In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: ioam: add NULL check for idev in ipv6_hop_ioam() Reported by Sashiko: The function ipv6_hop_ioam() accesses __in6_dev_get(skb->dev)->cnf.ioam6_enabled without validating the returned idev pointer. Because addrconf_ifdown() can concurrently clear dev->ip6_ptr via RCU, __in6_dev_get() can return NULL during interface teardown, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference when processing an IOAM Hop-by-Hop option. Let's add a check and use SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED accordingly.

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.

  - ipv6: ioam: add NULL check for idev in ipv6_hop_ioam() Reported by Sashiko: The function ipv6_hop_ioam()     accesses __in6_dev_get(skb->dev)->cnf.ioam6_enabled without validating the returned idev pointer. Because     addrconf_ifdown() can concurrently clear dev->ip6_ptr via RCU, __in6_dev_get() can return NULL during     interface teardown, which could cause a NULL pointer dereference when processing an IOAM Hop-by-Hop     option. Let's add a check and use SKB_DROP_REASON_IPV6DISABLED accordingly. (CVE-2026-64116)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
340681	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS / Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-8663-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
340045	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilities (USN-8664-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	high
333944	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0864	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
333941	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0926	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
329326	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0926	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
328499	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2026-110 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2026-110)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
328000	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64116	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
327380	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1924)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
322107	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1894)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
322087	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1881)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
318773	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0864	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high

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