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

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: fix memory leak at failed     datapath creation ovs_dp_cmd_new()->ovs_dp_change()->ovs_dp_set_upcall_portids() allocates array via     kmalloc. If for some reason new_vport() fails during ovs_dp_cmd_new() dp->upcall_portids must be freed.
    Add missing kfree. Kmemleak example: unreferenced object 0xffff88800c382500 (size 64): comm dump_state,     pid 323, jiffies 4294955418 (age 104.347s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 5e c2 79 e4 1f 7a 38 c7 09 21 38 0c     80 88 ff ff ^.y..z8..!8..... 03 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 ............(... backtrace:
    [<0000000071bebc9f>] ovs_dp_set_upcall_portids+0x38/0xa0 [<000000000187d8bd>] ovs_dp_change+0x63/0xe0     [<000000002397e446>] ovs_dp_cmd_new+0x1f0/0x380 [<00000000aa06f36e>] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xea/0x150     [<000000008f583bc4>] genl_rcv_msg+0xdc/0x1e0 [<00000000fa10e377>] netlink_rcv_skb+0x50/0x100     [<000000004959cece>] genl_rcv+0x24/0x40 [<000000004699ac7f>] netlink_unicast+0x23e/0x360     [<00000000c153573e>] netlink_sendmsg+0x24e/0x4b0 [<000000006f4aa380>] sock_sendmsg+0x62/0x70     [<00000000d0068654>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x230/0x270 [<0000000012dacf7d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x88/0xd0     [<0000000011776020>] __sys_sendmsg+0x59/0xa0 [<000000002e8f2dc1>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90     [<000000003243e7cb>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd (CVE-2022-49959)

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2951 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: kernel (4.18.0). (BZ#2122230,     BZ#2122267)

    Security Fix(es):

    * use-after-free caused by l2cap_reassemble_sdu() in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3564)

    * net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

    * hw: cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)

    * malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)

    * when setting font with malicious data by ioctl PIO_FONT, kernel will write memory out of bounds     (CVE-2021-33656)

    * possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

    * use-after-free in ath9k_htc_probe_device() could cause an escalation of privileges (CVE-2022-1679)

    * KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)

    * KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)

    * netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

    * race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)

    * media: em28xx: initialize refcount before kref_get (CVE-2022-3239)

    * race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)

    * memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

    * data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

    * data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)

    * memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

    * denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

    * use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)

    * USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

    * Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)

    * l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)

    * igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

    * Executable Space Protection Bypass (CVE-2022-25265)

    * Unprivileged users may use PTRACE_SEIZE to set PTRACE_O_SUSPEND_SECCOMP option (CVE-2022-30594)

    * unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)

    * TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning     (CVE-2022-39189)

    * Report vmalloc UAF in dvb-core/dmxdev (CVE-2022-41218)

    * u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

    * use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

    * use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

    * BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

    * Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

    * memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

    * NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)

    * NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

    * use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

    * Soft lockup occurred during __page_mapcount (CVE-2023-1582)

    * slab-out-of-bounds read vulnerabilities in cbq_classify (CVE-2023-23454)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2458 advisory.

    The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

    Security Fix(es):

    * use-after-free in l2cap_connect and l2cap_le_connect_req in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-42896)

    * net/ulp: use-after-free in listening ULP sockets (CVE-2023-0461)

    * cpu: AMD CPUs may transiently execute beyond unconditional direct branch (CVE-2021-26341)

    * malicious data for FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl may cause OOB write memory (CVE-2021-33655)

    * possible race condition in drivers/tty/tty_buffers.c (CVE-2022-1462)

    * KVM: NULL pointer dereference in kvm_mmu_invpcid_gva (CVE-2022-1789)

    * use-after-free in free_pipe_info() could lead to privilege escalation (CVE-2022-1882)

    * KVM: nVMX: missing IBPB when exiting from nested guest can lead to Spectre v2 attacks (CVE-2022-2196)

    * netfilter: nf_conntrack_irc message handling issue (CVE-2022-2663)

    * race condition in xfrm_probe_algs can lead to OOB read/write (CVE-2022-3028)

    * out-of-bounds read in fib_nh_match of the file net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c (CVE-2022-3435)

    * race condition in hugetlb_no_page() in mm/hugetlb.c (CVE-2022-3522)

    * memory leak in ipv6_renew_options() (CVE-2022-3524)

    * data races around icsk->icsk_af_ops in do_ipv6_setsockopt (CVE-2022-3566)

    * data races around sk->sk_prot (CVE-2022-3567)

    * memory leak in l2cap_recv_acldata of the file net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3619)

    * denial of service in follow_page_pte in mm/gup.c due to poisoned pte entry (CVE-2022-3623)

    * use-after-free after failed devlink reload in devlink_param_get (CVE-2022-3625)

    * USB-accessible buffer overflow in brcmfmac (CVE-2022-3628)

    * use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c (CVE-2022-3640)

    * Double-free in split_2MB_gtt_entry when function intel_gvt_dma_map_guest_page failed (CVE-2022-3707)

    * mptcp: NULL pointer dereference in subflow traversal at disconnect time (CVE-2022-4128)

    * l2tp: missing lock when clearing sk_user_data can lead to NULL pointer dereference (CVE-2022-4129)

    * igmp: use-after-free in ip_check_mc_rcu when opening and closing inet sockets (CVE-2022-20141)

    * lockdown bypass using IMA (CVE-2022-21505)

    * double free in usb_8dev_start_xmit in drivers/net/can/usb/usb_8dev.c (CVE-2022-28388)

    * network backend may cause Linux netfront to use freed SKBs (XSA-405) (CVE-2022-33743)

    * unmap_mapping_range() race with munmap() on VM_PFNMAP mappings leads to stale TLB entry (CVE-2022-39188)

    * TLB flush operations are mishandled in certain KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED leading to guest malfunctioning     (CVE-2022-39189)

    * u8 overflow problem in cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans() (CVE-2022-41674)

    * use-after-free related to leaf anon_vma double reuse (CVE-2022-42703)

    * use-after-free in bss_ref_get in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42720)

    * BSS list corruption in cfg80211_add_nontrans_list in net/wireless/scan.c (CVE-2022-42721)

    * Denial of service in beacon protection for P2P-device (CVE-2022-42722)

    * memory corruption in usbmon driver (CVE-2022-43750)

    * NULL pointer dereference in traffic control subsystem (CVE-2022-47929)

    * NULL pointer dereference in rawv6_push_pending_frames (CVE-2023-0394)

    * use-after-free due to race condition in qdisc_graft() (CVE-2023-0590)

    * use-after-free caused by invalid pointer hostname in fs/cifs/connect.c (CVE-2023-1195)

    * denial of service in tipc_conn_close (CVE-2023-1382)

    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.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
248702	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49959	Nessus	Misc.	8/12/2025	9/30/2025	medium
175900	RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2023:2951)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/17/2023	9/10/2025	high
166118	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2022-008 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2022-008)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	10/14/2022	9/25/2025	high
175477	RHEL 9 : kernel (RHSA-2023:2458)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/13/2023	9/10/2025	high

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