In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit the ring state by giving up on that before, it'll be reimported later if needed.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-32399: Fixed a race condition when removing the HCI controller (bsc#1184611).
    - CVE-2022-49110: netfilter: conntrack: revisit gc autotuning (bsc#1237981).
    - CVE-2022-49139: Bluetooth: fix null ptr deref on hci_sync_conn_complete_evt (bsc#1238032).
    - CVE-2022-49320: dmaengine: zynqmp_dma: In struct zynqmp_dma_chan fix desc_size data type (bsc#1238394).
    - CVE-2022-49767: 9p/trans_fd: always use O_NONBLOCK read/write (bsc#1242493).
    - CVE-2022-49769: gfs2: Check sb_bsize_shift after reading superblock (bsc#1242440).
    - CVE-2022-49770: ceph: avoid putting the realm twice when decoding snaps fails (bsc#1242597).
    - CVE-2022-49775: tcp: cdg: allow tcp_cdg_release() to be called multiple times (bsc#1242245).
    - CVE-2022-49789: scsi: zfcp: Fix double free of FSF request when qdio send fails (bsc#1242366).
    - CVE-2023-53039: HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Fix potential use-after-free in work function (bsc#1242745).
    - CVE-2024-53168: net: make sock_inuse_add() available (bsc#1234887).
    - CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show (bsc#1235100).
    - CVE-2024-56705: media: atomisp: add check for rgby_data memory allocation failure (bsc#1235568).
    - CVE-2025-21812: ax25: rcu protect dev->ax25_ptr (bsc#1238471).
    - CVE-2025-21999: proc: fix UAF in proc_get_inode() (bsc#1240802).
    - CVE-2025-22028: media: vimc: skip .s_stream() for stopped entities (bsc#1241362).
    - CVE-2025-22121: ext4: fix out-of-bound read in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() (bsc#1241593).
    - CVE-2025-37789: net: openvswitch: fix nested key length validation in the set() action (bsc#1242762).
    - CVE-2025-37846: arm64: mops: Do not dereference src reg for a set operation (bsc#1242963).
    - CVE-2025-40364: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers (bsc#1241637).


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 ALAS2023-2025-876 advisory.

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

    block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth() (CVE-2024-53166)

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

    usb: xhci: Fix NULL pointer dereference on certain command aborts (CVE-2024-57981)

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

    HID: core: Fix assumption that Resolution Multipliers must be in Logical Collections (CVE-2024-57986)

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

    HID: hid-thrustmaster: Fix warning in thrustmaster_probe by adding endpoint check (CVE-2024-57993)

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

    net_sched: sch_sfq: don't allow 1 packet limit (CVE-2024-57996)

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

    safesetid: check size of policy writes (CVE-2024-58016)

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

    HID: multitouch: Add NULL check in mt_input_configured (CVE-2024-58020)

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

    team: prevent adding a device which is already a team device lower (CVE-2024-58071)

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

    KVM: Explicitly verify target vCPU is online in kvm_get_vcpu() (CVE-2024-58083)

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

    netem: Update sch->q.qlen before qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() (CVE-2025-21703)

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

    mptcp: handle fastopen disconnect correctly (CVE-2025-21705)

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

    mptcp: pm: only set fullmesh for subflow endp (CVE-2025-21706)

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

    mptcp: consolidate suboption status (CVE-2025-21707)

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

    vxlan: Fix uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump() (CVE-2025-21716)

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

    ipmr: do not call mr_mfc_uses_dev() for unres entries (CVE-2025-21719)

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

    iommufd/iova_bitmap: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in iova_bitmap_offset_to_index() (CVE-2025-21724)

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

    smb: client: fix oops due to unset link speed (CVE-2025-21725)

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

    bpf: Send signals asynchronously if !preemptible (CVE-2025-21728)

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

    ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (CVE-2025-21738)

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

    blk-cgroup: Fix class @block_class's subsystem refcount leakage (CVE-2025-21745)

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

    ipv4: use RCU protection in __ip_rt_update_pmtu() (CVE-2025-21766)

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

    clocksource: Use migrate_disable() to avoid calling get_random_u32() in atomic context (CVE-2025-21767)

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

    USB: hub: Ignore non-compliant devices with too many configs or interfaces (CVE-2025-21776)

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

    KVM: x86: Reject Hyper-V's SEND_IPI hypercalls if local APIC isn't in-kernel (CVE-2025-21779)

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

    arm64: cacheinfo: Avoid out-of-bounds write to cacheinfo array (CVE-2025-21785)

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

    team: better TEAM_OPTION_TYPE_STRING validation (CVE-2025-21787)

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

    vxlan: check vxlan_vnigroup_init() return value (CVE-2025-21790)

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

    NFSD: fix hang in nfsd4_shutdown_callback (CVE-2025-21795)

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

    net: let net.core.dev_weight always be non-zero (CVE-2025-21806)

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

    ptp: Ensure info->enable callback is always set (CVE-2025-21814)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: reject mismatching sum of field_len with set key length (CVE-2025-21826)

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

    block: don't revert iter for -EIOCBQUEUED (CVE-2025-21832)

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

    io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers (CVE-2025-40364)

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
240812	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
232711	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2025-876)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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