880: ceph: fix race condition validating r_parent before applying state (bsc#1250388).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40042: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference     (bsc#1252861).
    - CVE-2025-40123: bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (bsc#1253365).
    - CVE-2025-40130: scsi: ufs: core: Fix data race in CPU latency PM QoS request handling
    - CVE-2025-40160: xen/events: Cleanup find_virq() return codes (bsc#1253400).
    - CVE-2025-40167: ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (bsc#1253458).
    - CVE-2025-40170: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() (bsc#1253413).
    - CVE-2025-40179: ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big (bsc#1253442).
    - CVE-2025-40190: ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update (bsc#1253623).
    - CVE-2025-40214: af_unix: Initialise scc_index in unix_add_edge() (bsc#1254961).
    - CVE-2025-40215: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40218: mm/damon/vaddr: do not repeat pte_offset_map_lock() until success (bsc#1254964).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40231: vsock: fix lock inversion in vsock_assign_transport() (bsc#1254815).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40237: fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount (bsc#1254809).
    - CVE-2025-40238: net/mlx5: Fix IPsec cleanup over MPV device (bsc#1254871).
    - CVE-2025-40239: net: phy: micrel: always set shared->phydev for LAN8814 (bsc#1254868).
    - CVE-2025-40242: gfs2: Fix unlikely race in gdlm_put_lock (bsc#1255075).
    - CVE-2025-40246: xfs: fix out of bounds memory read error in symlink repair (bsc#1254861).
    - CVE-2025-40248: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (bsc#1254864).
    - CVE-2025-40250: net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure (bsc#1254854).
    - CVE-2025-40251: devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (bsc#1254856).
    - CVE-2025-40252: net: qlogic/qede: fix potential out-of-bounds read in       qede_tpa_cont() and qede_tpa_end() (bsc#1254849).
    - CVE-2025-40254: net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields (bsc#1254852).
    - CVE-2025-40255: net: core: prevent NULL deref in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() (bsc#1255156).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40264: be2net: pass wrb_params in case of OS2BMC (bsc#1254835).
    - CVE-2025-40268: cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param (bsc#1255082).
    - CVE-2025-40271: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (bsc#1255297).
    - CVE-2025-40274: KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying (bsc#1254830).
    - CVE-2025-40276: drm/panthor: Flush shmem writes before mapping buffers CPU-uncached (bsc#1254824).
    - CVE-2025-40278: net: sched: act_ife: initialize struct tc_ife to fix KMSAN kernel-infoleak     (bsc#1254825).
    - CVE-2025-40279: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak (bsc#1254846).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40292: virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets (bsc#1255175).
    - CVE-2025-40293: iommufd: Don't overflow during division for dirty tracking (bsc#1255179).
    - CVE-2025-40297: net: bridge: fix use-after-free due to MST port state bypass (bsc#1255187).
    - CVE-2025-40319: bpf: Sync pending IRQ work before freeing ring buffer (bsc#1254794).
    - CVE-2025-40328: smb: client: fix potential UAF in smb2_close_cached_fid() (bsc#1254624).
    - CVE-2025-40330: bnxt_en: Shutdown FW DMA in bnxt_shutdown() (bsc#1254616).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-40338: ASoC: Intel: avs: Do not share the name pointer between components (bsc#1255273).
    - CVE-2025-40346: arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() (bsc#1255318).
    - CVE-2025-40347: net: enetc: fix the deadlock of enetc_mdio_lock (bsc#1255262).
    - CVE-2025-40350: net/mlx5e: RX, Fix generating skb from non-linear xdp_buff for striding RQ     (bsc#1255260).
    - CVE-2025-40355: sysfs: check visibility before changing group attribute ownership (bsc#1255261).
    - CVE-2025-40357: net/smc: fix general protection fault in __smc_diag_dump (bsc#1255097).
    - CVE-2025-40359: perf/x86/intel: Fix KASAN global-out-of-bounds warning (bsc#1255087).
    - CVE-2025-40362: ceph: fix multifs mds auth caps issue (bsc#1255103).
    - CVE-2025-68171: x86/fpu: Ensure XFD state on signal delivery (bsc#1255255).
    - CVE-2025-68197: bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap() (bsc#1255242).
    - CVE-2025-68198: crash: fix crashkernel resource shrink (bsc#1255243).
    - CVE-2025-68202: sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state() (bsc#1255223).
    - CVE-2025-68206: netfilter: nft_ct: add seqadj extension for natted connections (bsc#1255142).
    - CVE-2025-68208: bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars()     (bsc#1255227).
    - CVE-2025-68209: mlx5: Fix default values in create CQ (bsc#1255230).
    - CVE-2025-68215: ice: fix PTP cleanup on driver removal in error path (bsc#1255226).
    - CVE-2025-68239: binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()     (bsc#1255272).
    - CVE-2025-68259: KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced (bsc#1255199).
    - CVE-2025-68264: ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations (bsc#1255380).
    - CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
    - CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key()     (bsc#1255377).
    - CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255401).
    - CVE-2025-68293: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio (bsc#1255150).
    - CVE-2025-68301: net: atlantic: fix fragment overflow handling in RX path (bsc#1255120).
    - CVE-2025-68302: net: sxgbe: fix potential NULL dereference in sxgbe_rx() (bsc#1255121).
    - CVE-2025-68317: io_uring/zctx: check chained notif contexts (bsc#1255354).
    - CVE-2025-68340: team: Move team device type change at the end of team_port_add (bsc#1255507).
    - CVE-2025-68353: net: vxlan: prevent NULL deref in vxlan_xmit_one (bsc#1255533).
    - CVE-2025-68363: bpf: Check skb->transport_header is set in bpf_skb_check_mtu (bsc#1255552).
    - CVE-2025-68378: bpf: Refactor stack map trace depth calculation into helper function (bsc#1255614).
    - CVE-2025-68736: landlock: Optimize file path walks and prepare for audit support (bsc#1255698).
    - CVE-2025-68742: bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails (bsc#1255707).
    - CVE-2025-68744: bpf: Free special fields when update [lru_,]percpu_hash maps (bsc#1255709).
    - CVE-2025-71096: RDMA/core: Check for the presence of LS_NLA_TYPE_DGID correctly (bsc#1256606).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - KVM: SEV: Drop GHCB_VERSION_DEFAULT and open code it (bsc#1255672).
    - Set HZ=1000 for ppc64 default configuration (jsc#PED-14344)
    - bpf: Do not limit bpf_cgroup_from_id to current's namespace (bsc#1255433).
    - btrfs: handle aligned EOF truncation correctly for subpage cases (bsc#1253238).
    - cgroup: rstat: use LOCK CMPXCHG in css_rstat_updated (bsc#1255434).
    - cifs: update dstaddr whenever channel iface is updated (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: menu: Use residency threshold in polling state override decisions (bsc#1255026).
    - cpuset: fix warning when disabling remote partition (bsc#1256794).
    - ext4: use optimized mballoc scanning regardless of inode format (bsc#1254378).
    - net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async() (git-fixes).
    - netdevsim: print human readable IP address (bsc#1255071).
    - powerpc/eeh: fix recursive pci_lock_rescan_remove locking in EEH event       handling (bsc#1253262 ltc#216029).
    - powerpc/kexec: Enable SMT before waking offline CPUs (bsc#1214285       bsc#1205462 ltc#200161 ltc#200588 git-fixes bsc#1253739 ltc#211493       bsc#1254244 ltc#216496).
    - sched: Increase sched_tick_remote timeout (bsc#1254510).
    - selftests: net: fib-onlink-tests: Set high metric for default IPv6 route (bsc#1255346).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to make sure IPv6 setup finished (bsc#1255349).
    - selftests: net: use slowwait to stabilize vrf_route_leaking test (bsc#1255349).
    - serial: xilinx_uartps: Use helper function hrtimer_update_function() (stable-fixes).
    - supported.conf: Mark lan 743x supported (jsc#PED-14571)
    - tick/sched: Limit non-timekeeper CPUs calling jiffies update (bsc#1254477).
    - wifi: ath10k: Avoid vdev delete timeout when firmware is already down (stable-fixes).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Fix Entrysign revision check for Zen5/Strix Halo (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Make __verify_patch_size() return bool (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Remove bogus comment from parse_container() (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Select which microcode patch to load (bsc#1256495).
    - x86/microcode/AMD: Use sha256() instead of init/update/final (bsc#1256495).

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.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50006 advisory.

    - xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (Sabrina Dubroca)   {CVE-2025-40215}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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.

  - fs/notify: call exportfs_encode_fid with s_umount Calling intotify_show_fdinfo() on fd watching an     overlayfs inode, while the overlayfs is being unmounted, can lead to dereferencing NULL ptr. This issue     was found by syzkaller. Race Condition Diagram: Thread 1 Thread 2 -------- --------     generic_shutdown_super() shrink_dcache_for_umount sb->s_root = NULL | | vfs_read() | inotify_fdinfo() | *     inode get from mark * | show_mark_fhandle(m, inode) | exportfs_encode_fid(inode, ..) |     ovl_encode_fh(inode, ..) | ovl_check_encode_origin(inode) | * deref i_sb->s_root * | | v     fsnotify_sb_delete(sb) Which then leads to: [ 32.133461] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-     canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN NOPTI [ 32.134438] KASAN: null-     ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037] [ 32.135032] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 4468 Comm:
    systemd-coredum Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6 #22 PREEMPT(none) <snip registers, unreliable trace> [ 32.143353]     Call Trace: [ 32.143732] ovl_encode_fh+0xd5/0x170 [ 32.144031] exportfs_encode_inode_fh+0x12f/0x300 [     32.144425] show_mark_fhandle+0xbe/0x1f0 [ 32.145805] inotify_fdinfo+0x226/0x2d0 [ 32.146442]     inotify_show_fdinfo+0x1c5/0x350 [ 32.147168] seq_show+0x530/0x6f0 [ 32.147449] seq_read_iter+0x503/0x12a0     [ 32.148419] seq_read+0x31f/0x410 [ 32.150714] vfs_read+0x1f0/0x9e0 [ 32.152297] ksys_read+0x125/0x240 IOW     ovl_check_encode_origin derefs inode->i_sb->s_root, after it was set to NULL in the unmount path. Fix it     by protecting calling exportfs_encode_fid() from show_mark_fhandle() with s_umount lock. This form of fix     was suggested by Amir in [1]. [1]:
    https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAOQ4uxhbDwhb+2Brs1UdkoF0a3NSdBAOQPNfEHjahrgoKJpLEw@mail.gmail.com/     (CVE-2025-40237)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
298897	Ubuntu 25.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8029-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
298894	Ubuntu 25.10 : Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities (USN-8030-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
298236	SUSE SLES16 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
298231	SUSE SLES16 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
297793	openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
284515	Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-50006)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
277597	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40237	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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