In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close() tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask); cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20572-1 advisory.

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

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-39998: scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow     (bsc#1252073).
    - CVE-2025-40253: s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree (bsc#1255084).
    - CVE-2025-68794: iomap: adjust read range correctly for non-block-aligned positions (bsc#1256647).
    - CVE-2025-71239: audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (bsc#1259759).
    - CVE-2026-23072: l2tp: Fix memleak in l2tp_udp_encap_recv() (bsc#1257708).
    - CVE-2026-23103: ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port (bsc#1257773).
    - CVE-2026-23120: l2tp: avoid one data-race in l2tp_tunnel_del_work() (bsc#1258280).
    - CVE-2026-23125: sctp: move SCTP_CMD_ASSOC_SHKEY right after SCTP_CMD_PEER_INIT (bsc#1258293).
    - CVE-2026-23138: kABI: Preserve values of the trace recursion bits (bsc#1258301).
    - CVE-2026-23140: bpf, test_run: Subtract size of xdp_frame from allowed metadata size (bsc#1258305).
    - CVE-2026-23187: pmdomain: imx8m-blk-ctrl: fix out-of-range access of bc->domains (bsc#1258330).
    - CVE-2026-23193: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_session_usage_count()     (bsc#1258414).
    - CVE-2026-23201: ceph: fix oops due to invalid pointer for kfree() in parse_longname() (bsc#1258337).
    - CVE-2026-23204: net: add skb_header_pointer_careful() helper (bsc#1258340).
    - CVE-2026-23215: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers (bsc#1258476).
    - CVE-2026-23216: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix use-after-free in iscsit_dec_conn_usage_count() (bsc#1258447).
    - CVE-2026-23231: netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (bsc#1259188).
    - CVE-2026-23239: espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() (bsc#1259485).
    - CVE-2026-23240: tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() (bsc#1259484).
    - CVE-2026-23242: RDMA/siw: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in header processing (bsc#1259795).
    - CVE-2026-23243: RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (bsc#1259797).
    - CVE-2026-23255: net: add proper RCU protection to /proc/net/ptype (bsc#1259891).
    - CVE-2026-23262: gve: Fix stats report corruption on queue count change (bsc#1259870).
    - CVE-2026-23270: net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks     (bsc#1259886).
    - CVE-2026-23272: netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set->nelems before insertion (bsc#1260009).
    - CVE-2026-23274: netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: reject rev0 reuse of ALARM timer labels (bsc#1260005).
    - CVE-2026-23277: net/sched: teql: fix NULL pointer dereference in iptunnel_xmit on TEQL slave xmit     (bsc#1259997).
    - CVE-2026-23278: netfilter: nf_tables: always walk all pending catchall elements (bsc#1259998).
    - CVE-2026-23281: wifi: libertas: fix use-after-free in lbs_free_adapter() (bsc#1260464).
    - CVE-2026-23292: scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() (bsc#1260500).
    - CVE-2026-23293: net: vxlan: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (bsc#1260486).
    - CVE-2026-23297: nfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit() (bsc#1260490).
    - CVE-2026-23304: ipv6: fix NULL pointer deref in ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu() (bsc#1260544).
    - CVE-2026-23319: bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim (bsc#1260735).
    - CVE-2026-23326: xsk: Fix fragment node deletion to prevent buffer leak (bsc#1260606).
    - CVE-2026-23335: RDMA/irdma: Fix kernel stack leak in irdma_create_user_ah() (bsc#1260550).
    - CVE-2026-23343: xdp: produce a warning when calculated tailroom is negative (bsc#1260527).
    - CVE-2026-23361: PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry (bsc#1260732).
    - CVE-2026-23379: net/sched: ets: fix divide by zero in the offload path (bsc#1260481).
    - CVE-2026-23381: net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (bsc#1260471).
    - CVE-2026-23383: bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing     (bsc#1260497).
    - CVE-2026-23386: gve: fix incorrect buffer cleanup in gve_tx_clean_pending_packets for QPL (bsc#1260799).
    - CVE-2026-23393: bridge: cfm: Fix race condition in peer_mep deletion (bsc#1260522).
    - CVE-2026-23398: icmp: fix NULL pointer dereference in icmp_tag_validation() (bsc#1260730).
    - CVE-2026-23413: clsact: Fix use-after-free in init/destroy rollback asymmetry (bsc#1261498).
    - CVE-2026-23414: tls: Purge async_hold in tls_decrypt_async_wait() (bsc#1261496).
    - CVE-2026-23419: net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune (bsc#1261507).
    - CVE-2026-23425: KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests (bsc#1261506).
    - CVE-2026-31788: xen/privcmd: restrict usage in unprivileged domU (bsc#1259707).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE (bsc#1259461).
    - KVM: x86: synthesize CPUID bits only if CPU capability is set (bsc#1257511).
    - Revert drm/i915/display: Add quirk to skip retraining of dp link (bsc#1253129).
    - Update config files (bsc#1254307).
    - apparmor: Fix double free of ns_name in aa_replace_profiles() (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix differential encoding verification (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix memory leak in verify_header (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix missing bounds check on DEFAULT table in verify_dfa() (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix race between freeing data and fs accessing it (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix side-effect bug in match_char() macro usage (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: fix: limit the number of levels of policy namespaces (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: replace recursive profile removal with iterative approach (bsc#1258849).
    - apparmor: validate DFA start states are in bounds in unpack_pdb (bsc#1258849).
    - bpf, btf: Enforce destructor kfunc type with CFI (bsc#1259955).
    - bpf: crypto: Use the correct destructor kfunc type (bsc#1259955).
    - btrfs: only enforce free space tree if v1 cache is required for bs < ps cases (bsc#1260459).
    - btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from dentry in event btrfs_sync_file() (bsc#1257777).
    - dmaengine: sh: rz-dmac: Move CHCTRL updates under spinlock (git-fixes).
    - drm/amdkfd: Unreserve bo if queue update failed (git-fixes).
    - drm/i915/display: Add module param to skip retraining of dp link (bsc#1253129).
    - drm/i915/dsc: Add Selective Update register definitions (stable-fixes).
    - drm/i915/dsc: Add helper for writing DSC Selective Update ET parameters (stable-fixes).
    - firmware: microchip: fail auto-update probe if no flash found (git-fixes).
    - kABI: Include trace recursion bits in kABI tracking (bsc#1258301).
    - net: mana: Trigger VF reset/recovery on health check failure due to HWC timeout (bsc#1259580).
    - nvme: add support for dynamic quirk configuration via module parameter (bsc#1243208).
    - nvme: expose active quirks in sysfs (bsc#1243208).
    - nvme: fix memory leak in quirks_param_set() (bsc#1243208).
    - powerpc/crash: adjust the elfcorehdr size (jsc#PED-11175 git-fixes).
    - powerpc/kdump: Fix size calculation for hot-removed memory ranges (jsc#PED-11175 git-fixes).
    - s390/cio: Update purge function to unregister the unused subchannels (bsc#1254214).
    - s390/ipl: Clear SBP flag when bootprog is set (bsc#1258175).
    - s390: Disable ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP (bsc#1254306).
    - scsi: fnic: Add Cisco hardware model names (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add and integrate support for FDMI (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add and integrate support for FIP (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add functionality in fnic to support FDLS (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add headers and definitions for FDLS (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add stats and related functionality (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add support for fabric based solicited requests and responses (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add support for target based solicited requests and responses (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add support for unsolicited requests and responses (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Add support to handle port channel RSCN (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Code cleanup (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Delete incorrect debugfs error handling (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Fix indentation and remove unnecessary parenthesis (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Fix missing DMA mapping error in fnic_send_frame() (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Fix use of uninitialized value in debug message (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Increment driver version (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Modify IO path to use FDLS (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Modify fnic interfaces to use FDLS (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Propagate SCSI error code from fnic_scsi_drv_init() (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove always-true IS_FNIC_FCP_INITIATOR macro (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove extern definition from .c files (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove unnecessary debug print (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove unnecessary else and unnecessary break in FDLS (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove unnecessary else to fix warning in FDLS FIP (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Remove unnecessary spinlock locking and unlocking (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Replace fnic->lock_flags with local flags (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Replace shost_printk() with dev_info()/dev_err() (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Replace use of sizeof with standard usage (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Return appropriate error code for mem alloc failure (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Return appropriate error code from failure of scsi drv init (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Test for memory allocation failure and return error code (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: fnic: Turn off FDMI ACTIVE flags on link down (jsc#PED-15441).
    - scsi: hisi_sas: Fix NULL pointer exception during user_scan() (bsc#1255687).
    - scsi: scsi_transport_sas: Fix the maximum channel scanning issue (bsc#1255687, git-fixes).
    - scsi: smartpqi: Fix memory leak in pqi_report_phys_luns() (git-fixes, jsc#PED-15042).
    - selftests/bpf: Use the correct destructor kfunc type (bsc#1259955).
    - selftests/powerpc: Suppress -Wmaybe-uninitialized with GCC 15 (bsc#1261669 ltc#212590).
    - tg3: Fix race for querying speed/duplex (bsc#1257183).
    - x86/platform/uv: Handle deconfigured sockets (bsc#1260347).

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 ALAS2023-2026-1543 advisory.

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

    fs/xattr: missing fdput() in fremovexattr error path (CVE-2024-14027)

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

    audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (CVE-2025-71239)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

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

    btrfs: do not strictly require dirty metadata threshold for metadata writepages (CVE-2026-23157)

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

    netfilter: nf_tables: fix use-after-free in nf_tables_addchain() (CVE-2026-23231)

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

    espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() (CVE-2026-23239)

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

    tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() (CVE-2026-23240)

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

    RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (CVE-2026-23243)

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

    nvme: fix memory allocation in nvme_pr_read_keys() (CVE-2026-23244)

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

    xfs: check for deleted cursors when revalidating two btrees (CVE-2026-23249)

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

    net/sched: Only allow act_ct to bind to clsact/ingress qdiscs and shared blocks (CVE-2026-23270)

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

    perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race (CVE-2026-23271)

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

    macvlan: observe an RCU grace period in macvlan_common_newlink() error path (CVE-2026-23273)

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

    drbd: fix null-pointer dereference on local read error (CVE-2026-23285)

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

    scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() (CVE-2026-23292)

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

    net: vxlan: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (CVE-2026-23293)

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

    scsi: core: Fix refcount leak for tagset_refcnt (CVE-2026-23296)

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

    nfsd: Fix cred ref leak in nfsd_nl_threads_set_doit(). (CVE-2026-23297)

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

    net: ipv6: fix panic when IPv4 route references loopback IPv6 nexthop (CVE-2026-23300)

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

    smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds (CVE-2026-23303)

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

    ipv6: fix NULL pointer deref in ip6_rt_get_dev_rcu() (CVE-2026-23304)

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

    bpf/bonding: reject vlan+srcmac xmit_hash_policy change when XDP is loaded (CVE-2026-23310)

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

    i40e: Fix preempt count leak in napi poll tracepoint (CVE-2026-23313)

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

    net: ipv4: fix ARM64 alignment fault in multipath hash seed (CVE-2026-23316)

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

    drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value in vmw_translate_ptr functions (CVE-2026-23317)

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

    bpf: Fix a UAF issue in bpf_trampoline_link_cgroup_shim (CVE-2026-23319)

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

    RDMA/irdma: Fix kernel stack leak in irdma_create_user_ah() (CVE-2026-23335)

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

    net: sched: avoid qdisc_reset_all_tx_gt() vs dequeue race for lockless qdiscs (CVE-2026-23340)

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

    xdp: produce a warning when calculated tailroom is negative (CVE-2026-23343)

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

    netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase (CVE-2026-23351)

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

    x86/efi: defer freeing of boot services memory (CVE-2026-23352)

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

    x86/fred: Correct speculative safety in fred_extint() (CVE-2026-23354)

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

    drbd: fix LOGIC BUG in drbd_al_begin_io_nonblock() (CVE-2026-23356)

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

    bpf: Fix stack-out-of-bounds write in devmap (CVE-2026-23359)

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

    nvme: fix admin queue leak on controller reset (CVE-2026-23360)

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

    PCI: dwc: ep: Flush MSI-X write before unmapping its ATU entry (CVE-2026-23361)

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

    can: bcm: fix locking for bcm_op runtime updates (CVE-2026-23362)

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

    i2c: i801: Revert i2c: i801: replace acpi_lock with I2C bus lock (CVE-2026-23369)

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

    net/sched: ets: fix divide by zero in the offload path (CVE-2026-23379)

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

    tracing: Fix WARN_ON in tracing_buffers_mmap_close (CVE-2026-23380)

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

    net: bridge: fix nd_tbl NULL dereference when IPv6 is disabled (CVE-2026-23381)

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

    bpf, arm64: Force 8-byte alignment for JIT buffer to prevent atomic tearing (CVE-2026-23383)

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

    Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range (CVE-2026-23388)

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

    net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune (CVE-2026-23419)

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.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1515 advisory.

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

    audit: add fchmodat2() to change attributes class (CVE-2025-71239)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop in attr_load_runs_range on inconsistent metadata (CVE-2025-71265)

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

    fs: ntfs3: check return value of indx_find to avoid infinite loop (CVE-2025-71266)

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

    fs: ntfs3: fix infinite loop triggered by zero-sized ATTR_LIST (CVE-2025-71267)

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

    espintcp: Fix race condition in espintcp_close() (CVE-2026-23239)

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

    tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() (CVE-2026-23240)

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

    audit: add missing syscalls to read class (CVE-2026-23241)

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

    xfs: check for deleted cursors when revalidating two btrees (CVE-2026-23249)

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

  - tls: Fix race condition in tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() This issue was discovered during a code audit. After     cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called from tls_sk_proto_close(), tx_work_handler() can still be scheduled     from paths such as the Delayed ACK handler or ksoftirqd. As a result, the tx_work_handler() worker may     dereference a freed TLS object. The following is a simple race scenario: cpu0 cpu1 tls_sk_proto_close()     tls_sw_cancel_work_tx() tls_write_space() tls_sw_write_space() if (!test_and_set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED,     &tx_ctx->tx_bitmask)) set_bit(BIT_TX_SCHEDULED, &ctx->tx_bitmask);
    cancel_delayed_work_sync(&ctx->tx_work.work); schedule_delayed_work(&tx_ctx->tx_work.work, 0); To prevent     this race condition, cancel_delayed_work_sync() is replaced with disable_delayed_work_sync().
    (CVE-2026-23240)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
309153	openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20572-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
305231	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1543)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
304620	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1515)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
301793	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23240	Nessus	Misc.	critical

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