In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry() Syzbot reported that a task hang occurs in vcs_open() during a fuzzing test for nilfs2. The root cause of this problem is that in nilfs_find_entry(), which searches for directory entries, ignores errors when loading a directory page/folio via nilfs_get_folio() fails. If the filesystem images is corrupted, and the i_size of the directory inode is large, and the directory page/folio is successfully read but fails the sanity check, for example when it is zero-filled, nilfs_check_folio() may continue to spit out error messages in bursts. Fix this issue by propagating the error to the callers when loading a page/folio fails in nilfs_find_entry(). The current interface of nilfs_find_entry() and its callers is outdated and cannot propagate error codes such as -EIO and -ENOMEM returned via nilfs_find_entry(), so fix it together.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2024-26924: scsi: lpfc: Release hbalock before calling lpfc_worker_wake_up() (bsc#1225820).
    - CVE-2024-27397: netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (bsc#1224095).
    - CVE-2024-35839: kABI fix for netfilter: bridge: replace physindev with physinif in nf_bridge_info     (bsc#1224726).
    - CVE-2024-36915: nfc: llcp: fix nfc_llcp_setsockopt() unsafe copies (bsc#1225758).
    - CVE-2024-41042: Prefer nft_chain_validate (bsc#1228526).
    - CVE-2024-44934: net: bridge: mcast: wait for previous gc cycles when removing port (bsc#1229809).
    - CVE-2024-44996: vsock: fix recursive ->recvmsg calls (bsc#1230205).
    - CVE-2024-47678: icmp: change the order of rate limits (bsc#1231854).
    - CVE-2024-50018: net: napi: Prevent overflow of napi_defer_hard_irqs (bsc#1232419).
    - CVE-2024-50039: kABI: Restore deleted EXPORT_SYMBOL(__qdisc_calculate_pkt_len) (bsc#1231909).
    - CVE-2024-50202: nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry() (bsc#1233324).
    - CVE-2024-50256: netfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix potential crash in nf_send_reset6() (bsc#1233200).
    - CVE-2024-50262: bpf: Fix out-of-bounds write in trie_get_next_key() (bsc#1233239).
    - CVE-2024-50278, CVE-2024-50280: dm cache: fix flushing uninitialized delayed_work on cache_ctr error     (bsc#1233467).
    - CVE-2024-50278: dm cache: fix potential out-of-bounds access on the first resume (bsc#1233467).
    - CVE-2024-53050: drm/i915/hdcp: Add encoder check in hdcp2_get_capability (bsc#1233546).
    - CVE-2024-53064: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (bsc#1233558).
    - CVE-2024-53090: afs: Fix lock recursion (bsc#1233637).
    - CVE-2024-53099: bpf: Check validity of link->type in bpf_link_show_fdinfo() (bsc#1233772).
    - CVE-2024-53105: mm: page_alloc: move mlocked flag clearance into free_pages_prepare() (bsc#1234069).
    - CVE-2024-53111: mm/mremap: fix address wraparound in move_page_tables() (bsc#1234086).
    - CVE-2024-53113: mm: fix NULL pointer dereference in alloc_pages_bulk_noprof (bsc#1234077).
    - CVE-2024-53117: virtio/vsock: Improve MSG_ZEROCOPY error handling (bsc#1234079).
    - CVE-2024-53118: vsock: Fix sk_error_queue memory leak (bsc#1234071).
    - CVE-2024-53119: virtio/vsock: Fix accept_queue memory leak (bsc#1234073).
    - CVE-2024-53122: mptcp: cope racing subflow creation in mptcp_rcv_space_adjust (bsc#1234076).
    - CVE-2024-53125: bpf: sync_linked_regs() must preserve subreg_def (bsc#1234156).
    - CVE-2024-53130: nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref in block_dirty_buffer tracepoint (bsc#1234219).
    - CVE-2024-53131: nilfs2: fix null-ptr-deref in block_touch_buffer tracepoint (bsc#1234220).
    - CVE-2024-53133: drm/amd/display: Handle dml allocation failure to avoid crash (bsc#1234221)
    - CVE-2024-53134: pmdomain: imx93-blk-ctrl: correct remove path (bsc#1234159).
    - CVE-2024-53141: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (bsc#1234381).
    - CVE-2024-53160: rcu/kvfree: Fix data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu (bsc#1234810).
    - CVE-2024-53161: EDAC/bluefield: Fix potential integer overflow (bsc#1234856).
    - CVE-2024-53179: smb: client: fix use-after-free of signing key (bsc#1234921).
    - CVE-2024-53214: vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended capability (bsc#1235004).
    - CVE-2024-53216: nfsd: fix UAF when access ex_uuid or ex_stats (bsc#1235003).
    - CVE-2024-53222: zram: fix NULL pointer in comp_algorithm_show() (bsc#1234974).
    - CVE-2024-53234: erofs: handle NONHEAD !delta[1] lclusters gracefully (bsc#1235045).
    - CVE-2024-53240: xen/netfront: fix crash when removing device (bsc#1234281).
    - CVE-2024-53241: x86/xen: use new hypercall functions instead of hypercall page (bsc#1234282).
    - CVE-2024-56549: cachefiles: Fix NULL pointer dereference in object->file (bsc#1234912).
    - CVE-2024-56566: mm/slub: Avoid list corruption when removing a slab from the full list (bsc#1235033).
    - CVE-2024-56582: btrfs: fix use-after-free in btrfs_encoded_read_endio() (bsc#1235128).
    - CVE-2024-56599: wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove (bsc#1235138).
    - CVE-2024-56604: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid leaving dangling sk pointer in rfcomm_sock_alloc()     (bsc#1235056).
    - CVE-2024-56755: netfs/fscache: Add a memory barrier for FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING (bsc#1234920).


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-50202 advisory.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: propagate directory read     errors from nilfs_find_entry() Syzbot reported that a task hang occurs in vcs_open() during a fuzzing test     for nilfs2. The root cause of this problem is that in nilfs_find_entry(), which searches for directory     entries, ignores errors when loading a directory page/folio via nilfs_get_folio() fails. If the filesystem     images is corrupted, and the i_size of the directory inode is large, and the directory page/folio is     successfully read but fails the sanity check, for example when it is zero-filled, nilfs_check_folio() may     continue to spit out error messages in bursts. Fix this issue by propagating the error to the callers when     loading a page/folio fails in nilfs_find_entry(). The current interface of nilfs_find_entry() and its     callers is outdated and cannot propagate error codes such as -EIO and -ENOMEM returned via     nilfs_find_entry(), so fix it together. (CVE-2024-50202)

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

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
214250	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0117-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
213470	Debian dla-4008 : linux-config-6.1 - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
213191	Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12887)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
213056	Oracle Linux 7 / 8 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2024-12884)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	critical
212993	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-50202)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
211393	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2024-4.0-0711	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

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