The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5343-1 advisory.

    Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     restrict access to the cgroups v1 release_agent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2022-0492)

    It was discovered that the aufs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict mount     namespaces, when mounted with the non-default allow_userns option set. A local attacker could use this to     gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2016-2853)

    It was discovered that the aufs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain POSIX ACL xattr     data, when mounted with the non-default allow_userns option. A local attacker could possibly use this to     gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2016-2854)

    It was discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate metadata in some     situations. 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) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-19449)

    It was discovered that the XFS file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     meta data in some circumstances. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious XFS image that, when     mounted, could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12655)

    Kiyin () discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel contained a     reference counting error. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2020-25670)

    Kiyin () discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     deallocate memory in certain error situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2020-25671, CVE-2020-25672)

    Kiyin () discovered that the NFC LLCP protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle error conditions in some situations, leading to an infinite loop. A local attacker could use this     to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-25673)

    Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernels WiFi implementation incorrectly handled EAPOL frames     from unauthenticated senders. A physically proximate attacker could inject malicious packets to cause a     denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2020-26139)

    Mathy Vanhoef discovered that the Linux kernels WiFi implementation could reassemble mixed encrypted     and plaintext fragments. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this issue to inject packets     or exfiltrate selected fragments. (CVE-2020-26147)

    It was discovered that the BR/EDR pin-code pairing procedure in the Linux kernel was vulnerable to an     impersonation attack. A physically proximate attacker could possibly use this to pair to a device without     knowledge of the pin-code. (CVE-2020-26555)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly perform access     control. An authenticated attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information.
    (CVE-2020-26558, CVE-2021-0129)

    It was discovered that the FUSE user space file system implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle bad inodes in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2020-36322)

    It was discovered that the Infiniband RDMA userspace connection manager implementation in the Linux kernel     contained a race condition leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possible execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-36385)

    It was discovered that the DRM subsystem in the Linux kernel contained double-free vulnerabilities. A     privileged attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-20292)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the timer implementation in the Linux kernel. A     privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20317)

    Or Cohen and Nadav Markus discovered a use-after-free vulnerability in the nfc implementation in the Linux     kernel. A privileged local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-23134)

    It was discovered that the Xen paravirtualization backend in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2021-28688)

    It was discovered that the RPA PCI Hotplug driver implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     handle device name writes via sysfs, leading to a buffer overflow. A privileged attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-28972)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel when     replacing tables. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash).
    (CVE-2021-29650)

    It was discovered that a race condition in the kernel Bluetooth subsystem could lead to use-after-free of     slab objects. An attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-32399)

    It was discovered that the CIPSO implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly perform reference     counting in some situations, leading to use- after-free vulnerabilities. An attacker could use this to     cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-33033)

    It was discovered that a use-after-free existed in the Bluetooth HCI driver of the Linux kernel. A local     attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-33034)

    Asaf Modelevsky discovered that the Intel(R) Ethernet ixgbe driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     validate large MTU requests from Virtual Function (VF) devices. A local attacker could possibly use this     to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-33098)

    Norbert Slusarek discovered that the CAN broadcast manger (bcm) protocol implementation in the Linux     kernel did not properly initialize memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose     sensitive information (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-34693)

     discovered that the IEEE 1394 (Firewire) nosy packet sniffer driver 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-2021-3483)

    It was discovered that an out-of-bounds (OOB) memory access flaw existed in the f2fs module of the Linux     kernel. A local attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service (system crash). (CVE-2021-3506)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle HCI device     initialization failure, leading to a double-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3564)

    It was discovered that the bluetooth subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly handle HCI device     detach events, leading to a use-after-free vulnerability. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-3573)

    Murray McAllister discovered that the joystick device interface in the Linux kernel did not properly     validate data passed via an ioctl(). A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on systems with a joystick device registered. (CVE-2021-3612)

    It was discovered that the tracing subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly keep track of per-cpu     ring buffer state. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3679)

    It was discovered that the Virtio console implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly validate     input lengths in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service     (system crash). (CVE-2021-38160)

    It was discovered that the KVM hypervisor implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly compute the     access permissions for shadow pages in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial     of service. (CVE-2021-38198)

    It was discovered that the MAX-3421 host USB device driver in the Linux kernel did not properly handle     device removal events. A physically proximate attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system     crash). (CVE-2021-38204)

    It was discovered that the NFC implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle failed connect     events leading to a NULL pointer dereference. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2021-38208)

    It was discovered that the configfs interface for USB gadgets in the Linux kernel contained a race     condition. A local attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).
    (CVE-2021-39648)

    It was discovered that the ext4 file system in the Linux kernel contained a race condition when writing     xattrs to an inode. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service or possibly gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-40490)

    It was discovered that the 6pack network protocol driver in the Linux kernel did not properly perform     validation checks. A privileged attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-42008)

    It was discovered that the ISDN CAPI implementation in the Linux kernel contained a race condition in     certain situations that could trigger an array out-of-bounds bug. A privileged local attacker could     possibly use this to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-43389)

    It was discovered that the Phone Network protocol (PhoNet) implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-45095)

    Wenqing Liu discovered that the f2fs file system in the Linux kernel did not properly validate the last     xattr entry in an inode. 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) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-45469)

    Amit Klein discovered that the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel could disclose internal state in     some situations. An attacker could possibly use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2021-45485)

    It was discovered that the per cpu memory allocator in the Linux kernel could report kernel pointers via     dmesg. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive information or in conjunction with another kernel     vulnerability. (CVE-2018-5995)

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

  - pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak.
    (CVE-2021-45095)

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

The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2022-9348 advisory.

    - fget: check that the fd still exists after getting a ref to it (Linus Torvalds)  [Orabug: 33679806]     {CVE-2021-0920}
    - af_unix: fix garbage collect vs MSG_PEEK (Miklos Szeredi)  [Orabug: 33679806]  {CVE-2021-0920}
    - netfilter: nf_tables: initialize registers in nft_do_chain() (Pablo Neira Ayuso)  [Orabug: 34012926]     {CVE-2022-1016}
    - pNFS/flexfiles: fix incorrect size check in decode_nfs_fh() (Nikola Livic)  [Orabug: 34020970]     {CVE-2021-4157}
    - Bluetooth: use correct lock to prevent UAF of hdev object (Lin Ma)  [Orabug: 33014054]  {CVE-2021-3573}
    - hugetlbfs: flush TLBs correctly after huge_pmd_unshare (Nadav Amit)  [Orabug: 33617221]  {CVE-2021-4002}
    - udf: Restore i_lenAlloc when inode expansion fails (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 33870269]  {CVE-2022-0617}
    - udf: Fix NULL ptr deref when converting from inline format (Jan Kara)  [Orabug: 33870269]     {CVE-2022-0617}
    - phonet: refcount leak in pep_sock_accep (Hangyu Hua)  [Orabug: 33962762]  {CVE-2021-45095}
    - btrfs: unlock newly allocated extent buffer after error (Qu Wenruo)  [Orabug: 33997139]  {CVE-2021-4149}
    - quota: correct error number in free_dqentry() (Zhang Yi)  [Orabug: 33997256]  {CVE-2021-45868}
    - quota: check block number when reading the block in quota file (Zhang Yi)  [Orabug: 33997256]     {CVE-2021-45868}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0363-1 advisory.

  - The vgacon subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.8.10 mishandles software scrollback. There is a     vgacon_scrolldelta out-of-bounds read, aka CID-973c096f6a85. (CVE-2020-28097)

  - A double free bug in packet_set_ring() in net/packet/af_packet.c can be exploited by a local user through     crafted syscalls to escalate privileges or deny service. We recommend upgrading kernel past the effected     versions or rebuilding past ec6af094ea28f0f2dda1a6a33b14cd57e36a9755 (CVE-2021-22600)

  - In gadget_dev_desc_UDC_show of configfs.c, there is a possible disclosure of kernel heap memory due to a     race condition. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed.
    User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-160822094References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-39648)

  - In ufshcd_eh_device_reset_handler of ufshcd.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing     bounds check. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed.
    User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID:
    A-194696049References: Upstream kernel (CVE-2021-39657)

  - A use-after-free exists in drivers/tee/tee_shm.c in the TEE subsystem in the Linux kernel through 5.15.11.
    This occurs because of a race condition in tee_shm_get_from_id during an attempt to free a shared memory     object. (CVE-2021-44733)

  - pep_sock_accept in net/phonet/pep.c in the Linux kernel through 5.15.8 has a refcount leak.
    (CVE-2021-45095)

  - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A null pointer dereference in bond_ipsec_add_sa() may lead to local     denial of service. (CVE-2022-0286)

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

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5337-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the BPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict pointer types in     certain situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or     possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-23222)

    Yiqi Sun and Kevin Wang discovered that the cgroups implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly     restrict access to the cgroups v1 release_agent feature. A local attacker could use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2022-0492)

    Jrgen Gro discovered that the Xen subsystem within the Linux kernel did not adequately limit the     number of events driver domains (unprivileged PV backends) could send to other guest VMs. An attacker in a     driver domain could use this to cause a denial of service in other guest VMs. (CVE-2021-28711,     CVE-2021-28712, CVE-2021-28713)

    Jrgen Gro discovered that the Xen network backend driver in the Linux kernel did not adequately limit     the amount of queued packets when a guest did not process them. An attacker in a guest VM can use this to     cause a denial of service (excessive kernel memory consumption) in the network backend domain.
    (CVE-2021-28714, CVE-2021-28715)

    Szymon Heidrich discovered that the USB Gadget subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly restrict the     size of control requests for certain gadget types, leading to possible out of bounds reads or writes. A     local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary     code. (CVE-2021-39685)

    It was discovered that a race condition existed in the poll implementation in the Linux kernel, resulting     in 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-2021-39698)

    It was discovered that the simulated networking device driver for the Linux kernel did not properly     initialize memory in certain situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information     (kernel memory). (CVE-2021-4135)

    Eric Biederman discovered that the cgroup process migration implementation in the Linux kernel did not     perform permission checks correctly in some situations. A local attacker could possibly use this to gain     administrative privileges. (CVE-2021-4197)

    Brendan Dolan-Gavitt discovered that the aQuantia AQtion Ethernet device driver in the Linux kernel did     not properly validate meta-data coming from the device. A local attacker who can control an emulated     device can use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
    (CVE-2021-43975)

    It was discovered that the ARM Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) subsystem in the Linux kernel contained     a race condition leading to a use- after-free vulnerability. A local attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-44733)

    It was discovered that the Phone Network protocol (PhoNet) implementation in the Linux kernel did not     properly perform reference counting in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to     cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-45095)

    It was discovered that the eBPF verifier in the Linux kernel did not properly perform bounds checking on     mov32 operations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel pointer     addresses). (CVE-2021-45402)

    It was discovered that the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did     not properly deallocate memory in some error conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause     a denial of service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2021-45480)

    It was discovered that the BPF subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly track pointer types on     atomic fetch operations in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive     information (kernel pointer addresses). (CVE-2022-0264)

    It was discovered that the TIPC Protocol implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly initialize     memory in some situations. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel     memory). (CVE-2022-0382)

    Samuel Page discovered that the Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol implementation in     the Linux kernel contained a stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker could use this to cause a     denial of service (system crash) for systems that have a TIPC bearer configured. (CVE-2022-0435)

    It was discovered that the KVM implementation for s390 systems in the Linux kernel did not properly     prevent memory operations on PVM guests that were in non-protected mode. A local attacker could use this     to obtain unauthorized memory write access. (CVE-2022-0516)

    It was discovered that the ICMPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly deallocate memory in     certain situations. A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service (memory     exhaustion). (CVE-2022-0742)

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 Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20530 advisory.

    - sunrpc: handle SVC_GARBAGE during svc auth processing as auth error (Jeff Layton)  [Orabug: 38137447]     {CVE-2025-38089}
    - Add Zen34 clients (Borislav Petkov (AMD))  [Orabug: 38172252]  {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
    - x86/process: Move the buffer clearing before MONITOR (Kim Phillips)  [Orabug: 38172252]     {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
    - Add normal counters (Borislav Petkov (AMD))  [Orabug: 38172252]  {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
    - KVM: SVM: Advertize TSA CPUID bits to guests (Borislav Petkov (AMD))  [Orabug: 38172252]     {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}
    - x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation (Borislav Petkov (AMD))  [Orabug: 38172252]     {CVE-2024-36350} {CVE-2024-36357}

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
159160	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5343-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	3/22/2022	8/27/2024	high
243908	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-45095	Nessus	Misc.	8/5/2025	9/30/2025	medium
160495	Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2022-9348)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	5/4/2022	10/22/2024	high
203733	Photon OS 3.0: Linux PHSA-2022-3.0-0356	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/25/2024	high
157890	openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (openSUSE-SU-2022:0363-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2/11/2022	11/9/2023	high
159142	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Linux kernel vulnerabilities (USN-5337-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	3/22/2022	8/27/2024	high
252244	Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20530)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	8/19/2025	8/19/2025	medium

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