In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() The memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init() is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipc_imem_init(). Fix that by calling the corresponding release function ipc_protocol_deinit() in the error path.

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.

  - net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() The memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init()     is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipc_imem_init(). Fix that by calling the corresponding     release function ipc_protocol_deinit() in the error path. (CVE-2026-64179)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
333944	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0864	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
333941	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0926	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
329326	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0926	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
328257	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64179	Nessus	Misc.	medium
318773	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-0864	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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