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

  - mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption This patch addresses a critical memory management     flaw. When CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, cpumask_var_t is a pointer. Consequently, sizeof(new_mask)     evaluates to the pointer size, causing copy_from_user() to clobber the mask pointer. Furthermore, the old     logic performed copy_from_user() before allocating the mask. Fix this by allocating new_mask first. To     handle variable-sized user masks correctly, use cpumask_size() to truncate overly large user masks or pad     undersized masks with zeros before copying the data directly into the allocated buffer. (CVE-2026-72181)

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An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
335727	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72181	Nessus	Misc.	8/15/2026	9/4/2026	high
334784	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2026-5.0-92-0952	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	8/12/2026	9/7/2026	high

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