In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: drop a chunk if its transport was removed sctp_rcv() resolves the transport once per packet and leaves it in chunk->transport. The lookup reference, or the one sctp_add_backlog() takes if the socket is owned by userspace, keeps it around until the chunk has been processed. An authenticated ASCONF DEL-IP can remove it in the meantime. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() takes the transport out of the association and calls sctp_transport_free(), which tags it dead and drops the reference the association held. There is a window on both paths: the packet can sit on the socket backlog, and on the direct path the lookup completes before bh_lock_sock(). The DATA chunk in that packet puts the removed transport back into asoc->peer.last_data_from. Once the packet is done that reference goes away and the transport is freed by RCU, so the next delayed SACK carries the pointer into the SACK chunk and sctp_outq_select_transport() reads the freed transport's state. Drop the chunk in sctp_inq_push(), next to the existing rcvr->dead check. Both paths reach it with the association's socket lock held. The peer retransmits it.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1792762308 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w     reset and tm thread for reply queue When the task management thread processes reply queues while the reset     thread resets them, the task management thread accesses an invalid queue ID (0xFFFF), set by the reset     thread, which points to unallocated memory, causing a crash. Add flag 'io_admin_reset_sync' to synchronize     access between the reset, I/O, and admin threads. Before a reset, the reset handler sets this flag to     block I/O and admin processing threads. If any thread bypasses the initial check, the reset thread waits     up to 10 seconds for processing to finish. If the wait exceeds 10 seconds, the controller is marked as     unrecoverable. (CVE-2025-37861)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send     timer when hdev removed mesh_send_done timer is not canceled when hdev is removed, which causes crash if     the timer triggers after hdev is gone. Cancel the timer when MGMT removes the hdev, like other MGMT     timers. Should fix the BUG: sporadically seen by BlueZ test bot (in Mesh - Send cancel - 1 test). Log:
    ------ BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0x76b/0x7d0 ... Freed by task 36:
    kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60
    __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x103/0x500 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x100/0x1e0     vhci_release+0x18b/0x240 ------ (CVE-2025-40284)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: avs: Disable periods-     elapsed work when closing PCM avs_dai_fe_shutdown() handles the shutdown procedure for HOST HDAudio stream     while period-elapsed work services its IRQs. As the former frees the DAI's private context, these two     operations shall be synchronized to avoid slab-use-after-free or worse errors. (CVE-2025-40344)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in     ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() Sashiko AI-review observed: In ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach(), the skb is an     outer IPv4 ICMP error packet where its cb contains an IPv4 inet_skb_parm. When skb is cloned into skb2 and     passed to icmp6_send(), it uses IP6CB(skb2). IP6CB interprets the IPv4 inet_skb_parm as an inet6_skb_parm.
    The cipso offset in inet_skb_parm.opt directly overlaps with dsthao in inet6_skb_parm at offset 18. If an     attacker sends a forged ICMPv4 error with a CIPSO IP option, dsthao would be a non-zero offset. Inside     icmp6_send(), mip6_addr_swap() is called and uses ipv6_find_tlv(skb, opt->dsthao, IPV6_TLV_HAO). This     would scan the inner, attacker-controlled IPv6 packet starting at that offset, potentially returning a     fake TLV without checking if the remaining packet length can hold the full 18-byte struct     ipv6_destopt_hao. Could mip6_addr_swap() then perform a 16-byte swap that extends past the end of the     packet data into skb_shared_info? Should the cb array also be cleared in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() and     ip6ip6_err() to prevent this? This patch implements the first suggestion. I am not sure if ip6ip6_err()     needs to be changed. A separate patch would be better anyway. (CVE-2026-43038)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix double free in     rxe_srq_from_init In rxe_srq_from_init(), the queue pointer 'q' is assigned to 'srq->rq.queue' before     copying the SRQ number to user space. If copy_to_user() fails, the function calls rxe_queue_cleanup() to     free the queue, but leaves the now-invalid pointer in 'srq->rq.queue'. The caller of rxe_srq_from_init()     (rxe_create_srq) eventually calls rxe_srq_cleanup() upon receiving the error, which triggers a second     rxe_queue_cleanup() on the same memory, leading to a double free. The call trace looks like this:
    kmem_cache_free+0x.../0x... rxe_queue_cleanup+0x1a/0x30 [rdma_rxe] rxe_srq_cleanup+0x42/0x60 [rdma_rxe]     rxe_elem_release+0x31/0x70 [rdma_rxe] rxe_create_srq+0x12b/0x1a0 [rdma_rxe] ib_create_srq_user+0x9a/0x150     [ib_core] Fix this by moving 'srq->rq.queue = q' after copy_to_user. (CVE-2026-45852)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1792762308 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpi3mr: Synchronous access b/w     reset and tm thread for reply queue When the task management thread processes reply queues while the reset     thread resets them, the task management thread accesses an invalid queue ID (0xFFFF), set by the reset     thread, which points to unallocated memory, causing a crash. Add flag 'io_admin_reset_sync' to synchronize     access between the reset, I/O, and admin threads. Before a reset, the reset handler sets this flag to     block I/O and admin processing threads. If any thread bypasses the initial check, the reset thread waits     up to 10 seconds for processing to finish. If the wait exceeds 10 seconds, the controller is marked as     unrecoverable. (CVE-2025-37861)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send     timer when hdev removed mesh_send_done timer is not canceled when hdev is removed, which causes crash if     the timer triggers after hdev is gone. Cancel the timer when MGMT removes the hdev, like other MGMT     timers. Should fix the BUG: sporadically seen by BlueZ test bot (in Mesh - Send cancel - 1 test). Log:
    ------ BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0x76b/0x7d0 ... Freed by task 36:
    kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60
    __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x103/0x500 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x100/0x1e0     vhci_release+0x18b/0x240 ------ (CVE-2025-40284)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: avs: Disable periods-     elapsed work when closing PCM avs_dai_fe_shutdown() handles the shutdown procedure for HOST HDAudio stream     while period-elapsed work services its IRQs. As the former frees the DAI's private context, these two     operations shall be synchronized to avoid slab-use-after-free or worse errors. (CVE-2025-40344)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in     ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() Sashiko AI-review observed: In ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach(), the skb is an     outer IPv4 ICMP error packet where its cb contains an IPv4 inet_skb_parm. When skb is cloned into skb2 and     passed to icmp6_send(), it uses IP6CB(skb2). IP6CB interprets the IPv4 inet_skb_parm as an inet6_skb_parm.
    The cipso offset in inet_skb_parm.opt directly overlaps with dsthao in inet6_skb_parm at offset 18. If an     attacker sends a forged ICMPv4 error with a CIPSO IP option, dsthao would be a non-zero offset. Inside     icmp6_send(), mip6_addr_swap() is called and uses ipv6_find_tlv(skb, opt->dsthao, IPV6_TLV_HAO). This     would scan the inner, attacker-controlled IPv6 packet starting at that offset, potentially returning a     fake TLV without checking if the remaining packet length can hold the full 18-byte struct     ipv6_destopt_hao. Could mip6_addr_swap() then perform a 16-byte swap that extends past the end of the     packet data into skb_shared_info? Should the cb array also be cleared in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() and     ip6ip6_err() to prevent this? This patch implements the first suggestion. I am not sure if ip6ip6_err()     needs to be changed. A separate patch would be better anyway. (CVE-2026-43038)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/rxe: Fix double free in     rxe_srq_from_init In rxe_srq_from_init(), the queue pointer 'q' is assigned to 'srq->rq.queue' before     copying the SRQ number to user space. If copy_to_user() fails, the function calls rxe_queue_cleanup() to     free the queue, but leaves the now-invalid pointer in 'srq->rq.queue'. The caller of rxe_srq_from_init()     (rxe_create_srq) eventually calls rxe_srq_cleanup() upon receiving the error, which triggers a second     rxe_queue_cleanup() on the same memory, leading to a double free. The call trace looks like this:
    kmem_cache_free+0x.../0x... rxe_queue_cleanup+0x1a/0x30 [rdma_rxe] rxe_srq_cleanup+0x42/0x60 [rdma_rxe]     rxe_elem_release+0x31/0x70 [rdma_rxe] rxe_create_srq+0x12b/0x1a0 [rdma_rxe] ib_create_srq_user+0x9a/0x150     [ib_core] Fix this by moving 'srq->rq.queue = q' after copy_to_user. (CVE-2026-45852)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The CentOS Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS6:CLSA-2026:1791949745 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: zero-initialize the report     buffer Since the report buffer is used by all kinds of drivers in various ways, let's zero-initialize it     during allocation to make sure that it can't be ever used to leak kernel memory via specially-crafted     report. (CVE-2024-50302)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-     bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devices A bogus device can provide a bNumConfigurations value that     exceeds the initial value used in usb_get_configuration for allocating dev->config. This can lead to out-     of-bounds accesses later, e.g. in usb_destroy_configuration. (CVE-2024-53197)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: reject userspace     cifs.spnego descriptions cifs.spnego key descriptions contain authority-bearing fields such as pid, uid,     creduid, and upcall_target that cifs.upcall treats as kernel-originating inputs. However, userspace can     also create keys of this type through request_key(2) or add_key(2), allowing those fields to be supplied     without CIFS origin. Only accept cifs.spnego descriptions while CIFS is using its private spnego_cred to     request the key. (CVE-2026-46243)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: serialize accept_q access     bt_sock_poll() walks the accept queue without synchronization, while child teardown can unlink the same     socket and drop its last reference. The unsynchronized accept queue walk has existed since the initial     Bluetooth import. Protect accept_q with a dedicated lock for queue updates and polling. Also rework     bt_accept_dequeue() to take temporary child references under the queue lock before dropping it and locking     the child socket. (CVE-2026-52918)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP     rewrite writable The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind     skb_ensure_writable(skb, 0). This is intentional: at the bridge ebtables hooks the Ethernet header is     addressed through skb_mac_header()/eth_hdr(), while skb->data points at the Ethernet payload. Asking     skb_ensure_writable() for ETH_HLEN bytes would check the payload, not the Ethernet header, and would     reintroduce the small packet regression fixed by commit 63137bc5882a. However, the optional ARP sender     hardware address rewrite is different. It writes through skb_store_bits() at an offset relative to     skb->data: skb_store_bits(skb, sizeof(struct arphdr), info->mac, ETH_ALEN) skb_header_pointer() only     safely reads the ARP header; it does not make the later sender hardware address range writable. If that     range is still held in a nonlinear skb fragment backed by a splice-imported file page, skb_store_bits()     maps the frag page and copies the new MAC address directly into it. Ensure the ARP SHA range is writable     before reading the ARP header and before calling skb_store_bits(). (CVE-2026-53266)

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.

  - sctp: drop a chunk if its transport was removed sctp_rcv() resolves the transport once per packet and     leaves it in chunk->transport. The lookup reference, or the one sctp_add_backlog() takes if the socket is     owned by userspace, keeps it around until the chunk has been processed. An authenticated ASCONF DEL-IP can     remove it in the meantime. sctp_assoc_rm_peer() takes the transport out of the association and calls     sctp_transport_free(), which tags it dead and drops the reference the association held. There is a window     on both paths: the packet can sit on the socket backlog, and on the direct path the lookup completes     before bh_lock_sock(). The DATA chunk in that packet puts the removed transport back into     asoc->peer.last_data_from. Once the packet is done that reference goes away and the transport is freed by     RCU, so the next delayed SACK carries the pointer into the SACK chunk and sctp_outq_select_transport()     reads the freed transport's state. Drop the chunk in sctp_inq_push(), next to the existing rcvr->dead     check. Both paths reach it with the association's socket lock held. The peer retransmits it.
    (CVE-2026-89478)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
371428	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1792762308)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
371426	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: kernel / kernel-64k / kernel-64k-core / kernel-64k-debug / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1792762308)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
367921	CentOS Linux 6 [TuxCare] Security Update: kernel / kernel-abi-whitelists / kernel-debug / kernel-debug-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS6:CLSA-2026:1791949745)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
366919	Debian dla-4841 : ata-modules-6.1.0-53-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
366741	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2026-135)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
365283	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.18, kernel6.18, kernel6.18-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3187)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
365279	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3196)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
365220	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2026-3197)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
365194	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2026-117)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
364137	Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-500374)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
362907	Debian dla-4817 : ata-modules-6.12.107+deb12-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
351155	Debian dsa-6528 : ata-modules-6.12.111+deb13-armmp-di - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	high
345397	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-89478	Nessus	Misc.	Local	critical

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