The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - exfat: fix double free in delayed_free The double free could happen in the following path.
    exfat_create_upcase_table() exfat_create_upcase_table() : return error exfat_free_upcase_table() : free
    ->vol_utbl exfat_load_default_upcase_table : return error exfat_kill_sb() delayed_free()     exfat_free_upcase_table() <--------- double free This patch set ->vol_util as NULL after freeing it.
    (CVE-2025-38206)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38206

high Nessus Plugin ID 245667

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

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, 11:45 PM New Plugin Feed: 202508082345