In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wlcore: Fix a locking bug Make sure that wl->mutex is locked before it is unlocked. This has been detected by the Clang thread-safety analyzer.

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.

  - wifi: wlcore: Fix a locking bug Make sure that wl->mutex is locked before it is unlocked. This has been     detected by the Clang thread-safety analyzer. (CVE-2026-23420)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
310098	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2026-4.0-1002	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
306005	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0813	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
304986	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23420	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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CVE-2026-23420

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Tenable Plugins

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