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: fs/ntfs3: Fix null-ptr-deref on     inode->i_op in ntfs_lookup() Syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref bug: ntfs3: loop0: Different NTFS' sector     size (1024) and media sector size (512) ntfs3: loop0: Mark volume as dirty due to NTFS errors general     protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000001: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN     KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000008-0x000000000000000f] RIP: 0010:d_flags_for_inode     fs/dcache.c:1980 [inline] RIP: 0010:__d_add+0x5ce/0x800 fs/dcache.c:2796 Call Trace: <TASK>     d_splice_alias+0x122/0x3b0 fs/dcache.c:3191 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3391 [inline] open_last_lookups     fs/namei.c:3481 [inline] path_openat+0x10e6/0x2df0 fs/namei.c:3688 do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0     fs/namei.c:3718 do_sys_openat2+0x124/0x4e0 fs/open.c:1310 do_sys_open fs/open.c:1326 [inline]
    __do_sys_open fs/open.c:1334 [inline] __se_sys_open fs/open.c:1330 [inline] __x64_sys_open+0x221/0x270     fs/open.c:1330 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x3d/0xb0     arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd If the MFT record of ntfs inode is not     a base record, inode->i_op can be NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen: ntfs_lookup() dir_search_u() #     inode->i_op is set to NULL d_splice_alias() __d_add() d_flags_for_inode() # inode->i_op->get_link null-     ptr-deref Fix this by adding a Check on inode->i_op before calling the d_splice_alias() function.
    (CVE-2023-53294)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-184 advisory.

    There is a potential deadlock in the eBPF subsystem in the Linux kernel.

    The default sysctl configuration kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled on Amazon Linux does not allow     unprivileged users to use eBPF. (CVE-2023-0160)

    A denial of service problem was found, due to a possible recursive locking scenario, resulting in a     deadlock in table_clear in drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c in the Linux Kernel Device Mapper-Multipathing sub-     component. (CVE-2023-2269)

    In the Linux kernel through 6.3.1, a use-after-free in Netfilter nf_tables when processing batch requests     can be abused to perform arbitrary read and write operations on kernel memory. Unprivileged local users     can obtain root privileges. This occurs because anonymous sets are mishandled. (CVE-2023-32233)

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.3. There is an out-of-bounds read in crc16 in     lib/crc16.c when called from fs/ext4/super.c because ext4_group_desc_csum does not properly check an     offset. (CVE-2023-34256)

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

    ext4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case (CVE-2023-53270)

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

    ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size() (CVE-2023-53285)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Fix null-ptr-deref on inode->i_op in ntfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53294)

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

    md/raid10: fix leak of 'r10bio->remaining' for recovery (CVE-2023-53299)

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

    ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent (CVE-2023-53317)

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

    ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa() (CVE-2023-53450)

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

    x86/MCE/AMD: Use an u64 for bank_map (CVE-2023-53474)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This     flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names     before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-0775)

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 5.15.117-72.142. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-021 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel through 6.2.7, fs/ntfs3/inode.c has an invalid kfree because it does not validate MFT     flags before replaying logs. (CVE-2022-48425)

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

    binder: fix UAF of alloc->vma in race with munmap() (CVE-2022-50240)

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

    binder: fix UAF of alloc->vma in race with munmap() (CVE-2022-50338)

    There is a potential deadlock in the eBPF subsystem in the Linux kernel.

    The default sysctl configuration kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled on Amazon Linux does not allow     unprivileged users to use eBPF. (CVE-2023-0160)

    A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's networking subsystem within the RPL protocol's handling. This issue     results from the improper handling of user-supplied data, which can lead to an assertion failure. This     flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create a denial of service condition on the system.
    (CVE-2023-2156)

    A heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Linux Kernel ipvlan network driver can be exploited to     achieve local privilege escalation.

    The out-of-bounds write is caused by missing skb->cb  initialization in the ipvlan network driver. The     vulnerability is reachable if CONFIG_IPVLAN is enabled.

    We recommend upgrading past commit 90cbed5247439a966b645b34eb0a2e037836ea8e. (CVE-2023-3090)

    A flaw in the Linux Kernel found in the GFS2 file system. On corrupted gfs2 file systems the evict code     can try to reference the journal descriptor structure, jdesc, after it has been freed and set to NULL. It     can lead to null pointer dereference when gfs2_trans_begin being called and then fail     ingfs2_evict_inode(). (CVE-2023-3212)

    An out of bounds (OOB) memory access flaw was found in the Linux kernel in relay_file_read_start_pos in     kernel/relay.c in the relayfs. This flaw could allow a local attacker to crash the system or leak kernel     internal information. (CVE-2023-3268)

    An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.3.3. There is an out-of-bounds read in crc16 in     lib/crc16.c when called from fs/ext4/super.c because ext4_group_desc_csum does not properly check an     offset. (CVE-2023-34256)

    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 fl_set_geneve_opt in net/sched/cls_flower.c in the Linux kernel before 6.3.7.
    It allows an out-of-bounds write in the flower classifier code via TCA_FLOWER_KEY_ENC_OPTS_GENEVE packets.
    This may result in denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2023-35788)

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

    serial: 8250: Reinit port->pm on port specific driver unbind (CVE-2023-53176)

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

    ACPICA: Avoid undefined behavior: applying zero offset to null pointer (CVE-2023-53182)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Add length check in indx_get_root (CVE-2023-53194)

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

    ext4: fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case (CVE-2023-53270)

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

    ext4: add bounds checking in get_max_inline_xattr_value_size() (CVE-2023-53285)

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

    fs/ntfs3: Fix null-ptr-deref on inode->i_op in ntfs_lookup() (CVE-2023-53294)

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

    md/raid10: fix leak of 'r10bio->remaining' for recovery (CVE-2023-53299)

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

    ext4: fix WARNING in mb_find_extent (CVE-2023-53317)

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

    rcu: Protect rcu_print_task_exp_stall() ->exp_tasks access (CVE-2023-53419)

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

    net: add vlan_get_protocol_and_depth() helper (CVE-2023-53433)

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

    ext4: remove a BUG_ON in ext4_mb_release_group_pa() (CVE-2023-53450)

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

    x86/MCE/AMD: Use an u64 for bank_map (CVE-2023-53474)

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

    lib: cpu_rmap: Avoid use after free on rmap->obj array entries (CVE-2023-53484)

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

    virtio_net: Fix error unwinding of XDP initialization (CVE-2023-53499)

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

    ext4: allow ext4_get_group_info() to fail (CVE-2023-53503)

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

    nbd: fix incomplete validation of ioctl arg (CVE-2023-53513)

    A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This     flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names     before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free. (CVE-2024-0775)

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
265668	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-53294	Nessus	Misc.	9/20/2025	9/30/2025	high
176925	Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2023-184)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	6/8/2023	10/14/2025	high
177781	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-021 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-021)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	6/29/2023	10/14/2025	high

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