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: nf_tables: netlink notifier     might race to release objects commit release path is invoked via call_rcu and it runs lockless to release     the objects after rcu grace period. The netlink notifier handler might win race to remove objects that the     transaction context is still referencing from the commit release path. Call rcu_barrier() to ensure     pending rcu callbacks run to completion if the list of transactions to be destroyed is not empty.
    (CVE-2022-49920)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49920

medium Nessus Plugin ID 245520

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Version 1.7 Oct 29, 2025, 3:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202510290303
Version 1.6 Oct 27, 2025, 11:56 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 Feed: 202510272356
Version 1.2 Aug 23, 2025, 2:29 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: 202508230229
Version 1.1 Aug 8, 2025, 1:31 AM New Plugin Feed: 202508080131