An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3339-1 advisory.

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Measuring usage of the shared memory does not scale with large     shared memory segment counts which could lead to resource exhaustion and DoS. (CVE-2021-3669)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function in     drivers/crypto/ccp/ccp-ops.c, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
    This vulnerability is similar with the older CVE-2019-18808. (CVE-2021-3744)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem in the way user calls connect to     the socket and disconnect simultaneously due to a race condition. This flaw allows a user to crash the     system or escalate their privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,     integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3752)

  - A memory leak flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ccp_run_aes_gcm_cmd() function that allows an attacker     to cause a denial of service. The vulnerability is similar to the older CVE-2019-18808. The highest threat     from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3764)

  - A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the ext4 subsystem in     the Linux kernel through 5.13.13. (CVE-2021-40490)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0291-1 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel where refcount leak in llcp_sock_bind() causing use-after-free     which might lead to privilege escalations. (CVE-2020-25670)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel, where a refcount leak in llcp_sock_connect() causing use-after-     free which might lead to privilege escalations. (CVE-2020-25671)

  - A memory leak vulnerability was found in Linux kernel in llcp_sock_connect (CVE-2020-25672)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux kernel where non-blocking socket in llcp_sock_connect() leads to leak     and eventually hanging-up the system. (CVE-2020-25673)

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

  - Use After Free vulnerability in nfc sockets in the Linux Kernel before 5.12.4 allows local attackers to     elevate their privileges. In typical configurations, the issue can only be triggered by a privileged local     user with the CAP_NET_RAW capability. (CVE-2021-23134)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in cgroup1_parse_param in kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c in the Linux kernel's     cgroup v1 parser. A local attacker with a user privilege could cause a privilege escalation by exploiting     the fsconfig syscall parameter leading to a container breakout and a denial of service on the system.
    (CVE-2021-4154)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel FireDTV media card driver, where the user     calls the CA_SEND_MSG ioctl. This flaw allows a local user of the host machine to crash the system or     escalate privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality,     integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-42739)

  - A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the legacy_parse_param function in the Filesystem     Context functionality of the Linux kernel verified the supplied parameters length. An unprivileged (in     case of unprivileged user namespaces enabled, otherwise needs namespaced CAP_SYS_ADMIN privilege) local     user able to open a filesystem that does not support the Filesystem Context API (and thus fallbacks to     legacy handling) could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2022-0185)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3929-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - Unprivileged BPF has been disabled by default to reduce attack surface as too many security issues have     happened in the past (jsc#SLE-22573)

      You can reenable via systemctl setting /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_bpf_disabled to 0.
    (kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled = 0)

    - CVE-2017-5753: Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may     have allowed unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-     channel analysis (bnc#1068032). Additional spectrev1 fixes were added to the eBPF code.
    - CVE-2018-13405: The inode_init_owner function in fs/inode.c allowed local users to create files with an     unintended group ownership, in a scenario where a directory is SGID to a certain group and is writable by     a user who is not a member of that group. Here, the non-member can trigger creation of a plain file whose     group ownership is that group. The intended behavior was that the non-member can trigger creation of a     directory (but not a plain file) whose group ownership is that group. The non-member can escalate     privileges by making the plain file executable and SGID (bnc#1087082 bnc#1100416 bnc#1129735).
    - CVE-2018-16882: A use-after-free issue was found in the way the KVM hypervisor processed posted     interrupts when nested(=1) virtualization is enabled. In nested_get_vmcs12_pages(), in case of an error     while processing posted interrupt address, it unmaps the 'pi_desc_page' without resetting 'pi_desc'     descriptor address, which is later used in pi_test_and_clear_on(). A guest user/process could use this     flaw to crash the host kernel resulting in DoS or potentially gain privileged access to a system. Kernel     versions and are vulnerable (bnc#1119934).
    - CVE-2020-0429: In l2tp_session_delete and related functions of l2tp_core.c, there is possible memory     corruption due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution     privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1176724).
    - CVE-2020-12655: An issue was discovered in xfs_agf_verify in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c in the Linux     kernel Attackers may trigger a sync of excessive duration via an XFS v5 image with crafted metadata, aka     CID-d0c7feaf8767 (bnc#1171217).
    - CVE-2020-14305: An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in how the Linux kernel's Voice Over     IP H.323 connection tracking functionality handled connections on ipv6 port 1720. This flaw allowed an     unauthenticated remote user to crash the system, causing a denial of service. The highest threat from this     vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability (bnc#1173346).
    - CVE-2020-3702: Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device     that lead to improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure     over the air for a discrete set of traffic (bnc#1191193).
    - CVE-2021-20265: A flaw was found in the way memory resources were freed in the unix_stream_recvmsg     function in the Linux kernel when a signal was pending. This flaw allowed an unprivileged local user to     crash the system by exhausting available memory. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability (bnc#1183089).
    - CVE-2021-31916: An out-of-bounds (OOB) memory write flaw was found in list_devices in drivers/md/dm-     ioctl.c in the Multi-device driver module in the Linux kernel A bound check failure allowed an attacker     with special user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) privilege to gain access to out-of-bounds memory leading to a system     crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system     availability (bnc#1192781).
    - CVE-2021-33033: The Linux kernel has a use-after-free in cipso_v4_genopt in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c     because the CIPSO and CALIPSO refcounting for the DOI definitions is mishandled, aka CID-ad5d07f4a9cd.
    This leads to writing an arbitrary value (bnc#1186109 bnc#1186390 bnc#1188876).
    - CVE-2021-34556: In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because the protection     mechanism neglects the possibility of uninitialized memory locations on the BPF stack (bnc#1188983).
    - CVE-2021-34981: Fixed file refcounting in cmtp when cmtp_attach_device fails  (bsc#1191961).
    - CVE-2021-3542: Fixed heap buffer overflow in firedtv driver (bsc#1186063).
    - CVE-2021-35477: In the Linux kernel through 5.13.7, an unprivileged BPF program can obtain sensitive     information from kernel memory via a Speculative Store Bypass side-channel attack because a certain     preempting store operation did not necessarily occur before a store operation that has an attacker-     controlled value (bnc#1188985).
    - CVE-2021-3640: Fixed a Use-After-Free vulnerability in function sco_sock_sendmsg() in the bluetooth     stack (bsc#1188172).
    - CVE-2021-3653: A flaw was found in the KVM's AMD code for supporting SVM nested virtualization. The flaw     occurs when processing the VMCB (virtual machine control block) provided by the L1 guest to spawn/handle a     nested guest (L2). Due to improper validation of the 'int_ctl' field, this issue could allow a malicious     L1 to enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. As a result, the L2     guest would be allowed to read/write physical pages of the host, resulting in a crash of the entire     system, leak of sensitive data or potential guest-to-host escape. (bnc#1189399).
    - CVE-2021-3655: A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel in versions prior to v5.14-rc1. Missing     size validations on inbound SCTP packets may have allowed the kernel to read uninitialized memory     (bnc#1188563).
    - CVE-2021-3659: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in llsec_key_alloc() in net/mac802154/llsec.c     (bsc#1188876).
    - CVE-2021-3679: A lack of CPU resource in the tracing module functionality was found in the way user uses     trace ring buffer in a specific way. Only privileged local users (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) could use     this flaw to starve the resources causing denial of service (bnc#1189057).
    - CVE-2021-37159: hso_free_net_device in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel calls unregister_netdev     without checking for the NETREG_REGISTERED state, leading to a use-after-free and a double free     (bnc#1188601).
    - CVE-2021-3715: Fixed a use-after-free in route4_change() in net/sched/cls_route.c (bsc#1190349).
    - CVE-2021-3732: Mounting overlayfs inside an unprivileged user namespace can reveal files (bsc#1189706).
    - CVE-2021-3752: Fixed a use after free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bluetooth module.
    (bsc#1190023)
    - CVE-2021-3753: Fixed race out-of-bounds in virtual terminal handling (bsc#1190025).
    - CVE-2021-37576: arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c on the powerpc platform allowed KVM guest OS users to     cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e (bnc#1188838 bnc#1190276).
    - CVE-2021-3760: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability with the ndev->rf_conn_info object (bsc#1190067).
    - CVE-2021-3772: Fixed sctp vtag check in sctp_sf_ootb (bsc#1190351).
    - CVE-2021-38160: Data corruption or loss could be triggered by an untrusted device that supplies a     buf->len value exceeding the buffer size in drivers/char/virtio_console.c (bsc#1190117)
    - CVE-2021-38198: arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h incorrectly computed the access permissions of a shadow     page, leading to a missing guest protection page fault (bnc#1189262).
    - CVE-2021-38204: drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c allowed physically proximate attackers to cause a denial     of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in certain situations     (bnc#1189291).
    - CVE-2021-3896: Fixed a array-index-out-bounds in detach_capi_ctr in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c     (bsc#1191958).
    - CVE-2021-40490: A race condition was discovered in ext4_write_inline_data_end in fs/ext4/inline.c in the     ext4 subsystem in the Linux kernel (bnc#1190159)
    - CVE-2021-42008: The decode_data function in drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c in the Linux kernel has a slab     out-of-bounds write. Input from a process that has the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability can lead to root access     (bnc#1191315).
    - CVE-2021-42739: The firewire subsystem in the Linux kernel has a buffer overflow related to     drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-avc.c and drivers/media/firewire/firedtv-ci.c, because avc_ca_pmt     mishandled bounds checking (bnc#1184673).
    - CVE-2021-43389: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel There was an array-index-out-of-bounds flaw     in the detach_capi_ctr function in drivers/isdn/capi/kcapi.c (bnc#1191958).
    - - ipv4: make exception cache less predictible (bsc#1191790,  CVE-2021-20322).


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.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-4978 advisory.

    Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation,     denial of service or information leaks. CVE-2020-3702 A flaw was found in the driver for Atheros IEEE     802.11n family of chipsets (ath9k) allowing information disclosure. CVE-2020-16119 Hadar Manor reported a     use-after-free in the DCCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can take     advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service or potentially to execute arbitrary code.
    CVE-2021-3653 Maxim Levitsky discovered a vulnerability in the KVM hypervisor implementation for AMD     processors in the Linux kernel: Missing validation of the `int_ctl` VMCB field could allow a malicious L1     guest to enable AVIC support (Advanced Virtual Interrupt Controller) for the L2 guest. The L2 guest can     take advantage of this flaw to write to a limited but still relatively large subset of the host physical     memory. CVE-2021-3656 Maxim Levitsky and Paolo Bonzini discovered a flaw in the KVM hypervisor     implementation for AMD processors in the Linux kernel. Missing validation of the `virt_ext` VMCB field     could allow a malicious L1 guest to disable both VMLOAD/VMSAVE intercepts and VLS (Virtual VMLOAD/VMSAVE)     for the L2 guest. Under these circumstances, the L2 guest is able to run VMLOAD/VMSAVE unintercepted and     thus read/write portions of the host's physical memory. CVE-2021-3679 A flaw in the Linux kernel tracing     module functionality could allow a privileged local user (with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability) to cause a denial     of service (resource starvation). CVE-2021-3732 Alois Wohlschlager reported a flaw in the implementation     of the overlayfs subsystem, allowing a local attacker with privileges to mount a filesystem to reveal     files hidden in the original mount. CVE-2021-3739 A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the btrfs     filesystem, allowing a local attacker with CAP_SYS_ADMIN capabilities to cause a denial of service.
    CVE-2021-3743 An out-of-bounds memory read was discovered in the Qualcomm IPC router protocol     implementation, allowing to cause a denial of service or information leak. CVE-2021-3753 Minh Yuan     reported a race condition in the vt_k_ioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c, which may cause an out of bounds     read in vt. CVE-2021-37576 Alexey Kardashevskiy reported a buffer overflow in the KVM subsystem on the     powerpc platform, which allows KVM guest OS users to cause memory corruption on the host. CVE-2021-38160 A     flaw in the virtio_console was discovered allowing data corruption or data loss by an untrusted device.
    CVE-2021-38166 An integer overflow flaw in the BPF subsystem could allow a local attacker to cause a     denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code. This flaw is mitigated by default in     Debian as unprivileged calls to bpf() are disabled. CVE-2021-38199 Michael Wakabayashi reported a flaw in     the NFSv4 client implementation, where incorrect connection setup ordering allows operations of a remote     NFSv4 server to cause a denial of service. CVE-2021-40490 A race condition was discovered in the ext4     subsystem when writing to an inline_data file while its xattrs are changing. This could result in denial     of service. CVE-2021-41073 Valentina Palmiotti discovered a flaw in io_uring allowing a local attacker to     escalate privileges. For the stable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version     5.10.46-5. This update includes fixes for #993948 and #993978. We recommend that you upgrade your linux     packages. For the detailed security status of linux please refer to its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/linux

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

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

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

  - u'Specifically timed and handcrafted traffic can cause internal errors in a WLAN device that lead to     improper layer 2 Wi-Fi encryption with a consequent possibility of information disclosure over the air for     a discrete set of traffic' in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon     Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon     Wearables, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking in APQ8053, IPQ4019, IPQ8064, MSM8909W,     MSM8996AU, QCA9531, QCN5502, QCS405, SDX20, SM6150, SM7150 (CVE-2020-3702)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
153035	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0095	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	9/7/2021	3/4/2026	high
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/22/2021	3/23/2026	high
154098	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3339-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/13/2021	7/13/2023	high
157344	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 10 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2022:0291-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/3/2022	8/21/2024	high
155910	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2021:3929-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/7/2021	9/25/2025	high
153668	Debian DSA-4978-1 : linux - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	9/25/2021	1/24/2025	high
153963	Photon OS 2.0: Linux PHSA-2021-2.0-0399	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	10/8/2021	7/23/2024	high
230249	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-3702	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	5/21/2026	medium

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