In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Commit c010d47f107f ("mm: thp: split huge page to any lower order pages") introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before proceeding with the split work. This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly to a NULL pointer dereference. This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before any attempt to access mapping->flags.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1430 advisory.

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (CVE-2025-38678)

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

    tcp_metrics: use dst_dev_net_rcu() (CVE-2025-40075)

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

    nfsd: fix refcount leak in nfsd_set_fh_dentry() (CVE-2025-40212)

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

    af_unix: Initialise scc_index in unix_add_edge(). (CVE-2025-40214)

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

    xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (CVE-2025-40215)

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

    vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established (CVE-2025-40248)

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

    net/mlx5: Clean up only new IRQ glue on request_irq() failure (CVE-2025-40250)

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

    devlink: rate: Unset parent pointer in devl_rate_nodes_destroy (CVE-2025-40251)

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

    net: openvswitch: remove never-working support for setting nsh fields (CVE-2025-40254)

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

    mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() (CVE-2025-40257)

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

    mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (CVE-2025-40258)

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

    scsi: sg: Do not sleep in atomic context (CVE-2025-40259)

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

    KVM: arm64: Check the untrusted offset in FF-A memory share (CVE-2025-40266)

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

    cifs: client: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param (CVE-2025-40268)

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

    fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (CVE-2025-40271)

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

    mm/secretmem: fix use-after-free race in fault handler (CVE-2025-40272)

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

    NFSD: free copynotify stateid in nfs4_free_ol_stateid() (CVE-2025-40273)

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

    KVM: guest_memfd: Remove bindings on memslot deletion when gmem is dying (CVE-2025-40274)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against SVGA_CMD_MAX_DATASIZE (CVE-2025-40277)

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

    net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak (CVE-2025-40279)

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

    sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto (CVE-2025-40281)

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

    exfat: fix improper check of dentry.stream.valid_size (CVE-2025-40287)

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

    crash: fix crashkernel resource shrink (CVE-2025-68198)

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

    codetag: debug: handle existing CODETAG_EMPTY in mark_objexts_empty for slabobj_ext (CVE-2025-68199)

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

    bpf: Add bpf_prog_run_data_pointers() (CVE-2025-68200)

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

    sched_ext: Fix unsafe locking in the scx_dump_state() (CVE-2025-68202)

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

    bpf: account for current allocated stack depth in widen_imprecise_scalars() (CVE-2025-68208)

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

    erofs: avoid infinite loop due to incomplete zstd-compressed data (CVE-2025-68210)

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

    timers: Fix NULL function pointer race in timer_shutdown_sync() (CVE-2025-68214)

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

    cifs: fix memory leak in smb3_fs_context_parse_param error path (CVE-2025-68219)

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

    smb: client: fix incomplete backport in cfids_invalidation_worker() (CVE-2025-68226)

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

    mptcp: Fix proto fallback detection with BPF (CVE-2025-68227)

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

    scsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() (CVE-2025-68229)

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

    mm/mempool: fix poisoning order>0 pages with HIGHMEM (CVE-2025-68231)

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

    mtdchar: fix integer overflow in read/write ioctls (CVE-2025-68237)

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

    ipv4: route: Prevent rt_bind_exception() from rebinding stale fnhe (CVE-2025-68241)

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

    NFS: Fix LTP test failures when timestamps are delegated (CVE-2025-68242)

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

    drm/i915: Avoid lock inversion when pinning to GGTT on CHV/BXT+VTD (CVE-2025-68244)

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

    KVM: SVM: Don't skip unrelated instruction if INT3/INTO is replaced (CVE-2025-68259)

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

    ext4: add i_data_sem protection in ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock() (CVE-2025-68261)

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

    ext4: refresh inline data size before write operations (CVE-2025-68264)

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

    nvme: fix admin request_queue lifetime (CVE-2025-68265)

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

    libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (CVE-2025-68283)

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

    libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key() (CVE-2025-68284)

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

    libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (CVE-2025-68285)

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

    usb: storage: Fix memory leak in USB bulk transport (CVE-2025-68288)

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

    mm/memfd: fix information leak in hugetlb folios (CVE-2025-68292)

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

    mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio (CVE-2025-68293)

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

    smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon() (CVE-2025-68295)

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

    drm, fbcon, vga_switcheroo: Avoid race condition in fbcon setup (CVE-2025-68296)

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

    ceph: fix crash in process_v2_sparse_read() for encrypted directories (CVE-2025-68297)

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

    net/sched: sch_cake: Fix incorrect qlen reduction in cake_drop (CVE-2025-68325)

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

    tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close for split VMAs (CVE-2025-68329)

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

    usb: uas: fix urb unmapping issue when the uas device is remove during ongoing data transfer     (CVE-2025-68331)

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

    jbd2: avoid bug_on in jbd2_journal_get_create_access() when file system corrupted (CVE-2025-68337)

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

    team: Move team device type change at the end of team_port_add (CVE-2025-68340)

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

    veth: reduce XDP no_direct return section to fix race (CVE-2025-68341)

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

    block: fix memory leak in __blkdev_issue_zero_pages (CVE-2025-68348)

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

    NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349)

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

    erofs: limit the level of fs stacking for file-backed mounts (CVE-2025-68361)

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

    bpf: Check skb->transport_header is set in bpf_skb_check_mtu (CVE-2025-68363)

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

    nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect (CVE-2025-68366)

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

    ntfs3: init run lock for extend inode (CVE-2025-68369)

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

    scsi: smartpqi: Fix device resources accessed after device removal (CVE-2025-68371)

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

    nbd: defer config put in recv_work (CVE-2025-68372)

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

    md: fix rcu protection in md_wakeup_thread (CVE-2025-68374)

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

    bpf: Fix stackmap overflow check in __bpf_get_stackid() (CVE-2025-68378)

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

    crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (CVE-2025-68724)

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

    ntfs3: Fix uninit buffer allocated by __getname() (CVE-2025-68727)

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

    ntfs3: fix uninit memory after failed mi_read in mi_format_new (CVE-2025-68728)

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

    ima: Handle error code returned by ima_filter_rule_match() (CVE-2025-68740)

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

    bpf: Fix invalid prog->stats access when update_effective_progs fails (CVE-2025-68742)

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

    bpf: Free special fields when update [lru_,]percpu_hash maps (CVE-2025-68744)

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

    spi: tegra210-quad: Fix timeout handling (CVE-2025-68746)

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

    block: Use RCU in blk_mq_[un]quiesce_tagset() instead of set->tag_list_lock (CVE-2025-68756)

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

    NFS: Automounted filesystems should inherit ro,noexec,nodev,sync flags (CVE-2025-68764)

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

  - mm/huge_memory: fix NULL pointer deference when splitting folio Commit c010d47f107f (mm: thp: split huge     page to any lower order pages) introduced an early check on the folio's order via mapping->flags before     proceeding with the split work. This check introduced a bug: for shmem folios in the swap cache and     truncated folios, the mapping pointer can be NULL. Accessing mapping->flags in this state leads directly     to a NULL pointer dereference. This commit fixes the issue by moving the check for mapping != NULL before     any attempt to access mapping->flags. (CVE-2025-68293)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
299530	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1430)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
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
278824	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-68293	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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