In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the function's kdoc.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:2450-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-10263: arm64: Add workaround for Cortex-A76 erratum 1286807 (bsc#1266290).
    - CVE-2025-40253: s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree (bsc#1255084).
    - CVE-2025-68822: Input: alps - fix use-after-free bugs caused by dev3_register_work (bsc#1256668).
    - CVE-2026-3150: bcache: fix cached_dev.sb_bio use-after-free and crash (bsc#1263169).
    - CVE-2026-23271: perf: Fix __perf_event_overflow() vs perf_remove_from_context() race (bsc#1260018).
    - CVE-2026-23279: wifi: mac80211: fix NULL pointer dereference in mesh_rx_csa_frame() (bsc#1260468).
    - CVE-2026-23303: smb: client: Don't log plaintext credentials in cifs_set_cifscreds (bsc#1260502).
    - CVE-2026-23367: wifi: radiotap: reject radiotap with unknown bits (bsc#1260731).
    - CVE-2026-23396: wifi: mac80211: fix NULL deref in mesh_matches_local() (bsc#1260729).
    - CVE-2026-23444: wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure (bsc#1266307).
    - CVE-2026-23448: net: usb: cdc_ncm: add ndpoffset to NDP16 nframes bounds check (bsc#1261750).
    - CVE-2026-31405: media: dvb-net: fix OOB access in ULE extension header tables (bsc#1261700).
    - CVE-2026-31415: ipv6: avoid overflows in ip6_datagram_send_ctl() (bsc#1262099).
    - CVE-2026-31421: net/sched: cls_fw: fix NULL pointer dereference on shared blocks (bsc#1262061).
    - CVE-2026-31447: ext4: reject mount if bigalloc with s_first_data_block != 0 (bsc#1262614).
    - CVE-2026-31452: ext4: convert inline data to extents when truncate exceeds inline size (bsc#1262620).
    - CVE-2026-31464: scsi: ibmvfc: Fix OOB access in ibmvfc_discover_targets_done() (bsc#1262656).
    - CVE-2026-31469: virtio_net: Fix UAF on dst_ops when IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is cleared and napi_tx is false       (bsc#1267816).
    - CVE-2026-31498: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix ERTM re-init and zero pdu_len infinite loop (bsc#1262751).
    - CVE-2026-31500: Bluetooth: btintel: serialize btintel_hw_error() with hci_req_sync_lock (bsc#1262993).
    - CVE-2026-31515: af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate() (bsc#1262752).
    - CVE-2026-31516: xfrm: prevent policy_hthresh.work from racing with netns teardown (bsc#1262755).
    - CVE-2026-31532: can: af_can: export can_sock_destruct() (bsc#1262757).
    - CVE-2026-31540: drm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing (bsc#1263011).
    - CVE-2026-31546: net: bonding: fix NULL deref in bond_debug_rlb_hash_show (bsc#1263006).
    - CVE-2026-31588: KVM: x86: Use scratch field in MMIO fragment to hold small write values (bsc#1263165).
    - CVE-2026-31590: KVM: SEV: Drop WARN on large size for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION (bsc#1263152).
    - CVE-2026-31596: ocfs2: handle invalid dinode in ocfs2_group_extend (bsc#1263319).
    - CVE-2026-31629: nfc: llcp: add missing return after LLCP_CLOSED checks (bsc#1263790).
    - CVE-2026-31664: string.h: Introduce memset_after() for wiping trailing members/padding (bsc#1263578).
    - CVE-2026-31668: seg6: separate dst_cache for input and output paths in seg6 lwtunnel (bsc#1263140).
    - CVE-2026-31671: xfrm_user: fix info leak in build_report() (bsc#1263115).
    - CVE-2026-31673: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock (bsc#1263143).
    - CVE-2026-31674: netfilter: ip6t_rt: reject oversized addrnr in rt_mt6_check() (bsc#1263568).
    - CVE-2026-31678: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (bsc#1263562).
    - CVE-2026-31759: usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path (bsc#1264076).
    - CVE-2026-31778: ALSA: caiaq: fix stack out-of-bounds read in init_card (bsc#1263923).
    - CVE-2026-43020: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (bsc#1264006).
    - CVE-2026-43024: netfilter: nf_tables: reject immediate NF_QUEUE verdict (bsc#1263930).
    - CVE-2026-43026: netfilter: ctnetlink: zero expect NAT fields when CTA_EXPECT_NAT absent (bsc#1263932).
    - CVE-2026-43028: netfilter: x_tables: ensure names are nul-terminated (bsc#1263934).
    - CVE-2026-43037: ip6_tunnel: clear skb2->cb in ip4ip6_err() (bsc#1263995).
    - CVE-2026-43038: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() (bsc#1264097).
    - CVE-2026-43040: net: ipv6: ndisc: fix ndisc_ra_useropt to initialize nduseropt_padX fields to zero to     prevent an info-       leak (bsc#1264091).
    - CVE-2026-43052: wifi: mac80211: check tdls flag in ieee80211_tdls_oper (bsc#1263945).
    - CVE-2026-43077: crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption (bsc#1264470).
    - CVE-2026-43140: HID: magicmouse: Do not crash on missing msc->input (bsc#1264630).
    - CVE-2026-43158: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (bsc#1264595).
    - CVE-2026-43187: xfs: delete attr leaf freemap entries when empty (bsc#1264603).
    - CVE-2026-43198: tcp: fix potential race in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() (bsc#1264610).
    - CVE-2026-43206: drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (bsc#1264551).
    - CVE-2026-43234: team: avoid NETDEV_CHANGEMTU event when unregistering slave (bsc#1264409).
    - CVE-2026-43338: btrfs: reserve enough transaction items for qgroup ioctls (bsc#1264716).
    - CVE-2026-43339: ipv6: prevent possible UaF in addrconf_permanent_addr() (bsc#1264763).
    - CVE-2026-43359: btrfs: fix transaction abort on set received ioctl due to item overflow (bsc#1264719).
    - CVE-2026-43361: btrfs: fix transaction abort when snapshotting received subvolumes (bsc#1264722).
    - CVE-2026-43407: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in ceph_handle_auth_reply() (bsc#1265020).
    - CVE-2026-43413: scsi: hisi_sas: Fix NULL pointer exception during user_scan() (bsc#1264671).
    - CVE-2026-43414: scsi: qla2xxx: Completely fix fcport double free (bsc#1264669).
    - CVE-2026-43499: rtmutex: Use waiter::task instead of current in remove_waiter() (bsc#1266001).
    - CVE-2026-43503: net: skbuff: propagate shared-frag marker through frag-transfer helpers (bsc#1265960).
    - CVE-2026-45835: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix null-ptr-deref in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() (bsc#1266411).
    - CVE-2026-45841: netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix divide-by-zero in OSF_WSS_MODULO (bsc#1266390).
    - CVE-2026-45842: slip: reject VJ receive packets on instances with no rstate array (bsc#1266400).
    - CVE-2026-45843: slip: bound decode() reads against the compressed packet length (bsc#1266395).
    - CVE-2026-45852: RDMA/rxe: Fix double free in rxe_srq_from_init (bsc#1266711).
    - CVE-2026-45870: SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths (bsc#1266704).
    - CVE-2026-45970: bonding: alb: fix UAF in rlb_arp_recv during bond up/down (bsc#1267205).
    - CVE-2026-45983: nfsd: never defer requests during idmap lookup (bsc#1266697).
    - CVE-2026-46021: thermal: core: Fix thermal zone governor cleanup issues (bsc#1267220).
    - CVE-2026-46024: libceph: Prevent potential null-ptr-deref in ceph_handle_auth_reply() (bsc#1267218).
    - CVE-2026-46043: RDMA/rxe: Validate pad and ICRC before payload_size() in rxe_rcv (bsc#1266901).
    - CVE-2026-46090: ALSA: aloop: Fix peer runtime UAF during format-change stop (bsc#1267531).
    - CVE-2026-46113: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (bsc#1266969).
    - CVE-2026-46116: xfrm: defensively unhash xfrm_state lists in __xfrm_state_delete (bsc#1267369).
    - CVE-2026-46150: fanotify: fix false positive on permission events (bsc#1267387).
    - CVE-2026-46157: ALSA: pcm: oss: Fix data race at accessing runtime.oss.trigger (bsc#1267726).
    - CVE-2026-46159: btrfs: fix btrfs_ioctl_space_info() slot_count TOCTOU which can lead to info-leak     (bsc#1267652).
    - CVE-2026-46160: btrfs: fix missing last_unlink_trans update when removing a directory (bsc#1267624).
    - CVE-2026-46169: hfsplus: fix uninit-value by validating catalog record size (bsc#1267713).
    - CVE-2026-46181: RDMA/mlx4: Fix mis-use of RCU in mlx4_srq_event() (bsc#1266826).
    - CVE-2026-46243: smb: client: reject userspace cifs.spnego descriptions (bsc#1266238).
    - CVE-2026-46259: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()     (bsc#1267685).
    - CVE-2026-46273: ibmveth: Disable GSO for packets with small MSS (bsc#1267651).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - arm64: tlb: Allow XZR argument to TLBI ops (git-fixes).
    - arm64: tlb: Optimize ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI (git-fixes).
    - bcache: fix uninitialized closure object (git-fixes).
    - check-for-config-changes: Exclude CC_MS_EXTENSIONS.
    - check-for-config-changes: Exclude HAVE_CFI_ICALL_NORMALIZE_INTEGERS{,_RUSTC}.
    - kvm/svm: PKU not currently supported (bsc#1263887).
    - KVM: x86: Handle PKU CPUID adjustment in VMX code (bsc#1263887).
    - mkspec: Add signature to source list only when it exists.
    - net/sched: cls_fw: fix NULL dereference of 'old' filters before change() (git-fixes).

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 Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6238 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-6238-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso     April 30, 2026                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : linux     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-14027 CVE-2025-21709 CVE-2025-22116 CVE-2025-22117                      CVE-2025-38426 CVE-2025-38627 CVE-2025-39764 CVE-2025-40005                      CVE-2025-40135 CVE-2025-40147 CVE-2025-40150 CVE-2025-40219                      CVE-2025-68175 CVE-2025-68239 CVE-2025-68334 CVE-2025-68736                      CVE-2025-71152 CVE-2025-71161 CVE-2025-71221 CVE-2025-71239                      CVE-2025-71265 CVE-2025-71266 CVE-2025-71267 CVE-2025-71269                      CVE-2026-22981 CVE-2026-22985 CVE-2026-22986 CVE-2026-22993                      CVE-2026-23004 CVE-2026-23066 CVE-2026-23070 CVE-2026-23104                      CVE-2026-23138 CVE-2026-23157 CVE-2026-23207 CVE-2026-23210                      CVE-2026-23226 CVE-2026-23227 CVE-2026-23231 CVE-2026-23239                      CVE-2026-23240 CVE-2026-23242 CVE-2026-23243 CVE-2026-23244                      CVE-2026-23245 CVE-2026-23246 CVE-2026-23249 CVE-2026-23250                      CVE-2026-23251 CVE-2026-23252 CVE-2026-23253 CVE-2026-23255                      CVE-2026-23270 CVE-2026-23271 CVE-2026-23273 CVE-2026-23274                      CVE-2026-23276 CVE-2026-23277 CVE-2026-23278 CVE-2026-23279                      CVE-2026-23281 CVE-2026-23284 CVE-2026-23285 CVE-2026-23286                      CVE-2026-23287 CVE-2026-23289 CVE-2026-23290 CVE-2026-23291                      CVE-2026-23292 CVE-2026-23293 CVE-2026-23296 CVE-2026-23297                      CVE-2026-23298 CVE-2026-23300 CVE-2026-23302 CVE-2026-23303                      CVE-2026-23304 CVE-2026-23306 CVE-2026-23307 CVE-2026-23308                      CVE-2026-23310 CVE-2026-23312 CVE-2026-23313 CVE-2026-23315                      CVE-2026-23316 CVE-2026-23317 CVE-2026-23318 CVE-2026-23319                      CVE-2026-23321 CVE-2026-23324 CVE-2026-23325 CVE-2026-23330                      CVE-2026-23334 CVE-2026-23335 CVE-2026-23336 CVE-2026-23339                      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CVE-2026-23426 CVE-2026-23427 CVE-2026-23428                      CVE-2026-23434 CVE-2026-23438 CVE-2026-23439 CVE-2026-23440                      CVE-2026-23441 CVE-2026-23442 CVE-2026-23444 CVE-2026-23445                      CVE-2026-23446 CVE-2026-23447 CVE-2026-23448 CVE-2026-23449                      CVE-2026-23450 CVE-2026-23452 CVE-2026-23454 CVE-2026-23455                      CVE-2026-23456 CVE-2026-23457 CVE-2026-23458 CVE-2026-23460                      CVE-2026-23461 CVE-2026-23462 CVE-2026-23463 CVE-2026-23464                      CVE-2026-23465 CVE-2026-23466 CVE-2026-23470 CVE-2026-23474                      CVE-2026-23475 CVE-2026-31389 CVE-2026-31391 CVE-2026-31392                      CVE-2026-31393 CVE-2026-31394 CVE-2026-31396 CVE-2026-31399                      CVE-2026-31400 CVE-2026-31401 CVE-2026-31402 CVE-2026-31403                      CVE-2026-31405 CVE-2026-31406 CVE-2026-31407 CVE-2026-31408                      CVE-2026-31409 CVE-2026-31410 CVE-2026-31411 CVE-2026-31412                      CVE-2026-31414 CVE-2026-31415 CVE-2026-31416 CVE-2026-31417                      CVE-2026-31418 CVE-2026-31421 CVE-2026-31422 CVE-2026-31423                      CVE-2026-31424 CVE-2026-31425 CVE-2026-31426 CVE-2026-31427                      CVE-2026-31428 CVE-2026-31429 CVE-2026-31430 CVE-2026-31431                      CVE-2026-31432 CVE-2026-31433 CVE-2026-31434 CVE-2026-31436                      CVE-2026-31438 CVE-2026-31439 CVE-2026-31440 CVE-2026-31441                      CVE-2026-31446 CVE-2026-31447 CVE-2026-31448 CVE-2026-31449                      CVE-2026-31450 CVE-2026-31451 CVE-2026-31452 CVE-2026-31453                      CVE-2026-31454 CVE-2026-31455 CVE-2026-31458 CVE-2026-31462                      CVE-2026-31464 CVE-2026-31466 CVE-2026-31467 CVE-2026-31469                      CVE-2026-31470 CVE-2026-31473 CVE-2026-31474 CVE-2026-31476                      CVE-2026-31477 CVE-2026-31478 CVE-2026-31479 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CVE-2026-31623 CVE-2026-31624 CVE-2026-31625                      CVE-2026-31626 CVE-2026-31627 CVE-2026-31628 CVE-2026-31629                      CVE-2026-31634 CVE-2026-31637 CVE-2026-31638 CVE-2026-31639                      CVE-2026-31642 CVE-2026-31644 CVE-2026-31645 CVE-2026-31646                      CVE-2026-31647 CVE-2026-31648 CVE-2026-31649 CVE-2026-31651                      CVE-2026-31655 CVE-2026-31656 CVE-2026-31657 CVE-2026-31658                      CVE-2026-31659 CVE-2026-31660 CVE-2026-31661 CVE-2026-31662                      CVE-2026-31664 CVE-2026-31665 CVE-2026-31666 CVE-2026-31667                      CVE-2026-31668 CVE-2026-31669 CVE-2026-31670 CVE-2026-31671                      CVE-2026-31672 CVE-2026-31673 CVE-2026-31674 CVE-2026-31675                      CVE-2026-31676 CVE-2026-31677 CVE-2026-31678 CVE-2026-31679                      CVE-2026-31680 CVE-2026-31681 CVE-2026-31682 CVE-2026-31683                      CVE-2026-31684 CVE-2026-31685 CVE-2026-31686 CVE-2026-31689                      CVE-2026-31693 CVE-2026-31786 CVE-2026-31787 CVE-2026-31788

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that     may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information     leaks.

    For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in     version 6.12.85-1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your linux packages.

    For the detailed security status of linux please refer to its security     tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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.

  - wifi: mac80211: always free skb on ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() failure ieee80211_tx_prepare_skb() has three     error paths, but only two of them free the skb. The first error path (ieee80211_tx_prepare() returning     TX_DROP) does not free it, while invoke_tx_handlers() failure and the fragmentation check both do. Add     kfree_skb() to the first error path so all three are consistent, and remove the now-redundant frees in     callers (ath9k, mt76, mac80211_hwsim) to avoid double-free. Document the skb ownership guarantee in the     function's kdoc. (CVE-2026-23444)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
321690	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:2450-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
320429	openSUSE 16 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2026:20912-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
311299	Debian dsa-6238 : ata-modules-6.12.74+deb13+1-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
310100	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0830	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
310098	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2026-4.0-1002	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
304930	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-23444	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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