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: crypto: octeontx2 - remove     CONFIG_DM_CRYPT check No issues were found while using the driver with dm-crypt enabled. So     CONFIG_DM_CRYPT check in the driver can be removed. This also fixes the NULL pointer dereference in driver     release if CONFIG_DM_CRYPT is enabled. ... Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual     address 0000000000000008 ... Call trace: crypto_unregister_alg+0x68/0xfc     crypto_unregister_skciphers+0x44/0x60 otx2_cpt_crypto_exit+0x100/0x1a0 otx2_cptvf_remove+0xf8/0x200     pci_device_remove+0x3c/0xd4 __device_release_driver+0x188/0x234 device_release_driver+0x2c/0x4c ...
    (CVE-2022-49262)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49262

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225298

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Version 1.2 Aug 6, 2025, 4:52 AM 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: 202508060452
Version 1.1 Mar 5, 2025, 4:35 PM New Plugin Feed: 202503051635