In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify IP6IP6 tunnel handling Fix nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto() to use pskb_may_pull() instead of skb_header_pointer() to ensure the outer IPv6 header is in the skb headroom, which is required for subsequent packet processing. Move ctx->offset update inside the IPPROTO_IPV6 conditional block since it should only be adjusted when an IP6IP6 tunnel is actually detected. Simplify the rx path by removing ipv6_skip_exthdr() and checking ip6h->nexthdr directly, as the flowtable fast path only handles simple IP6IP6 encapsulation without extension headers. Drop the tunnel encapsulation limit destination option support from the tx path to match, since the rx path no longer handles extension headers. Remove the encap_limit parameter from nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(), nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push() and nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(), along with the ipv6_tel_txoption struct and related headroom/MTU adjustments.

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8816-1 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;

    - x86 architecture;

    - DRBD Distributed Replicated Block Device drivers;

    - InfiniBand drivers;

    - IOMMU subsystem;

    - Multiple devices driver;

    - Network drivers;

    - Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) driver;

    - NVME drivers;

    - TCM subsystem;

    - Virtio Host (VHOST) subsystem;

    - Xen hypervisor drivers;

    - AFS file system;

    - File systems infrastructure;

    - Network file systems library;

    - Network file system (NFS) client;

    - NTFS3 file system;

    - OCFS2 file system;

    - OrangeFS file system;

    - SMB network file system;

    - IPv4 networking;

    - Sun RPC protocol;

    - IPv6 networking;

    - IP tunnels definitions;

    - Netfilter;

    - TCP network protocol;

    - Locking primitives;

    - 9P file system network protocol;

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

    - Networking core;

    - IFE protocol;

    - RxRPC session sockets;

    - Network traffic control;

    - SCTP protocol;

    - SMC sockets;

    - TIPC protocol;

    - XFRM subsystem; (CVE-2026-64530, CVE-2026-64534, CVE-2026-64535, CVE-2026-64541, CVE-2026-64551,     CVE-2026-68083, CVE-2026-68457, CVE-2026-68476, CVE-2026-68477, CVE-2026-72014, CVE-2026-72020,     CVE-2026-72033, CVE-2026-72041, CVE-2026-72046, CVE-2026-72064, CVE-2026-72065, CVE-2026-72069,     CVE-2026-72083, CVE-2026-72084, CVE-2026-72085, CVE-2026-72098, CVE-2026-72129, CVE-2026-72130,     CVE-2026-72137, CVE-2026-72139, CVE-2026-72191, CVE-2026-72192, CVE-2026-72194, CVE-2026-72217,     CVE-2026-72220, CVE-2026-72221, CVE-2026-72222, CVE-2026-72226, CVE-2026-72234, CVE-2026-72248,     CVE-2026-72249, CVE-2026-72251, CVE-2026-72277, CVE-2026-72278, CVE-2026-72279, CVE-2026-72287,     CVE-2026-72288, CVE-2026-72289, CVE-2026-72296, CVE-2026-72299, CVE-2026-72317, CVE-2026-72318,     CVE-2026-72319, CVE-2026-72320, CVE-2026-72322, CVE-2026-72323, CVE-2026-72329, CVE-2026-72339,     CVE-2026-72348, CVE-2026-72351, CVE-2026-72355, CVE-2026-72366, CVE-2026-72381, CVE-2026-72393,     CVE-2026-72398, CVE-2026-72399, CVE-2026-72412, CVE-2026-72417, CVE-2026-72422, CVE-2026-72429,     CVE-2026-72436, CVE-2026-72442, CVE-2026-72451, CVE-2026-72463, CVE-2026-72466, CVE-2026-72472,     CVE-2026-72473, CVE-2026-72477, CVE-2026-72491, CVE-2026-72493, CVE-2026-72494, CVE-2026-72495,     CVE-2026-72496, CVE-2026-72501, CVE-2026-74255, CVE-2026-74267, CVE-2026-74268, CVE-2026-74269,     CVE-2026-74287, CVE-2026-74310, CVE-2026-74345, CVE-2026-74350, CVE-2026-74361, CVE-2026-74376,     CVE-2026-74384, CVE-2026-74394, CVE-2026-74398, CVE-2026-74401, CVE-2026-74406, CVE-2026-74427,     CVE-2026-74428, CVE-2026-74433, CVE-2026-74434, CVE-2026-74436, CVE-2026-74439, CVE-2026-80665)

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: netfilter: flowtable: fix and simplify     IP6IP6 tunnel handling Fix nf_flow_ip6_tunnel_proto() to use pskb_may_pull() instead of     skb_header_pointer() to ensure the outer IPv6 header is in the skb headroom, which is required for     subsequent packet processing. Move ctx->offset update inside the IPPROTO_IPV6 conditional block since it     should only be adjusted when an IP6IP6 tunnel is actually detected. Simplify the rx path by removing     ipv6_skip_exthdr() and checking ip6h->nexthdr directly, as the flowtable fast path only handles simple     IP6IP6 encapsulation without extension headers. Drop the tunnel encapsulation limit destination option     support from the tx path to match, since the rx path no longer handles extension headers. Remove the     encap_limit parameter from nf_flow_offload_ipv6_forward(), nf_flow_tunnel_ip6ip6_push() and     nf_flow_tunnel_v6_push(), along with the ipv6_tel_txoption struct and related headroom/MTU adjustments.
    (CVE-2026-72442)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
381344	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-9043-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
377578	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities (USN-9003-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
365768	Ubuntu 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities (USN-8888-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	medium
350177	Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-8816-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	Local	critical
337541	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72442	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical

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