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  - jfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in jfs_ioc_trim [ Syzkaller Report ] Oops: general protection fault, probably for     non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000087: 0000 [#1 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range     [0x0000000000000438-0x000000000000043f] CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 10614 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted     6.13.0-rc6-gfbfd64d25c7a-dirty #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1     04/01/2014 Sched_ext: serialise (enabled+all), task: runnable_at=-30ms RIP: 0010:jfs_ioc_trim+0x34b/0x8f0     Code: e7 e8 59 a4 87 fe 4d 8b 24 24 4d 8d bc 24 38 04 00 00 48 8d 93 90 82 fe ff 4c 89 ff 31 f6 RSP:
    0018:ffffc900055f7cd0 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: 00005866a9e67ff8 RCX: 000000000000000a     RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08:
    ffff88807c180003 R09: 1ffff1100f830000 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f830001 R12: 0000000000000000     R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000438 FS: 00007fe520225640(0000)     GS:ffff8880b7e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2:
    00005593c91b2c88 CR3: 000000014927c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000     DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK>     ? __die_body+0x61/0xb0 ? die_addr+0xb1/0xe0 ? exc_general_protection+0x333/0x510 ?     asm_exc_general_protection+0x26/0x30 ? jfs_ioc_trim+0x34b/0x8f0 jfs_ioctl+0x3c8/0x4f0 ?
    __pfx_jfs_ioctl+0x10/0x10 ? __pfx_jfs_ioctl+0x10/0x10 __se_sys_ioctl+0x269/0x350 ?
    __pfx___se_sys_ioctl+0x10/0x10 ? do_syscall_64+0xfb/0x210 do_syscall_64+0xee/0x210 ?     syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1e0/0x330 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7fe51f4903ad     Code: c3 e8 a7 2b 00 00 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d RSP:
    002b:00007fe5202250c8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX:
    00007fe51f5cbf80 RCX: 00007fe51f4903ad RDX: 0000000020000680 RSI: 00000000c0185879 RDI: 0000000000000005     RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11:
    0000000000000246 R12: 00007fe520225640 R13: 000000000000000e R14: 00007fe51f44fca0 R15: 00007fe52021d000     </TASK> Modules linked in: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- RIP: 0010:jfs_ioc_trim+0x34b/0x8f0 Code:
    e7 e8 59 a4 87 fe 4d 8b 24 24 4d 8d bc 24 38 04 00 00 48 8d 93 90 82 fe ff 4c 89 ff 31 f6 RSP:
    0018:ffffc900055f7cd0 EFLAGS: 00010206 RAX: 0000000000000087 RBX: 00005866a9e67ff8 RCX: 000000000000000a     RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 0000000000000004 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: dffffc0000000000 R08:
    ffff88807c180003 R09: 1ffff1100f830000 R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100f830001 R12: 0000000000000000     R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: 0000000000000438 FS: 00007fe520225640(0000)     GS:ffff8880b7e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2:
    00005593c91b2c88 CR3: 000000014927c000 CR4: 00000000000006f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000     DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Kernel panic - not     syncing: Fatal exception [ Analysis ] We believe that we have found a concurrency bug in the `fs/jfs`     module that results in a null pointer dereference. There is a closely related issue which has been fixed:     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d6c1b3599b2feb5c7291f5ac3a36     e5fa7cedb234 ... but, unfortunately, the accepted patch appears to still be susceptible to a null pointer     dereference under some interleavings. To trigger the bug, we think that `JFS_SBI(ipbmap->i_sb)->bmap` is     set to NULL in `dbFreeBits` and then dereferenced in `jfs_ioc_trim`. This bug manifests quite rarely under     normal circumstances, but is triggereable from a syz-program. (CVE-2025-38203)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 RT kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:
    - CVE-2024-36028: mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() (bsc#1225707).
    - CVE-2024-36348, CVE-2024-36349, CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357: x86/process: Move the buffer clearing     before MONITOR (bsc#1238896).
    - CVE-2024-42134: virtio-pci: Check if is_avq is NULL (bsc#1228664 bsc#1247831).
    - CVE-2024-44963: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() when freeing tree block after error (bsc#1230216).
    - CVE-2024-56742: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() (bsc#1235613).
    - CVE-2025-21839: KVM: x86: Load DR6 with guest value only before entering .vcpu_run() loop (bsc#1239061).
    - CVE-2025-21872: efi/mokvar-table: Avoid repeated map/unmap of the same page (bsc#1240323).
    - CVE-2025-23163: net: vlan: do not propagate flags on open (bsc#1242837).
    - CVE-2025-37856: btrfs: harden block_group::bg_list against list_del() races (bsc#1243068).
    - CVE-2025-37864: net: dsa: clean up FDB, MDB, VLAN entries on unbind (bsc#1242965).
    - CVE-2025-37885: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable (bsc#1242960).
    - CVE-2025-37920: kABI workaround for xsk: Fix race condition in AF_XDP generic RX path (bsc#1243479).
    - CVE-2025-37984: crypto: ecdsa - Harden against integer overflows in DIV_ROUND_UP() (bsc#1243669).
    - CVE-2025-38034: btrfs: correct the order of prelim_ref arguments in btrfs__prelim_ref (bsc#1244792).
    - CVE-2025-38035: nvmet-tcp: do not restore null sk_state_change (bsc#1244801).
    - CVE-2025-38047: x86/fred: Fix system hang during S4 resume with FRED enabled (bsc#1245084).
    - CVE-2025-38051: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent (bsc#1244750).
    - CVE-2025-38058: __legitimize_mnt(): check for MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT should be under mount_lock (bsc#1245151).
    - CVE-2025-38061: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()     (bsc#1245440).
    - CVE-2025-38062: kABI: restore layout of struct msi_desc (bsc#1245216).
    - CVE-2025-38063: dm: fix unconditional IO throttle caused by REQ_PREFLUSH (bsc#1245202).
    - CVE-2025-38064: virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown() (bsc#1245201).
    - CVE-2025-38074: vhost-scsi: protect vq->log_used with vq->mutex (bsc#1244735).
    - CVE-2025-38094: net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx (bsc#1245649).
    - CVE-2025-38097: kabi: restore encap_sk in struct xfrm_state (bsc#1245660).
    - CVE-2025-38098: drm/amd/display: Do not treat wb connector as physical in (bsc#1245654).
    - CVE-2025-38099: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix regression in the initialization of fake Bluetooth controllers     (bsc#1245671).
    - CVE-2025-38100: x86/iopl: Cure TIF_IO_BITMAP inconsistencies (bsc#1245650).
    - CVE-2025-38105: ALSA: usb-audio: Kill timer properly at removal (bsc#1245682).
    - CVE-2025-38106: io_uring/sqpoll: do not put task_struct on tctx setup failure (bsc#1245664).
    - CVE-2025-38115: net_sched: sch_sfq: fix a potential crash on gso_skb handling (bsc#1245689).
    - CVE-2025-38117: hci_dev centralize extra lock (bsc#1245695).
    - CVE-2025-38126: net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping     (bsc#1245708).
    - CVE-2025-38131: coresight: prevent deactivate active config while enabling the config (bsc#1245677).
    - CVE-2025-38132: coresight: holding cscfg_csdev_lock while removing cscfg from csdev (bsc#1245679).
    - CVE-2025-38147: calipso: unlock rcu before returning -EAFNOSUPPORT (bsc#1245768).
    - CVE-2025-38158: hisi_acc_vfio_pci: fix XQE dma address error (bsc#1245750).
    - CVE-2025-38162: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation (bsc#1245752).
    - CVE-2025-38166: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap (bsc#1245758).
    - CVE-2025-38180: net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling (bsc#1245970).
    - CVE-2025-38182: ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device (bsc#1245937).
    - CVE-2025-38183: net: lan743x: fix potential out-of-bounds write in lan743x_ptp_io_event_clock_get()     (bsc#1246006).
    - CVE-2025-38187: drm/nouveau: fix a use-after-free in r535_gsp_rpc_push() (bsc#1245951).
    - CVE-2025-38188: drm/msm/a7xx: Call CP_RESET_CONTEXT_STATE (bsc#1246098).
    - CVE-2025-38200: i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (bsc#1246045).
    - CVE-2025-38202: bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() (bsc#1245980).
    - CVE-2025-38203: jfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in jfs_ioc_trim (bsc#1246044).
    - CVE-2025-38204: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices (bsc#1245983).
    - CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246073).
    - CVE-2025-38210: configfs-tsm-report: Fix NULL dereference of tsm_ops (bsc#1246020).
    - CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246029).
    - CVE-2025-38220: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files (bsc#1245966).
    - CVE-2025-38222: ext4: inline: fix len overflow in ext4_prepare_inline_data (bsc#1245976).
    - CVE-2025-38236: af_unix: Disable MSG_OOB for unprivileged users (bsc#1246093).
    - CVE-2025-38239: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix invalid node index (bsc#1246178).
    - CVE-2025-38244: smb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels (bsc#1246183).
    - CVE-2025-38248: bridge: mcast: Fix use-after-free during router port configuration (bsc#1246173).
    - CVE-2025-38250: kABI workaround for bluetooth hci_dev changes (bsc#1246182).
    - CVE-2025-38256: io_uring/rsrc: fix folio unpinning (bsc#1246188).
    - CVE-2025-38264: llist: add interface to check if a node is on a list (bsc#1246387).
    - CVE-2025-38272: net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx (bsc#1246268).
    - CVE-2025-38279: selftests/bpf: Add tests with stack ptr register in conditional jmp (bsc#1246264).
    - CVE-2025-38283: hisi_acc_vfio_pci: bugfix live migration function without VF device driver     (bsc#1246273).
    - CVE-2025-38303: Bluetooth: eir: Fix possible crashes on eir_create_adv_data (bsc#1246354).
    - CVE-2025-38310: seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses (bsc#1246361).
    - CVE-2025-38323: net: atm: add lec_mutex (bsc#1246473).
    - CVE-2025-38334: x86/sgx: Prevent attempts to reclaim poisoned pages (bsc#1246384).
    - CVE-2025-38335: Input: gpio-keys - fix a sleep while atomic with PREEMPT_RT (bsc#1246250).
    - CVE-2025-38337: jbd2: fix data-race and null-ptr-deref in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() (bsc#1246253).
    - CVE-2025-38349: eventpoll: do not decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex (bsc#1246777).
    - CVE-2025-38350: net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (bsc#1246781).
    - CVE-2025-38352: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del()     (bsc#1246911).
    - CVE-2025-38364: maple_tree: fix MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag in mas_preallocate() (bsc#1247091).
    - CVE-2025-38365: btrfs: fix a race between renames and directory logging (bsc#1247023).
    - CVE-2025-38375: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size (bsc#1247177).
    - CVE-2025-38382: btrfs: fix iteration of extrefs during log replay (bsc#1247031).
    - CVE-2025-38392: idpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock (bsc#1247169).
    - CVE-2025-38396: fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass (bsc#1247156).
    - CVE-2025-38399: scsi: target: Fix NULL pointer dereference in core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port()     (bsc#1247097).
    - CVE-2025-38403: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (bsc#1247141).
    - CVE-2025-38414: wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850 (bsc#1247145).
    - CVE-2025-38426: drm/amdgpu: Add basic validation for RAS header (bsc#1247252).
    - CVE-2025-38429: bus: mhi: ep: Update read pointer only after buffer is written (bsc#1247253).
    - CVE-2025-38453: kABI: io_uring: msg_ring ensure io_kiocb freeing is deferred (bsc#1247234).
    - CVE-2025-38455: KVM: SVM: Reject SEV{-ES} intra host migration if vCPU creation is in-flight     (bsc#1247101).
    - CVE-2025-38457: net/sched: Abort __tc_modify_qdisc if parent class does not exist (bsc#1247098).
    - CVE-2025-38460: atm: clip: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in to_atmarpd() (bsc#1247143).
    - CVE-2025-38461: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (bsc#1247103).
    - CVE-2025-38462: vsock: Fix transport_{g2h,h2g} TOCTOU (bsc#1247104).
    - CVE-2025-38463: tcp: Correct signedness in skb remaining space calculation (bsc#1247113).
    - CVE-2025-38465: netlink: make sure we allow at least one dump skb (bsc#1247118).
    - CVE-2025-38470: kABI fix for net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling (bsc#1247288).
    - CVE-2025-38471: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock (bsc#1247450).
    - CVE-2025-38475: smc: Fix various oops due to inet_sock type confusion (bsc#1247308).
    - CVE-2025-38497: usb: gadget: configfs: Fix OOB read on empty string write (bsc#1247347).
    - CVE-2025-38498: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (bsc#1247374).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
248408	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38203	Nessus	Misc.	8/11/2025	8/11/2025	medium
252248	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/19/2025	8/19/2025	medium

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