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: io_uring/rsrc: don't rely on user     vaddr alignment There is no guaranteed alignment for user pointers, however the calculation of an offset     of the first page into a folio after coalescing uses some weird bit mask logic, get rid of it.
    (CVE-2025-40216)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40216

medium Nessus Plugin ID 277593

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Version 1.6 Jan 21, 2026, 10:50 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601211050
Version 1.5 Jan 13, 2026, 2:35 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601130235
Version 1.4 Dec 12, 2025, 12:11 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512120011
Version 1.3 Dec 11, 2025, 12:59 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512111259
Version 1.2 Dec 8, 2025, 6:20 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 4.9) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 5.5) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H") 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") CVSSv2 score source (set to "CVE-2025-40216") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2025-40216, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Medium") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512081820
Version 1.1 Dec 5, 2025, 9:00 PM New Plugin Feed: 202512052100