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: ACPI: CPPC: Fix NULL pointer     dereference when nosmp is used With nosmp in cmdline, other CPUs are not brought up, leaving their     cpc_desc_ptr NULL. CPU0's iteration via for_each_possible_cpu() dereferences these NULL pointers, causing     panic. Panic backtrace: [ 0.401123] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address     00000000000000b8 ... [ 0.403255] [<ffffffff809a5818>] cppc_allow_fast_switch+0x6a/0xd4 ... Kernel panic -     not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [ rjw: New subject ] (CVE-2025-38113)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38113

medium Nessus Plugin ID 247972

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Version 1.16 Feb 13, 2026, 5:22 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602130522
Version 1.15 Feb 12, 2026, 3:03 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602121503
Version 1.14 Feb 7, 2026, 9:06 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202602070906
Version 1.13 Jan 10, 2026, 7:58 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601101958
Version 1.12 Dec 15, 2025, 9:39 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512152139
Version 1.11 Nov 23, 2025, 4:41 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202511230441
Version 1.10 Oct 29, 2025, 3:03 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202510290303
Version 1.9 Oct 28, 2025, 5:56 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 metadata Plugin Feed: 202510281756
Version 1.3 Sep 4, 2025, 5:30 PM 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: 202509041730
Version 1.2 Aug 31, 2025, 9:16 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: 202508310916