In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: add missing syscalls to read class The "at" variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the audit read class.

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.

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.

  - audit: add missing syscalls to read class The at variant of getxattr() and listxattr() are missing from     the audit read class. Calling getxattrat() or listxattrat() on a file to read its extended attributes will     bypass audit rules such as: -w /tmp/test -p rwa -k test_rwa The current patch adds missing syscalls to the     audit read class. (CVE-2026-23241)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
304620	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1515)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
303585	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0794	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
302814	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23241	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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