An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1608-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

    - CVE-2022-3523: Fixed use after free related to device private page handling (bsc#1204363).
    - CVE-2022-36280: Fixed out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability found in vmwgfx driver (bsc#1203332).
    - CVE-2022-38096: Fixed NULL-ptr deref in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query() (bsc#1203331).
    - CVE-2023-0045: Fixed missing Flush IBP in ib_prctl_set (bsc#1207773).
    - CVE-2023-0122: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in nvmet_setup_auth(), that allowed an     attacker to perform a Pre-Auth Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a remote machine (bsc#1207050).
    - CVE-2023-0461: Fixed use-after-free in icsk_ulp_data (bsc#1208787).
    - CVE-2023-0590: Fixed race condition in qdisc_graft() (bsc#1207795).
    - CVE-2023-0597: Fixed lack of randomization of  per-cpu entry area in x86/mm (bsc#1207845).
    - CVE-2023-1075: Fixed a type confusion in tls_is_tx_ready (bsc#1208598).
    - CVE-2023-1076: Fixed incorrect UID assigned to tun/tap sockets (bsc#1208599).
    - CVE-2023-1078: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write in rds_rm_zerocopy_callback (bsc#1208601).
    - CVE-2023-1095: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in nf_tables due to zeroed list head (bsc#1208777).
    - CVE-2023-1118: Fixed a use-after-free bugs caused by ene_tx_irqsim() in media/rc (bsc#1208837).
    - CVE-2023-22995: Fixed lacks of certain platform_device_put and kfree in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c     (bsc#1208741).
    - CVE-2023-22998: Fixed misinterpretatino of the irtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() return value (bsc#1208776).
    - CVE-2023-23000: Fixed return value of tegra_xusb_find_port_node function (bsc#1208816).
    - CVE-2023-23001: Fixed misinterpretion of the regulator_get return value (bsc# 1208829).
    - CVE-2023-23004: Fixed misinterpretatino of the get_sg_table return value in arm/malidp_planes.c     (bsc#1208843).
    - CVE-2023-23454: Fixed a type-confusion in the CBQ network scheduler (bsc#1207036).
    - CVE-2023-23455: Fixed a denial of service inside atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c because of type     confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid     classification results) (bsc#1207125).
    - CVE-2023-23559: Fixed integer overflow in rndis_wlan that leads to a buffer overflow (bsc#1207051).
    - CVE-2023-25012: Fixed a use-after-free in bigben_set_led() (bsc#1207560).
    - CVE-2023-26545: Fixed double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (bsc#1208700).
    - CVE-2023-28328: Fixed a denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c     (bsc#1209291).


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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6385-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that some AMD x86-64 processors with SMT enabled could speculatively execute     instructions using a return address from a sibling thread. A local attacker could possibly use this to     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-27672)

    William Zhao discovered that the Traffic Control (TC) subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle network packet retransmission in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2022-4269)

    Jordy Zomer and Alexandra Sandulescu discovered that syscalls invoking the do_prlimit() function in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle speculative execution barriers. A local attacker could use this to     expose sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-0458)

    It was discovered that the TLS subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a type confusion vulnerability in     some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1075)

    It was discovered that the TUN/TAP driver in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize socket data. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-1076, CVE-2023-4194)

    It was discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel contained a high rate of hash     collisions in connection lookup table. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (excessive CPU consumption). (CVE-2023-1206)

    It was discovered that the Broadcom FullMAC USB WiFi driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     data buffer size validation in some situations. A physically proximate attacker could use this to craft a     malicious USB device that when inserted, could cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose     sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1380)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the btrfs file system implementation in the Linux     kernel, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information. (CVE-2023-1611)

    Ruihan Li discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform permissions     checks when handling HCI sockets. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (bluetooth communication). (CVE-2023-2002)

    Tavis Ormandy discovered that some AMD processors did not properly handle speculative execution of certain     vector register instructions. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2023-20593)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability existed in the iSCSI TCP implementation in the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2023-2162)

    Juan Jose Lopez Jaimez, Meador Inge, Simon Scannell, and Nenad Stojanovski discovered that the BPF     verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly mark registers for precision tracking in certain situations,     leading to an out- of-bounds access vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-2163)

    It was discovered that the perf subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability. A     privileged local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-2235)

    Zheng Zhang discovered that the device-mapper implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     locking during table_clear() operations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service     (kernel deadlock). (CVE-2023-2269)

    Wei Chen discovered that the DVB USB AZ6027 driver in the Linux kernel contained a null pointer     dereference when handling certain messages from user space. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-28328)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the TLS subsystem in the Linux kernel, leading to a     use-after-free or a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-28466)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel, leading to a     null pointer dereference vulnerability. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious f2fs image     that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-2898)

    It was discovered that the IP-VLAN network driver for the Linux kernel did not properly initialize memory     in some situations, leading to an out-of- bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause     a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3090)

    It was discovered that the Ricoh R5C592 MemoryStick card reader driver in the Linux kernel contained a     race condition during module unload, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use     this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3141)

    Gwangun Jung discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-31436)

    It was discovered that the Qualcomm MSM DPU driver in the Linux kernel did not properly validate memory     allocations in certain situations, leading to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. A local attacker     could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2023-3220)

    It was discovered that the NET/ROM protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition     in some situations, leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-32269)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle some error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3390)

    It was discovered that the universal 32bit network packet classifier implementation in the Linux kernel     did not properly perform reference counting in some situations, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability.
    A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3609)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle certain error     conditions, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3610)

    It was discovered that the Quick Fair Queueing network scheduler implementation in the Linux kernel     contained an out-of-bounds write vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3611)

    It was discovered that the network packet classifier with netfilter/firewall marks implementation in the     Linux kernel did not properly handle reference counting, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2023-3776)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle table rules     flush in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3777)

    It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel contained a use-after-free vulnerability     when performing peer-to-peer communication in certain conditions. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2023-3863)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle rule     additions to bound chains in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-3995)

    It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle PIPAPO element     removal, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4004)

    Kevin Rich discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle bound chain     deactivation in certain circumstances. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4015)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle L2CAP socket     release, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40283)

    It was discovered that some network classifier implementations in the Linux kernel contained use-after-     free vulnerabilities. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4128)

    Maxim Suhanov discovered that the exFAT file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     check a file name length, leading to an out- of-bounds write vulnerability. An attacker could use this to     construct a malicious exFAT image that, when mounted and operated on, could cause a denial of service     (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-4273)

    Lonial Con discovered that the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel contained a memory leak when     handling certain element flush operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2023-4569)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1848-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP1 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2017-5753: Fixed spectre V1 vulnerability on netlink (bsc#1209547).
    - CVE-2017-5753: Fixed spectre vulnerability in prlimit (bsc#1209256).
    - CVE-2021-3923: Fixed stack information leak vulnerability that could lead to kernel protection bypass in     infiniband RDMA (bsc#1209778).
    - CVE-2021-4203: Fixed use-after-free read flaw that was found in sock_getsockopt() in net/core/sock.c due     to SO_PEERCRED and SO_PEERGROUPS race with listen() (bsc#1194535).
    - CVE-2022-20567: Fixed use after free that could lead to a local privilege escalation in pppol2tp_create     of l2tp_ppp.c (bsc#1208850).
    - CVE-2023-0394: Fixed a null pointer dereference flaw in the network subcomponent in the Linux kernel     which could lead to system crash (bsc#1207168).
    - CVE-2023-0590: Fixed race condition in qdisc_graft() (bsc#1207795).
    - CVE-2023-1076: Fixed incorrect UID assigned to tun/tap sockets (bsc#1208599).
    - CVE-2023-1095: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in nf_tables due to zeroed list head (bsc#1208777).
    - CVE-2023-1281: Fixed use after free that could lead to privilege escalation in tcindex (bsc#1209634).
    - CVE-2023-1390: Fixed remote DoS vulnerability in tipc_link_xmit() (bsc#1209289).
    - CVE-2023-1513: Fixed an uninitialized portions of the kvm_debugregs structure that could be copied to     userspace, causing an information leak (bsc#1209532).
    - CVE-2023-23454: Fixed a type-confusion in the CBQ network scheduler (bsc#1207036).
    - CVE-2023-23455: Fixed a denial of service inside atm_tc_enqueue in net/sched/sch_atm.c because of type     confusion (non-negative numbers can sometimes indicate a TC_ACT_SHOT condition rather than valid     classification results) (bsc#1207125).
    - CVE-2023-28328: Fixed a denial of service issue in az6027 driver in drivers/media/usb/dev-usb/az6027.c     (bsc#1209291).
    - CVE-2023-28464: Fixed user-after-free that could lead to privilege escalation in hci_conn_cleanup in     net/bluetooth/hci_conn.c (bsc#1209052).
    - CVE-2023-28772: Fixed buffer overflow in seq_buf_putmem_hex in lib/seq_buf.c (bsc#1209549).


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 AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1719231016 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function intr_callback of the file drivers/net/usb/r8152.c of the component BPF. The     manipulation leads to logging of excessive data. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to     apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211363.
    (CVE-2022-3594)

  - An integer overflow vulnerability was found in vmwgfx driver in drivers/gpu/vmxgfx/vmxgfx_execbuf.c in GPU     component of Linux kernel with device file '/dev/dri/renderD128 (or Dxxx)'. This flaw allows a local     attacker with a user account on the system to gain privilege, causing a denial of service(DoS).
    (CVE-2022-36402)

  - There is an infoleak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c's l2cap_parse_conf_req     function which can be used to leak kernel pointers remotely. We recommend upgrading past commit     https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b1a2cd50c0357f243b7435a732b4e62ba3157a2e     https://www.google.com/url (CVE-2022-42895)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Harden accesses to     the reset domains Accessing reset domains descriptors by the index upon the SCMI drivers requests through     the SCMI reset operations interface can potentially lead to out-of-bound violations if the SCMI driver     misbehave. Add an internal consistency check before any such domains descriptors accesses.
    (CVE-2022-48655)

  - A memory corruption flaw was found in the Linux kernel's human interface device (HID) subsystem in how a     user inserts a malicious USB device. This flaw allows a local user to crash or potentially escalate their     privileges on the system. (CVE-2023-1073)

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

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1743193221 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: asix: fix uninit-value in     asix_mdio_read() asix_read_cmd() may read less than sizeof(smsr) bytes and in this case smsr will be     uninitialized. Fail log: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable     drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in asix_check_host_enable     drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in     asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497     asix_check_host_enable drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] asix_check_host_enable     drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:82 [inline] drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 asix_mdio_read+0x3c1/0xb00     drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c:497 (CVE-2021-47101)

  - A flaw was found in the filelock_init in fs/locks.c function in the Linux kernel. This issue can lead to     host memory exhaustion due to memcg not limiting the number of Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)     file locks. (CVE-2022-0480)

  - A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function intr_callback of the file drivers/net/usb/r8152.c of the component BPF. The     manipulation leads to logging of excessive data. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to     apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-211363.
    (CVE-2022-3594)

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vt_ioctl: fix array_index_nospec in     vt_setactivate array_index_nospec ensures that an out-of-bounds value is set to zero on the transient     path. Decreasing the value by one afterwards causes a transient integer underflow. vsa.console should be     decreased first and then sanitized with array_index_nospec. Kasper Acknowledgements: Jakob Koschel, Brian     Johannesmeyer, Kaveh Razavi, Herbert Bos, Cristiano Giuffrida from the VUSec group at VU Amsterdam.
    (CVE-2022-48804)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel. The tls_is_tx_ready() incorrectly checks for list emptiness,     potentially accessing a type confused entry to the list_head, leaking the last byte of the confused field     that overlaps with rec->tx_ready. (CVE-2023-1075)

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
203987	Photon OS 3.0: Linux PHSA-2023-3.0-0606	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	8/10/2026	high
173627	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-azure / dlm-kmp-azure / gfs2-kmp-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:1608-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/29/2023	6/26/2026	high
181636	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS : Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities (USN-6385-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	9/19/2023	9/24/2025	high
174373	SUSE SLES15: cluster-md-kmp-default / dlm-kmp-default / gfs2-kmp-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:1848-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/15/2023	6/25/2026	high
360379	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2024:1719231016)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	10/1/2026	10/2/2026	high
361440	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: bpftool / kernel / kernel-abi-stablelists / kernel-core / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2025:1743193221)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	10/1/2026	10/2/2026	medium

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