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

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-0305: In cdev_get of char_dev.c, there is a possible use-after-free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1174462).

CVE-2019-20908: An issue was discovered in drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c where incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions, aka CID-1957a85b0032 (bnc#1173567).

CVE-2020-15780: An issue was discovered in drivers/acpi/acpi_configfs.c where injection of malicious ACPI tables via configfs could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown and secure boot restrictions, aka CID-75b0cea7bf30 (bnc#1173573).

CVE-2020-15393: usbtest_disconnect in drivers/usb/misc/usbtest.c had a memory leak, aka CID-28ebeb8db770 (bnc#1173514).

CVE-2020-12771: btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732).

CVE-2019-16746: An issue was discovered in net/wireless/nl80211.c which did not check the length of variable elements in a beacon head, leading to a buffer overflow (bnc#1152107 1173659).

CVE-2020-12888: The VFIO PCI driver mishandled attempts to access disabled memory space (bnc#1171868).

CVE-2020-10769: A buffer over-read flaw was found in crypto_authenc_extractkeys in crypto/authenc.c in the IPsec Cryptographic algorithm's module, authenc. When a payload longer than 4 bytes, and is not following 4-byte alignment boundary guidelines, it causes a buffer over-read threat, leading to a system crash. This flaw allowed a local attacker with user privileges to cause a denial of service (bnc#1173265).

CVE-2020-10773: A kernel stack information leak on s390/s390x was fixed (bnc#1172999).

CVE-2020-14416: A race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free, aka CID-0ace17d56824. This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c (bnc#1162002).

CVE-2020-10768: Indirect branch speculation could have been enabled after it was force-disabled by the PR_SPEC_FORCE_DISABLE prctl command. (bnc#1172783).

CVE-2020-10766: Fixed Rogue cross-process SSBD shutdown, where a Linux scheduler logical bug allows an attacker to turn off the SSBD protection. (bnc#1172781).

CVE-2020-10767: Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier was force-disabled when STIBP is unavailable or enhanced IBRS is available.
(bnc#1172782).

CVE-2020-13974: drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c had an integer overflow if k_ascii is called several times in a row, aka CID-b86dab054059 (bnc#1172775).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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

The following security bugs were fixed :

CVE-2020-15780: A lockdown bypass for loading unsigned modules using ACPI table injection was fixed. (bsc#1173573)

CVE-2020-15393: Fixed a memory leak in usbtest_disconnect (bnc#1173514).

CVE-2020-12771: An issue was discovered in btree_gc_coalesce in drivers/md/bcache/btree.c has a deadlock if a coalescing operation fails (bnc#1171732).

CVE-2020-12888: The VFIO PCI driver mishandled attempts to access disabled memory space (bnc#1171868).

CVE-2020-10773: Fixed a memory leak on s390/s390x, in the cmm_timeout_hander in file arch/s390/mm/cmm.c (bnc#1172999).

CVE-2020-14416: Fixed a race condition in tty->disc_data handling in the slip and slcan line discipline could lead to a use-after-free.
This affects drivers/net/slip/slip.c and drivers/net/can/slcan.c (bnc#1162002).

CVE-2020-10768: Fixed an issue with the prctl() function, where indirect branch speculation could be enabled even though it was diabled before (bnc#1172783).

CVE-2020-10766: Fixed an issue which allowed an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection (bnc#1172781).

CVE-2020-10767: Fixed an issue where Indirect Branch Prediction Barrier was disabled in certain circumstances, leaving the system open to a spectre v2 style attack (bnc#1172782).

CVE-2020-13974: Fixed a integer overflow in drivers/tty/vt/keyboard.c, if k_ascii is called several times in a row (bnc#1172775).

CVE-2020-0305: Fixed a possible use-after-free due to a race condition incdev_get of char_dev.c. This could lead to local escalation of privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation (bnc#1174462).

CVE-2020-10769: A buffer over-read flaw was found in crypto_authenc_extractkeys in crypto/authenc.c in the IPsec Cryptographic algorithm's module, authenc. This flaw allowed a local attacker with user privileges to cause a denial of service (bnc#1173265).

CVE-2020-10781: Fixed a denial of service issue in the ZRAM implementation (bnc#1173074).

CVE-2019-20908: Fixed incorrect access permissions for the efivar_ssdt ACPI variable, which could be used by attackers to bypass lockdown or secure boot restrictions (bnc#1173567).

CVE-2019-20810: Fixed a memory leak in go7007_snd_init in drivers/media/usb/go7007/snd-go7007.c because it did not call snd_card_free for a failure path (bnc#1172458).

CVE-2019-16746: Fixed a buffer overflow in net/wireless/nl80211.c, related to invalid length checks for variable elements in a beacon head (bnc#1152107).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The 5.6.19 stable kernel updates contain a number of important fixes across the tree.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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

  - A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the     logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch     when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per     task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest     threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality. (CVE-2020-10766)

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

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-004240 advisory.

    A logic bug flaw was found in Linux kernel before 5.8-rc1 in the implementation of SSBD. A bug in the     logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch     when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced when the per     task/process conditional STIPB switching was added on top of the existing SSBD switching. The highest     threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
139309	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2106-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/4/2020	2/27/2024	critical
139310	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2020:2107-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/4/2020	2/27/2024	critical
137732	Fedora 31 : kernel (2020-1b2dae6219)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	6/23/2020	3/6/2024	medium
245226	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-10766	Nessus	Misc.	8/7/2025	7/17/2026	medium
288792	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-004240)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	medium

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