In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization The early error path in hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before &mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize(). Calling put_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up invoking kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized kobject. In this path the private struct was only kmalloc'ed and the intended release is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead of calling put_device() on an uninitialized device. This removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization error path.

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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - most: usb: hdm_probe: Fix calling put_device() before device initialization The early error path in     hdm_probe() can jump to err_free_mdev before &mdev->dev has been initialized with device_initialize().
    Calling put_device(&mdev->dev) there triggers a device core WARN and ends up invoking     kref_put(&kobj->kref, kobject_release) on an uninitialized kobject. In this path the private struct was     only kmalloc'ed and the intended release is effectively kfree(mdev) anyway, so free it directly instead of     calling put_device() on an uninitialized device. This removes the WARNING and fixes the pre-initialization     error path. (CVE-2025-68249)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
297793	openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
297194	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296680	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296676	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
296481	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
279017	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68249	Nessus	Misc.	medium
275495	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0677	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical

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