In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() casts an unsigned __u32 value from sp->max_recv_size and req->preferred_send_size to a signed int before computing min_t(int, ...). A maliciously provided preferred_send_size of 0x80000000 will return as smaller than max_recv_size, and then be used to set the maximum allowed alowed receive size for the next message. By sending a second message with a large value (>1420 bytes) the attacker can then achieve a heap buffer overflow. This fix replaces min_t(int, ...) with min_t(u32)

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8545-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - ARM64 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - DMA engine subsystem;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - Network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - USB over IP driver;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Ext4 file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - SMB network file system;

    - Kernel thread helper (kthread);

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Kernel exit() syscall;

    - Scatterlist API;

    - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Ceph Core library;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - SMC sockets;

    - X.25 network layer; (CVE-2026-22984, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23427,     CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31436,     CVE-2026-31448, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607, CVE-2026-31635, CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649,     CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669, CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685,     CVE-2026-31718, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43083,     CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43125, CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43197,     CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341, CVE-2026-43376, CVE-2026-43378, CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43384,     CVE-2026-43402, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501,     CVE-2026-45898, CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46039, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46115, CVE-2026-46119,     CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46185, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243, CVE-2026-46244, CVE-2026-46266,     CVE-2026-46289, CVE-2026-46316, CVE-2026-46325)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8547-1 advisory.

    Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to     compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:

    - RISC-V architecture;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - Network drivers;

    - STMicroelectronics network drivers;

    - NVME drivers;

    - x86 platform drivers;

    - SCSI subsystem;

    - SPI subsystem;

    - TCM subsystem;

    - USB over IP driver;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - HFS+ file system;

    - Network file system (NFS) server daemon;

    - SMB network file system;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Timer subsystem;

    - B.A.T.M.A.N. meshing protocol;

    - Bluetooth subsystem;

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Ceph Core library;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Netfilter;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - SMC sockets;

    - Sun RPC protocol;

    - X.25 network layer;

    - AMD SoC Alsa drivers;

    - KVM subsystem; (CVE-2022-48816, CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2025-37778, CVE-2025-37822, CVE-2025-37924,     CVE-2025-38201, CVE-2025-40082, CVE-2025-68214, CVE-2025-68263, CVE-2025-71089, CVE-2025-71220,     CVE-2025-71222, CVE-2025-71224, CVE-2026-23176, CVE-2026-23180, CVE-2026-23182, CVE-2026-23190,     CVE-2026-23193, CVE-2026-23198, CVE-2026-23202, CVE-2026-23206, CVE-2026-23216, CVE-2026-23256,     CVE-2026-23257, CVE-2026-23258, CVE-2026-23262, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23278, CVE-2026-23428,     CVE-2026-23450, CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31607,     CVE-2026-31637, CVE-2026-31649, CVE-2026-31657, CVE-2026-31659, CVE-2026-31668, CVE-2026-31669,     CVE-2026-31682, CVE-2026-31685, CVE-2026-43011, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-43071,     CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117, CVE-2026-43185, CVE-2026-43186, CVE-2026-43304, CVE-2026-43341,     CVE-2026-43383, CVE-2026-43406, CVE-2026-43407, CVE-2026-43414, CVE-2026-43493, CVE-2026-43501,     CVE-2026-45988, CVE-2026-46043, CVE-2026-46119, CVE-2026-46135, CVE-2026-46195, CVE-2026-46243)

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

  - ksmbd: fix signededness bug in smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() smb_direct_prepare_negotiation() casts an     unsigned __u32 value from sp->max_recv_size and req->preferred_send_size to a signed int before computing     min_t(int, ...). A maliciously provided preferred_send_size of 0x80000000 will return as smaller than     max_recv_size, and then be used to set the maximum allowed alowed receive size for the next message. By     sending a second message with a large value (>1420 bytes) the attacker can then achieve a heap buffer     overflow. This fix replaces min_t(int, ...) with min_t(u32) (CVE-2026-43185)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
327340	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities (USN-8545-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
327334	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8547-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
312756	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43185	Nessus	Misc.	critical

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