In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kthread: consolidate kthread exit paths to prevent use-after-free Guillaume reported crashes via corrupted RCU callback function pointers during KUnit testing. The crash was traced back to the pidfs rhashtable conversion which replaced the 24-byte rb_node with an 8-byte rhash_head in struct pid, shrinking it from 160 to 144 bytes. struct kthread (without CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP) is also 144 bytes. With CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT and SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN both round up to 192 bytes and share the same slab cache. struct pid.rcu.func and struct kthread.affinity_node both sit at offset 0x78. When a kthread exits via make_task_dead() it bypasses kthread_exit() and misses the affinity_node cleanup. free_kthread_struct() frees the memory while the node is still linked into the global kthread_affinity_list. A subsequent list_del() by another kthread writes through dangling list pointers into the freed and reused memory, corrupting the pid's rcu.func pointer. Instead of patching free_kthread_struct() to handle the missed cleanup, consolidate all kthread exit paths. Turn kthread_exit() into a macro that calls do_exit() and add kthread_do_exit() which is called from do_exit() for any task with PF_KTHREAD set. This guarantees that kthread-specific cleanup always happens regardless of the exit path - make_task_dead(), direct do_exit(), or kthread_exit(). Replace __to_kthread() with a new tsk_is_kthread() accessor in the public header. Export do_exit() since module code using the kthread_exit() macro now needs it directly.

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 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8508-1 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;

    - S390 architecture;

    - Block layer subsystem;

    - Cryptographic API;

    - DMA engine subsystem;

    - GPU drivers;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - Ethernet bonding driver;

    - 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);

    - Distributed Switch Architecture;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - Netfilter;

    - Tracing infrastructure;

    - Control group (cgroup);

    - Kernel exit() syscall;

    - Scatterlist API;

    - Memory management;

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

    - Ethernet bridge;

    - Ceph Core library;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - MAC80211 subsystem;

    - Multipath TCP;

    - Packet sockets;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - SMC sockets;

    - TLS protocol;

    - Unix domain sockets;

    - X.25 network layer;

    - AppArmor security module; (CVE-2025-71088, CVE-2025-71090, CVE-2025-71127, CVE-2025-71134,     CVE-2025-71141, CVE-2025-71142, CVE-2025-71144, CVE-2025-71152, CVE-2025-71155, CVE-2026-22984,     CVE-2026-23112, CVE-2026-23231, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23273, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23278,     CVE-2026-23351, CVE-2026-23392, CVE-2026-23394, CVE-2026-23427, CVE-2026-23428, CVE-2026-23450,     CVE-2026-23455, CVE-2026-31402, CVE-2026-31418, CVE-2026-31419, CVE-2026-31436, CVE-2026-31448,     CVE-2026-31478, CVE-2026-31504, CVE-2026-31533, 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-2026-43033, CVE-2026-43037, CVE-2026-43038,     CVE-2026-43071, CVE-2026-43077, CVE-2026-43078, CVE-2026-43083, CVE-2026-43114, CVE-2026-43117,     CVE-2026-43125, 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-2026-45966, CVE-2026-45988,     CVE-2026-46028, 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 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8491-1 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;

    - x86 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-2026-43186, 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-2026-46290, 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 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8490-1 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-2026-43186, 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 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: kthread: consolidate kthread exit     paths to prevent use-after-free Guillaume reported crashes via corrupted RCU callback function pointers     during KUnit testing. The crash was traced back to the pidfs rhashtable conversion which replaced the     24-byte rb_node with an 8-byte rhash_head in struct pid, shrinking it from 160 to 144 bytes. struct     kthread (without CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP) is also 144 bytes. With CONFIG_SLAB_MERGE_DEFAULT and     SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN both round up to 192 bytes and share the same slab cache. struct pid.rcu.func and     struct kthread.affinity_node both sit at offset 0x78. When a kthread exits via make_task_dead() it     bypasses kthread_exit() and misses the affinity_node cleanup. free_kthread_struct() frees the memory while     the node is still linked into the global kthread_affinity_list. A subsequent list_del() by another kthread     writes through dangling list pointers into the freed and reused memory, corrupting the pid's rcu.func     pointer. Instead of patching free_kthread_struct() to handle the missed cleanup, consolidate all kthread     exit paths. Turn kthread_exit() into a macro that calls do_exit() and add kthread_do_exit() which is     called from do_exit() for any task with PF_KTHREAD set. This guarantees that kthread-specific cleanup     always happens regardless of the exit path - make_task_dead(), direct do_exit(), or kthread_exit().
    Replace __to_kthread() with a new tsk_is_kthread() accessor in the public header. Export do_exit() since     module code using the kthread_exit() macro now needs it directly. (CVE-2026-43402)

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
325425	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-8508-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
325015	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-8491-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
325007	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8490-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
313433	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-43402	Nessus	Misc.	critical
311340	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1596)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

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