In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks Commit 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups inode can use") restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect block based files to block numbers that fit within 32-bit block numbers. However, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to check this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised this concern: If ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group is >= ngroups (for instance, if the goal group was populated via stream allocation from s_mb_last_groups), then start will be >= ngroups. Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit limit for indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes care to not select unsupported groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first iteration will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported group because next_linear_group() is only called at the end of the iteration. After reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM review, I determined that this can happen when there is a file system where some files/directories are extent-mapped and others are indirect-block mapped. To address this, add a safety clamp in ext4_mb_scan_groups().

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.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: handle wraparound when searching     for blocks for indirect mapped blocks Commit 4865c768b563 (ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups     inode can use) restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect block based files to block numbers     that fit within 32-bit block numbers. However, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to     check this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised this concern: If     ac->ac_g_ex.fe_group is >= ngroups (for instance, if the goal group was populated via stream allocation     from s_mb_last_groups), then start will be >= ngroups. Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit     limit for indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes     care to not select unsupported groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first iteration     will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported group because next_linear_group() is only called at     the end of the iteration. After reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM review, I     determined that this can happen when there is a file system where some files/directories are extent-mapped     and others are indirect-block mapped. To address this, add a safety clamp in ext4_mb_scan_groups().
    (CVE-2026-43067)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1646 advisory.

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

    arm64/fpsimd: signal: Fix restoration of SVE context (CVE-2026-23102)

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

    spi: tegra210-quad: Protect curr_xfer check in IRQ handler (CVE-2026-23207)

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

    net: add proper RCU protection to /proc/net/ptype (CVE-2026-23255)

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

    KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE (CVE-2026-23401)

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

    tls: Purge async_hold in tls_decrypt_async_wait() (CVE-2026-23414)

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

    bpf: Fix constant blinding for PROBE_MEM32 stores (CVE-2026-23417)

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

    xfrm: Fix work re-schedule after cancel in xfrm_nat_keepalive_net_fini() (CVE-2026-31406)

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

    bpf: Fix unsound scalar forking in maybe_fork_scalars() for BPF_OR (CVE-2026-31413)

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

    ACPI: EC: clean up handlers on probe failure in acpi_ec_setup() (CVE-2026-31426)

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

    netfilter: nf_conntrack_sip: fix use of uninitialized rtp_addr in process_sdp (CVE-2026-31427)

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

    netfilter: nfnetlink_log: fix uninitialized padding leak in NFULA_PAYLOAD (CVE-2026-31428)

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

    btrfs: fix leak of kobject name for sub-group space_info (CVE-2026-31434)

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

    netfs: Fix kernel BUG in netfs_limit_iter() for ITER_KVEC iterators (CVE-2026-31438)

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

    ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount (CVE-2026-31446)

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

    ext4: reject mount if bigalloc with s_first_data_block != 0 (CVE-2026-31447)

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

    ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data (CVE-2026-31448)

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

    ext4: validate p_idx bounds in ext4_ext_correct_indexes (CVE-2026-31449)

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

    ext4: replace BUG_ON with proper error handling in ext4_read_inline_folio (CVE-2026-31451)

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

    ext4: convert inline data to extents when truncate exceeds inline size (CVE-2026-31452)

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

    xfs: avoid dereferencing log items after push callbacks (CVE-2026-31453)

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

    xfs: save ailp before dropping the AIL lock in push callbacks (CVE-2026-31454)

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

    xfs: stop reclaim before pushing AIL during unmount (CVE-2026-31455)

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

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

    erofs: add GFP_NOIO in the bio completion if needed (CVE-2026-31467)

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

    virtio_net: Fix UAF on dst_ops when IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE is cleared and napi_tx is false (CVE-2026-31469)

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

    virt: tdx-guest: Fix handling of host controlled 'quote' buffer length (CVE-2026-31470)

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

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

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

    spi: use generic driver_override infrastructure (CVE-2026-31487)

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

    RDMA/irdma: Initialize free_qp completion before using it (CVE-2026-31492)

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    net: openvswitch: Avoid releasing netdev before teardown completes (CVE-2026-31508)

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    erofs: set fileio bio failed in short read case (CVE-2026-31514)

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    xfrm: prevent policy_hthresh.work from racing with netns teardown (CVE-2026-31516)

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

    btrfs: set BTRFS_ROOT_ORPHAN_CLEANUP during subvol create (CVE-2026-31519)

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

    module: Fix kernel panic when a symbol st_shndx is out of bounds (CVE-2026-31521)

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

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    x86/cpu: Remove X86_CR4_FRED from the CR4 pinned bits mask (CVE-2026-31561)

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

    openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release (CVE-2026-31678)

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    openvswitch: validate MPLS set/set_masked payload length (CVE-2026-31679)

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    xfs: don't irele after failing to iget in xfs_attri_recover_work (CVE-2026-43063)

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

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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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
321210	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0837	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
316948	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1746)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
313507	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0842	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
312624	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43067	Nessus	Misc.	critical
312152	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1646)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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