In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: lpc18xx-dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA mux platform device during route allocation. Note that holding a reference to a device does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2023-53817: crypto: lib/mpi - avoid null pointer deref in mpi_cmp_ui() (bsc#1254992).
    - CVE-2025-39748: bpf: Forget ranges when refining tnum after JSET (bsc#1249587).
    - CVE-2025-39817: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare (bsc#1249998).
    - CVE-2025-39964: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg (bsc#1251966).
    - CVE-2025-40099: cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input (bsc#1252911).
    - CVE-2025-40103: smb: client: Fix refcount leak for cifs_sb_tlink (bsc#1252924).
    - CVE-2025-40201: kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()     paths
    - CVE-2025-40253: s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree (bsc#1255084).
    - CVE-2025-68283: libceph: replace BUG_ON with bounds check for map->max_osd (bsc#1255379).
    - CVE-2025-68295: smb: client: fix memory leak in cifs_construct_tcon() (bsc#1255129).
    - CVE-2025-68374: md: fix rcu protection in md_wakeup_thread (bsc#1255530).
    - CVE-2025-68735: drm/panthor: Prevent potential UAF in group creation (bsc#1255811).
    - CVE-2025-68736: landlock: Fix handling of disconnected directories (bsc#1255698).
    - CVE-2025-68778: btrfs: don't log conflicting inode if it's a dir moved in the current transaction     (bsc#1256683).
    - CVE-2025-68785: net: openvswitch: fix middle attribute validation in push_nsh() action (bsc#1256640).
    - CVE-2025-68810: KVM: Disallow toggling KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD on an existing memslot (bsc#1256679).
    - CVE-2025-71071: iommu/mediatek: fix use-after-free on probe deferral (bsc#1256802).
    - CVE-2025-71104: KVM: x86: Fix VM hard lockup after prolonged inactivity with periodic HV timer     (bsc#1256708).
    - CVE-2025-71113: crypto: af_alg - zero initialize memory allocated via sock_kmalloc (bsc#1256716).
    - CVE-2025-71125: tracing: Do not register unsupported perf events (bsc#1256784).
    - CVE-2025-71126: mptcp: reset fallback status gracefully at disconnect() time (bsc#1256755).
    - CVE-2025-71148: net/handshake: restore destructor on submit failure (bsc#1257159).
    - CVE-2025-71184: btrfs: fix NULL dereference on root when tracing inode eviction (bsc#1257635).
    - CVE-2025-71194: btrfs: fix deadlock in wait_current_trans() due to ignored transaction type     (bsc#1257687).
    - CVE-2025-71225: md: suspend array while updating raid_disks via sysfs (bsc#1258411).
    - CVE-2026-22979: net: fix memory leak in skb_segment_list for GRO packets (bsc#1257228).
    - CVE-2026-22982: net: mscc: ocelot: Fix crash when adding interface under a lag (bsc#1257179).
    - CVE-2026-22998: nvme-tcp: fix NULL pointer dereferences in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (bsc#1257209).
    - CVE-2026-23003: geneve: Fix incorrect inner network header offset when innerprotoinherit is set     (bsc#1257246).
    - CVE-2026-23004: dst: fix races in rt6_uncached_list_del() and rt_del_uncached_list() (bsc#1257231).
    - CVE-2026-23010: ipv6: Fix use-after-free in inet6_addr_del() (bsc#1257332).
    - CVE-2026-23017: idpf: fix error handling in the init_task on load (bsc#1257552).
    - CVE-2026-23023: idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vport_rel() (bsc#1257556).
    - CVE-2026-23035: net/mlx5e: Pass netdev to mlx5e_destroy_netdev instead of priv (bsc#1257559).
    - CVE-2026-23053: NFS: Fix a deadlock involving nfs_release_folio() (bsc#1257718).
    - CVE-2026-23057: vsock/virtio: Coalesce only linear skb (bsc#1257740).
    - CVE-2026-23060: crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec     (bsc#1257735).
    - CVE-2026-23064: net/sched: act_ife: avoid possible NULL deref (bsc#1257765).
    - CVE-2026-23069: vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit() (bsc#1257755).
    - CVE-2026-23070: Octeontx2-af: Add proper checks for fwdata (bsc#1257709).
    - CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1257749).
    - CVE-2026-23083: fou: Don't allow 0 for FOU_ATTR_IPPROTO (bsc#1257745).
    - CVE-2026-23084: be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list (bsc#1257830).
    - CVE-2026-23085: irqchip/gic-v3-its: Avoid truncating memory addresses (bsc#1257758).
    - CVE-2026-23086: vsock/virtio: cap TX credit to local buffer size (bsc#1257757).
    - CVE-2026-23088: tracing: Fix crash on synthetic stacktrace field usage (bsc#1257814).
    - CVE-2026-23089: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix use-after-free in snd_usb_mixer_free() (bsc#1257790).
    - CVE-2026-23095: gue: Fix skb memleak with inner IP protocol 0 (bsc#1257808).
    - CVE-2026-23099: bonding: limit BOND_MODE_8023AD to Ethernet devices (bsc#1257816).
    - CVE-2026-23102: arm64/fpsimd: signal: Mandate SVE payload for streaming-mode state (bsc#1257772).
    - CVE-2026-23104: ice: fix devlink reload call trace (bsc#1257763).
    - CVE-2026-23105: net/sched: qfq: Use cl_is_active to determine whether class is active in qfq_rm_from_ag     (bsc#1257775).
    - CVE-2026-23107: arm64/fpsimd: signal: Allocate SSVE storage when restoring ZA (bsc#1257762).
    - CVE-2026-23110: scsi: core: Wake up the error handler when final completions race against each other     (bsc#1257761).
    - CVE-2026-23111: netfilter: nf_tables: fix inverted genmask check in nft_map_catchall_activate()     (bsc#1258181).
    - CVE-2026-23112: nvmet-tcp: add bounds checks in nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec (bsc#1258184).
    - CVE-2026-23113: io_uring/io-wq: check IO_WQ_BIT_EXIT inside work run loop (bsc#1258278).
    - CVE-2026-23116: pmdomain: imx8m-blk-ctrl: Remove separate rst and clk mask for 8mq vpu (bsc#1258277).
    - CVE-2026-23119: bonding: provide a net pointer to __skb_flow_dissect() (bsc#1258273).
    - CVE-2026-23125: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT (bsc#1258293).
    - CVE-2026-23139: netfilter: nf_conncount: update last_gc only when GC has been performed (bsc#1258304).
    - CVE-2026-23141: btrfs: send: check for inline extents in range_is_hole_in_parent() (bsc#1258377).
    - CVE-2026-23154: net: fix segmentation of forwarding fraglist GRO (bsc#1258286).
    - CVE-2026-23166: ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues (bsc#1258272).
    - CVE-2026-23169: mptcp: fix race in mptcp_pm_nl_flush_addrs_doit() (bsc#1258389).
    - CVE-2026-23171: net: bonding: update the slave array for broadcast mode (bsc#1258349).
    - CVE-2026-23173: net/mlx5e: TC, delete flows only for existing peers (bsc#1258520).
    - CVE-2026-23179: nvmet-tcp: fixup hang in nvmet_tcp_listen_data_ready() (bsc#1258394).
    - CVE-2026-23191: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (bsc#1258395).
    - CVE-2026-23198: KVM: Don't clobber irqfd routing type when deassigning irqfd (bsc#1258321).
    - CVE-2026-23204: net/sched: cls_u32: use skb_header_pointer_careful() (bsc#1258340).
    - CVE-2026-23208: ALSA: usb-audio: Prevent excessive number of frames (bsc#1258468).
    - CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() (bsc#1258518).
    - CVE-2026-23210: ice: Fix PTP NULL pointer dereference during VSI rebuild (bsc#1258517).
    - CVE-2026-23213: drm/amd/pm: Disable MMIO access during SMU Mode 1 reset (bsc#1258465).
    - CVE-2026-23214: btrfs: reject new transactions if the fs is fully read-only (bsc#1258464).
    - CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management
    - CVE-2026-23269: apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb


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.

An update of the linux package has been released.

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

  - dmaengine: lpc18xx-dmamux: fix device leak on route allocation Make sure to drop the reference taken when     looking up the DMA mux platform device during route allocation. Note that holding a reference to a device     does not prevent its driver data from going away so there is no point in keeping the reference.
    (CVE-2025-71188)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
303965	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 : Recommended update for initial livepatch (SUSE-SU-2026:1081-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
303406	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0962-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
299743	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0770	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
299662	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2026-4.0-0965	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
297457	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-71188	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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