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: xen: privcmd: Switch from mutex to     spinlock for irqfds irqfd_wakeup() gets EPOLLHUP, when it is called by eventfd_release() by way of     wake_up_poll(&ctx->wqh, EPOLLHUP), which gets called under spin_lock_irqsave(). We can't use a mutex here     as it will lead to a deadlock. Fix it by switching over to a spin lock. (CVE-2024-44957)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-44957

medium Nessus Plugin ID 229061

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Version 1.10 Nov 6, 2026, 12:35 AM Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202611060035
Version 1.9 Oct 29, 2026, 3:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202610291500
Version 1.8 Jul 18, 2026, 3:00 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202607181500
Version 1.7 Jan 5, 2026, 10:40 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C") CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601052240
Version 1.5 Sep 7, 2025, 7:21 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 Feed: 202509070721
Version 1.1 Mar 6, 2025, 7:23 AM New Plugin Feed: 202503060723