The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5603 advisory.

    The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with     extremely high determinism requirements.

    Security Fix(es):

    * kernel: net/sched: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in the net/sched classifiers: cls_fw, cls_u32 and     cls_route (CVE-2023-4128)

    * kernel: nf_tables: use-after-free in nft_chain_lookup_byid() (CVE-2023-31248)

    * kernel: nf_tables: stack-out-of-bounds-read in nft_byteorder_eval() (CVE-2023-35001)

    * kernel: cls_flower: out-of-bounds write in fl_set_geneve_opt() (CVE-2023-35788)

    * kernel: hash collisions in the IPv6 connection lookup table (CVE-2023-1206)

    * kernel: Spectre v2 SMT mitigations problem (CVE-2023-1998)

    * kernel: fbcon: shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (CVE-2023-3161)

    * kernel: denial of service problem in net/unix/diag.c (CVE-2023-28327)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * kernel-rt: update RT source tree to the latest RHEL-9.0.z12 Batch (BZ#2232645)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2871-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - 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-2022-4269: Fixed a flaw was found inside the Traffic Control (TC) subsystem (bsc#1206024).
    - CVE-2022-45884: Fixed a use-after-free in dvbdev.c, related to dvb_register_device dynamically     allocating fops (bsc#1205756).
    - CVE-2022-45885: Fixed a race condition in dvb_frontend.c that could cause a use-after-free when a device     is disconnected (bsc#1205758).
    - CVE-2022-45886: Fixed a .disconnect versus dvb_device_open race condition in dvb_net.c that lead to a     use-after-free (bsc#1205760).
    - CVE-2022-45887: Fixed a memory leak in ttusb_dec.c caused by the lack of a dvb_frontend_detach call     (bsc#1205762).
    - CVE-2022-45919: Fixed a use-after-free in dvb_ca_en50221.c that could occur if there is a disconnect     after an open, because of the lack of a wait_event (bsc#1205803).
    - CVE-2022-4744: Fixed double-free that could lead to DoS or privilege escalation in TUN/TAP device driver     functionality (bsc#1209635).
    - 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-2023-0179: Fixed incorrect arithmetics when fetching VLAN header bits (bsc#1207034).
    - CVE-2023-0394: Fixed a null pointer dereference in the network subcomponent. This flaw could cause     system crashes (bsc#1207168).
    - CVE-2023-0461: Fixed use-after-free in icsk_ulp_data (bsc#1208787).
    - CVE-2023-0469: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in io_uring/filetable.c in io_install_fixed_file in the     io_uring subcomponent (bsc#1207521).
    - 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-2023-1077: Fixed a type confusion in pick_next_rt_entity(), that could cause memory corruption     (bsc#1208600).
    - CVE-2023-1079: Fixed a use-after-free problem that could have been triggered in asus_kbd_backlight_set     when plugging/disconnecting a malicious USB device (bsc#1208604).
    - 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-2023-1249: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in the core dump subsystem that allowed a local user to crash     the system (bsc#1209039).
    - CVE-2023-1382: Fixed denial of service in tipc_conn_close (bsc#1209288).
    - 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-2023-1582: Fixed soft lockup in __page_mapcount (bsc#1209636).
    - CVE-2023-1583: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in io_file_bitmap_get in io_uring/filetable.c     (bsc#1209637).
    - CVE-2023-1611: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in btrfs_search_slot (bsc#1209687).
    - CVE-2023-1637: Fixed vulnerability that could lead to unauthorized access to CPU memory after resuming     CPU from suspend-to-RAM (bsc#1209779).
    - CVE-2023-1652: Fixed use-after-free that could lead to DoS and information leak in nfsd4_ssc_setup_dul     in fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c (bsc#1209788).
    - CVE-2023-1670: Fixed a use after free in the Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA Ethernet driver. A local user could     use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system (bsc#1209871).
    - CVE-2023-1829: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the control index filter (tcindex) (bsc#1210335).
    - CVE-2023-1838: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in virtio network subcomponent. This flaw could allow a     local attacker to crash the system and lead to a kernel information leak problem. (bsc#1210203).
    - CVE-2023-1855: Fixed a use after free in xgene_hwmon_remove (bsc#1210202).
    - CVE-2023-1989: Fixed a use after free in btsdio_remove (bsc#1210336).
    - CVE-2023-1998: Fixed a use after free during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (bsc#1210506).
    - CVE-2023-2002: Fixed a flaw that allowed an attacker to unauthorized execution of management commands,     compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Bluetooth communication (bsc#1210533).
    - CVE-2023-21102: Fixed possible bypass of shadow stack protection in __efi_rt_asm_wrapper of efi-rt-     wrapper.S (bsc#1212155).
    - CVE-2023-21106: Fixed possible memory corruption due to double free in adreno_set_param of adreno_gpu.c     (bsc#1211654).
    - CVE-2023-2124: Fixed an out-of-bound access in the XFS subsystem that could have lead to denial-of-     service or potentially privilege escalation (bsc#1210498).
    - CVE-2023-2156: Fixed a flaw in the networking subsystem within the handling of the RPL protocol     (bsc#1211131).
    - CVE-2023-2162: Fixed an use-after-free flaw in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create (bsc#1210647).
    - CVE-2023-2176: Fixed an out-of-boundary read in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c     in RDMA (bsc#1210629).
    - CVE-2023-2235: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the Performance Events system that could have     been exploited to achieve local privilege escalation (bsc#1210986).
    - CVE-2023-2269: Fixed a denial-of-service problem due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting     in a deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c (bsc#1210806).
    - CVE-2023-22998: Fixed NULL vs IS_ERR checking in virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init (bsc#1208776).
    - CVE-2023-23000: Fixed return value of tegra_xusb_find_port_node function phy/tegra (bsc#1208816).
    - CVE-2023-23001: Fixed misinterpretation of regulator_get return value in drivers/scsi/ufs/ufs-mediatek.c     (bsc#1208829).
    - CVE-2023-23004: Fixed misinterpretation of get_sg_table return value (bsc#1208843).
    - CVE-2023-23006: Fixed NULL vs IS_ERR checking in dr_domain_init_resources (bsc#1208845).
    - CVE-2023-2430: Fixed a missing lock on overflow for IOPOLL (bsc#1211014).
    - CVE-2023-2483: Fixed a use after free bug in emac_remove caused by a race condition (bsc#1211037).
    - CVE-2023-25012: Fixed a use-after-free in bigben_set_led() (bsc#1207560).
    - CVE-2023-2513: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the ext4 filesystem (bsc#1211105).
    - CVE-2023-26545: Fixed double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (bsc#1208700).
    - CVE-2023-28327: Fixed DoS in in_skb in unix_diag_get_exact() (bsc#1209290).
    - CVE-2023-28410: Fixed improper restriction of operations within the bounds of a memory buffer in some     Intel(R) i915 Graphics drivers that may have allowed an authenticated user to potentially enable     escalation of privilege via local access (bsc#1211263).
    - CVE-2023-28464: Fixed user-after-free that could lead to privilege escalation in hci_conn_cleanup in     net/uetooth/hci_conn.c (bsc#1209052).
    - CVE-2023-28866: Fixed an out-of-bounds access in net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c because amp_init1[] and     amp_init2[] are supposed to have an intentionally invalid element, but did not (bsc#1209780).
    - CVE-2023-3006: Fixed a known cache speculation vulnerability, known as Branch History Injection (BHI) or     Spectre-BHB, for the new hw AmpereOne (bsc#1211855).
    - CVE-2023-30456: Fixed an issue in arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c with nVMX on x86_64 lacks consistency checks     for CR0 and CR4 (bsc#1210294).
    - CVE-2023-30772: Fixed race condition and resultant use-after-free in da9150_charger_remove     (bsc#1210329).
    - CVE-2023-3090: Fixed a heap out-of-bounds write in the ipvlan network driver (bsc#1212842).
    - CVE-2023-31084: Fixed a blocking issue in drivers/media/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c (bsc#1210783).
    - CVE-2023-3111: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in prepare_to_relocate in fs/btrfs/relocation.c     (bsc#1212051).
    - CVE-2023-3141: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in r592_remove in drivers/memstick/host/r592.c, that allowed     local attackers to crash the system at device disconnect (bsc#1212129).
    - CVE-2023-31436: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in qfq_change_class() because lmax can exceed QFQ_MIN_LMAX     (bsc#1210940).
    - CVE-2023-3161: Fixed shift-out-of-bounds in fbcon_set_font() (bsc#1212154).
    - CVE-2023-3212: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the gfs2 file system (bsc#1212265).
    - CVE-2023-3220: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference flaw in dpu_crtc_atomic_check in     drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_crtc.c lacks check of the return value of kzalloc() (bsc#1212556).
    - CVE-2023-32233: Fixed a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests     (bsc#1211043).
    - CVE-2023-33288: Fixed a use-after-free in bq24190_remove in drivers/power/supply/bq24190_charger.c     (bsc#1211590).
    - CVE-2023-3357: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the AMD Sensor Fusion Hub driver (bsc#1212605).
    - CVE-2023-3358: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the Integrated Sensor Hub (ISH) driver     (bsc#1212606).
    - CVE-2023-3389: Fixed a use-after-free vulnerability in the io_uring subsystem (bsc#1212838).
    - CVE-2023-33951: Fixed a race condition that could have led to an information disclosure inside the     vmwgfx driver (bsc#1211593).
    - CVE-2023-33952: Fixed a double free that could have led to a local privilege escalation inside the     vmwgfx driver (bsc#1211595).
    - CVE-2023-35788: Fixed an out-of-bounds write in the flower classifier code via     TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ENC_OPTS_GENEVE packets in fl_set_geneve_opt in net/sched/cls_flower.c (bsc#1212504).
    - CVE-2023-35823: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in saa7134_finidev in     drivers/media/pci/saa7134/saa7134-core.c (bsc#1212494).
    - CVE-2023-35828: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in renesas_usb3_remove in     drivers/usb/gadget/udc/renesas_usb3.c (bsc#1212513).
    - CVE-2023-35829: Fixed a use-after-free flaw in rkvdec_remove in drivers/staging/media/rkvdec/rkvdec.c     (bsc#1212495).


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 version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.235-144.344. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-043 advisory.

    A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks.
    L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after     running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can     execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past     commit 2e7eab81425a (CVE-2022-2196)

    It has been discovered that on some AMD CPUs, the RAS (Return Address Stack, also called RAP - Return     Address Predictor - in some AMD documentation, and RSB - Return Stack Buffer - in Intel terminology) is     dynamically partitioned between non-idle threads.  This allows an attacker to control speculative     execution on the adjacent thread. (CVE-2022-27672)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: nft_tproxy: restrict to prerouting hook (CVE-2022-50001)

    Detected a few exploitable gadgets that could leak secret memory through a side-channel such as MDS as     well as insufficient hardening of the usercopy functions against spectre-v1. (CVE-2023-0458)

    Due to a type confusion during initializations, the tun and tap sockets in the Linux Kernel have their     socket UID hardcoded to 0, i.e. root. While it will be often correct, as TUN/TAP devices require     CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case. The socket UID may be used for network filtering and     routing, thus TUN/TAP sockets may be incorrectly managed, potentially bypassing network filters based on     UID. (CVE-2023-1076)

    kernel: Type confusion in pick_next_rt_entity(), which can result in memory corruption. (CVE-2023-1077)

    The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:

    A flaw found in the Linux Kernel in RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol. The     rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() uses list_entry() on the head of a list causing a type confusion. Local user     can trigger this with rds_message_put(). Type confusion leads to `struct rds_msg_zcopy_info *info`     actually points to something else that is potentially controlled by local user. It is known how to trigger     this, which causes an OOB access, and a lock corruption. (CVE-2023-1078)

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege     Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-     after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this     vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git     commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. (CVE-2023-1281)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited     to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate     filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double     freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to     root.We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28. (CVE-2023-1829)

    When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation()     determines that STIBP is not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch     targetinjection. However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on returning to userspace for     performance reasons which leaves userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target injection     against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in iscsi_sw_tcp_session_create in drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c in the SCSI     sub-component in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow an attacker to leak kernel internal information.
    (CVE-2023-2162)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure     (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2985)

    A flaw was found in the Framebuffer Console (fbcon) in the Linux Kernel. When providing a font->width and     font->height greater than 32 to the fbcon_set_font, since there are no checks in place, a shift-out-of-     bounds occurs, leading to undefined behavior and possible denial of service. (CVE-2023-3161)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux     Kernel. In this flaw an attacker with local user access may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal     kernel information. (CVE-2023-3567)

    An issue was discovered in drivers/usb/storage/ene_ub6250.c for the ENE UB6250 reader driver in the Linux     kernel before 6.2.5. An object could potentially extend beyond the end of an allocation. (CVE-2023-45862)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref (CVE-2023-52646)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net/usb: kalmia: Don't pass act_len in usb_bulk_msg error path (CVE-2023-52703)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    nilfs2: fix underflow in second superblock position calculations (CVE-2023-52705)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue() (CVE-2023-52707)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mmc: mmc_spi: fix error handling in mmc_spi_probe() (CVE-2023-52708)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mmc: sdio: fix possible resource leaks in some error paths (CVE-2023-52730)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: USB: Fix wrong-direction WARNING in plusb.c (CVE-2023-52742)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    IB/IPoIB: Fix legacy IPoIB due to wrong number of queues (CVE-2023-52745)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    mm/swapfile: add cond_resched() in get_swap_pages() (CVE-2023-52932)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Squashfs: fix handling and sanity checking of xattr_ids count (CVE-2023-52933)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    vc_screen: move load of struct vc_data pointer in vcs_read() to avoid UAF (CVE-2023-52973)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: iscsi_tcp: Fix UAF during login when accessing the shost ipaddress (CVE-2023-52974)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    efi: fix potential NULL deref in efi_mem_reserve_persistent (CVE-2023-52976)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix flow memory leak in ovs_flow_cmd_new (CVE-2023-52977)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    squashfs: harden sanity check in squashfs_read_xattr_id_table (CVE-2023-52979)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype (CVE-2023-53224)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    watchdog: Fix kmemleak in watchdog_cdev_register (CVE-2023-53234)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    thermal/drivers/hisi: Drop second sensor hi3660 (CVE-2023-53242)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: ensure that VID header offset + VID header size <= alloc, size (CVE-2023-53265)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix unreferenced object reported by kmemleak in ubi_resize_volume() (CVE-2023-53271)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not update file length for failed writes to inline files (CVE-2023-53295)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    rbd: avoid use-after-free in do_rbd_add() when rbd_dev_create() fails (CVE-2023-53307)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list (CVE-2023-53427)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Don't attach if enclosure has no components (CVE-2023-53431)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm/radeon: free iio for atombios when driver shutdown (CVE-2023-53453)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: Add lwtunnel encap size of all siblings in nexthop calculation (CVE-2023-53477)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: ubi_wl_put_peb: Fix infinite loop when wear-leveling work failed (CVE-2023-53481)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not bother merging very long extents (CVE-2023-53506)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_intf_remove() (CVE-2023-53521)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop (CVE-2023-53590)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses (CVE-2023-53675)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy (CVE-2023-53695)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() (CVE-2023-53783)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix use-after-free when volume resizing failed (CVE-2023-53800)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in ses_enclosure_data_process() (CVE-2023-53803)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix UAF wear-leveling entry in eraseblk_count_seq_show() (CVE-2023-53826)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    hfs: fix missing hfs_bnode_get() in __hfs_bnode_create (CVE-2023-53862)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    KVM: Destroy target device if coalesced MMIO unregistration fails (CVE-2023-54024)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-54046)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ubi: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in ubi_free_volume() (CVE-2023-54087)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: qla2xxx: Fix DMA-API call trace on NVMe LS requests (CVE-2023-54108)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (CVE-2023-54198)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix potential user-after-free (CVE-2023-54214)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cifs: Fix lost destroy smbd connection when MR allocate failed (CVE-2023-54260)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: refuse to create ea block when umounted (CVE-2023-54305)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: tls: avoid hanging tasks on the tx_lock (CVE-2023-54306)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page (CVE-2023-54317)

    kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    scsi: ses: Fix possible addl_desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses (CVE-2023-7324)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.102-61.139. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 advisory.

    A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks.
    L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after     running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can     execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past     commit 2e7eab81425a (CVE-2022-2196)

    It has been discovered that on some AMD CPUs, the RAS (Return Address Stack, also called RAP - Return     Address Predictor - in some AMD documentation, and RSB - Return Stack Buffer - in Intel terminology) is     dynamically partitioned between non-idle threads.  This allows an attacker to control speculative     execution on the adjacent thread. (CVE-2022-27672)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: nft_tproxy: restrict to prerouting hook (CVE-2022-50001)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drm: Fix potential null-ptr-deref due to drmm_mode_config_init() (CVE-2022-50556)

    Detected a few exploitable gadgets that could leak secret memory through a side-channel such as MDS as     well as insufficient hardening of the usercopy functions against spectre-v1. (CVE-2023-0458)

    Due to a type confusion during initializations, the tun and tap sockets in the Linux Kernel have their     socket UID hardcoded to 0, i.e. root. While it will be often correct, as TUN/TAP devices require     CAP_NET_ADMIN, it may not always be the case. The socket UID may be used for network filtering and     routing, thus TUN/TAP sockets may be incorrectly managed, potentially bypassing network filters based on     UID. (CVE-2023-1076)

    kernel: Type confusion in pick_next_rt_entity(), which can result in memory corruption. (CVE-2023-1077)

    The upstream bug report describes this issue as follows:

    A flaw found in the Linux Kernel in RDS (Reliable Datagram Sockets) protocol. The     rds_rm_zerocopy_callback() uses list_entry() on the head of a list causing a type confusion. Local user     can trigger this with rds_message_put(). Type confusion leads to `struct rds_msg_zcopy_info *info`     actually points to something else that is potentially controlled by local user. It is known how to trigger     this, which causes an OOB access, and a lock corruption. (CVE-2023-1078)

    Use After Free vulnerability in Linux kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) allows Privilege     Escalation. The imperfect hash area can be updated while packets are traversing, which will cause a use-     after-free when 'tcf_exts_exec()' is called with the destroyed tcf_ext. A local attacker user can use this     vulnerability to elevate its privileges to root.This issue affects Linux Kernel: from 4.14 before git     commit ee059170b1f7e94e55fa6cadee544e176a6e59c2. (CVE-2023-1281)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel traffic control index filter (tcindex) can be exploited     to achieve local privilege escalation. The tcindex_delete function which does not properly deactivate     filters in case of a perfect hashes while deleting the underlying structure which can later lead to double     freeing the structure. A local attacker user can use this vulnerability to elevate its privileges to     root.We recommend upgrading past commit 8c710f75256bb3cf05ac7b1672c82b92c43f3d28. (CVE-2023-1829)

    A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel io_uring system can be exploited to achieve local     privilege escalation.

    The io_file_get_fixed function lacks the presence of ctx->uring_lock which can lead to a Use-After-Free     vulnerability due a race condition with fixed files getting unregistered.

    We recommend upgrading past commit da24142b1ef9fd5d36b76e36bab328a5b27523e8. (CVE-2023-1872)

    When plain IBRS is enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the logic in spectre_v2_user_select_mitigation()     determines that STIBP is not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch     targetinjection. However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit is cleared on returning to userspace for     performance reasons which leaves userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target injection     against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

    In the Linux kernel before 6.1.13, there is a double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure     (for registering the sysctl table under a new location) during the renaming of a device. (CVE-2023-26545)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in hfsplus_put_super in fs/hfsplus/super.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2023-2985)

    An issue was discovered in lib/kobject.c in the Linux kernel before 6.2.3. With root access, an attacker     can trigger a race condition that results in a fill_kobj_path out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2023-45863)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    aio: fix mremap after fork null-deref (CVE-2023-52646)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: openvswitch: fix possible memory leak in ovs_meter_cmd_set() (CVE-2023-52702)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sched/psi: Fix use-after-free in ep_remove_wait_queue() (CVE-2023-52707)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    bpf, sockmap: Don't let sock_map_{close,destroy,unhash} call itself (CVE-2023-52735)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    Fix page corruption caused by racy check in __free_pages (CVE-2023-52739)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cifs: Fix use-after-free in rdata->read_into_pages() (CVE-2023-52741)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    xfrm/compat: prevent potential spectre v1 gadget in xfrm_xlate32_attr() (CVE-2023-52746)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    vfio/type1: prevent underflow of locked_vm via exec() (CVE-2023-53171)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    USB: uhci: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53197)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: x_tables: fix percpu counter block leak on error path when creating new netns (CVE-2023-53200)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    PM: domains: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53202)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: Fix function prototype mismatch for ext4_feat_ktype (CVE-2023-53224)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    watchdog: Fix kmemleak in watchdog_cdev_register (CVE-2023-53234)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    firmware: dmi-sysfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in dmi_sysfs_register_handle (CVE-2023-53250)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    VMCI: check context->notify_page after call to get_user_pages_fast() to avoid GPF (CVE-2023-53259)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    misc: vmw_balloon: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53279)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not update file length for failed writes to inline files (CVE-2023-53295)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    rbd: avoid use-after-free in do_rbd_add() when rbd_dev_create() fails (CVE-2023-53307)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    USB: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53359)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: seqiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53373)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drivers: base: dd: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53390)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    trace/blktrace: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53408)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    drivers: base: component: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53409)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    PM: EM: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53411)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    objtool: Fix memory leak in create_static_call_sections() (CVE-2023-53423)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cifs: Fix warning and UAF when destroy the MR list (CVE-2023-53427)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ipv6: Add lwtunnel encap size of all siblings in nexthop calculation (CVE-2023-53477)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    iommu: Fix error unwind in iommu_group_alloc() (CVE-2023-53482)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: xts - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-53494)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Do not bother merging very long extents (CVE-2023-53506)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    sctp: add a refcnt in sctp_stream_priorities to avoid a nested loop (CVE-2023-53590)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    driver core: fix resource leak in device_add() (CVE-2023-53594)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    irqchip: Fix refcount leak in platform_irqchip_probe (CVE-2023-53610)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    udf: Detect system inodes linked into directory hierarchy (CVE-2023-53695)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ring-buffer: Handle race between rb_move_tail and rb_check_pages (CVE-2023-53709)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    blk-iocost: fix divide by 0 error in calc_lcoefs() (CVE-2023-53783)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    loop: loop_set_status_from_info() check before assignment (CVE-2023-53820)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    usb: early: xhci-dbc: Fix a potential out-of-bound memory access (CVE-2023-53840)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    KVM: Destroy target device if coalesced MMIO unregistration fails (CVE-2023-54024)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    crypto: essiv - Handle EBUSY correctly (CVE-2023-54046)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    leds: led-core: Fix refcount leak in of_led_get() (CVE-2023-54190)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    tty: fix out-of-bounds access in tty_driver_lookup_tty() (CVE-2023-54198)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    netfilter: ebtables: fix table blob use-after-free (CVE-2023-54243)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    cifs: Fix lost destroy smbd connection when MR allocate failed (CVE-2023-54260)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    ext4: refuse to create ea block when umounted (CVE-2023-54305)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    net: tls: avoid hanging tasks on the tx_lock (CVE-2023-54306)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    dm flakey: don't corrupt the zero page (CVE-2023-54317)

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    driver core: fix potential null-ptr-deref in device_add() (CVE-2023-54321)

    kernel: refcount leak in ctnetlink_create_conntrack() (CVE-2023-7192)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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-2023:2141-1 advisory.

  - A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks.
    L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after     running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can     execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past     commit 2e7eab81425a (CVE-2022-2196)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with     capabilities was found in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS subsystem in how a user copies a capable file from     a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allows a local user to escalate their privileges     on the system. (CVE-2023-0386)

  - A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA (PC-card) Ethernet driver was found.A local     user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2023-1670)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware     Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system     due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.
    (CVE-2023-1855)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. In     this flaw, a call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job, may cause a race problem leading to a UAF on     hdev devices. (CVE-2023-1989)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow an attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. (CVE-2023-1990)

  - The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with     PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed     that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel still left the victim process exposed to     attacks in some cases even after enabling the spectre-BTI mitigation with prctl. The same behavior can be     observed on a bare-metal machine when forcing the mitigation to IBRS on boot command line. This happened     because when plain IBRS was enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the kernel had some logic that determined that     STIBP was not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch target injection.
    However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit was cleared on returning to userspace, due to performance reasons,     which disabled the implicit STIBP and left userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target     injection against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's udmabuf device driver. The specific flaw exists within a fault     handler. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a     memory access past the end of an array. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges     and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. (CVE-2023-2008)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim device driver, within the scheduling of events. This     issue results from the improper management of a reference count. This may allow an attacker to create a     denial of service condition on the system. (CVE-2023-2019)

  - A vulnerability was found in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA in the Linux     Kernel. The improper cleanup results in out-of-boundary read, where a local user can utilize this problem     to crash the system or escalation of privilege. (CVE-2023-2176)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve     local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings'     attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call     list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer     causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit     fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2. (CVE-2023-2235)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.15.13, drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_domain.c     misinterprets the mlx5_get_uars_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is     actually an error pointer). (CVE-2023-23006)

  - The Linux kernel before 6.2.9 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in     drivers/power/supply/da9150-charger.c if a physically proximate attacker unplugs a device.
    (CVE-2023-30772)

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 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2231-1 advisory.

  - A regression exists in the Linux Kernel within KVM: nVMX that allowed for speculative execution attacks.
    L2 can carry out Spectre v2 attacks on L1 due to L1 thinking it doesn't need retpolines or IBPB after     running L2 due to KVM (L0) advertising eIBRS support to L1. An attacker at L2 with code execution can     execute code on an indirect branch on the host machine. We recommend upgrading to Kernel 6.2 or past     commit 2e7eab81425a (CVE-2022-2196)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel, where unauthorized access to the execution of the setuid file with     capabilities was found in the Linux kernel's OverlayFS subsystem in how a user copies a capable file from     a nosuid mount into another mount. This uid mapping bug allows a local user to escalate their privileges     on the system. (CVE-2023-0386)

  - A flaw use after free in the Linux kernel Xircom 16-bit PCMCIA (PC-card) Ethernet driver was found.A local     user could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.
    (CVE-2023-1670)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in xgene_hwmon_remove in drivers/hwmon/xgene-hwmon.c in the Hardware     Monitoring Linux Kernel Driver (xgene-hwmon). This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system     due to a race problem. This vulnerability could even lead to a kernel information leak problem.
    (CVE-2023-1855)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in btsdio_remove in drivers\bluetooth\btsdio.c in the Linux Kernel. In     this flaw, a call to btsdio_remove with an unfinished job, may cause a race problem leading to a UAF on     hdev devices. (CVE-2023-1989)

  - A use-after-free flaw was found in ndlc_remove in drivers/nfc/st-nci/ndlc.c in the Linux Kernel. This flaw     could allow an attacker to crash the system due to a race problem. (CVE-2023-1990)

  - The Linux kernel allows userspace processes to enable mitigations by calling prctl with     PR_SET_SPECULATION_CTRL which disables the speculation feature as well as by using seccomp. We had noticed     that on VMs of at least one major cloud provider, the kernel still left the victim process exposed to     attacks in some cases even after enabling the spectre-BTI mitigation with prctl. The same behavior can be     observed on a bare-metal machine when forcing the mitigation to IBRS on boot command line. This happened     because when plain IBRS was enabled (not enhanced IBRS), the kernel had some logic that determined that     STIBP was not needed. The IBRS bit implicitly protects against cross-thread branch target injection.
    However, with legacy IBRS, the IBRS bit was cleared on returning to userspace, due to performance reasons,     which disabled the implicit STIBP and left userspace threads vulnerable to cross-thread branch target     injection against which STIBP protects. (CVE-2023-1998)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's udmabuf device driver. The specific flaw exists within a fault     handler. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a     memory access past the end of an array. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges     and execute arbitrary code in the context of the kernel. (CVE-2023-2008)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's netdevsim device driver, within the scheduling of events. This     issue results from the improper management of a reference count. This may allow an attacker to create a     denial of service condition on the system. (CVE-2023-2019)

  - A vulnerability was found in compare_netdev_and_ip in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c in RDMA in the Linux     Kernel. The improper cleanup results in out-of-boundary read, where a local user can utilize this problem     to crash the system or escalation of privilege. (CVE-2023-2176)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux Kernel Performance Events system can be exploited to achieve     local privilege escalation. The perf_group_detach function did not check the event's siblings'     attach_state before calling add_event_to_groups(), but remove_on_exec made it possible to call     list_del_event() on before detaching from their group, making it possible to use a dangling pointer     causing a use-after-free vulnerability. We recommend upgrading past commit     fd0815f632c24878e325821943edccc7fde947a2. (CVE-2023-2235)

  - In the Linux kernel before 5.15.13, drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/dr_domain.c     misinterprets the mlx5_get_uars_page return value (expects it to be NULL in the error case, whereas it is     actually an error pointer). (CVE-2023-23006)

  - The Linux kernel before 6.2.9 has a race condition and resultant use-after-free in     drivers/power/supply/da9150-charger.c if a physically proximate attacker unplugs a device.
    (CVE-2023-30772)

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
182840	RHEL 9 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2023:5603)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	10/10/2023	9/29/2025	high
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/22/2021	3/23/2026	high
178457	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2871-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/19/2023	9/25/2025	high
173230	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-043 (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-043)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	2/9/2026	high
173235	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-015 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-015)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	3/22/2023	2/9/2026	high
175533	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2141-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/13/2023	7/4/2025	high
176059	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:2231-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	5/18/2023	7/4/2025	high

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