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: dmaengine: idxd: fix wq cleanup of     WQCFG registers A pre-release silicon erratum workaround where wq reset does not clear WQCFG registers was     leaked into upstream code. Use wq reset command instead of blasting the MMIO region. This also address an     issue where we clobber registers in future devices. (CVE-2021-46917)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-46917

medium Nessus Plugin ID 224431

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Version 1.6 Oct 2, 2026, 1:05 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202610021305
Version 1.5 Jul 18, 2026, 3:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C") Plugin Feed: 202607181500
Version 1.2 Aug 7, 2025, 6:51 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 5.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C") CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202508071851
Version 1.1 Mar 5, 2025, 8:29 AM New Plugin Feed: 202503050829