In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: test: Fix memory leak for aa_unpack_strdup() The string allocated by kmemdup() in aa_unpack_strdup() is not freed and cause following memory leaks, free them to fix it. unreferenced object 0xffffff80c6af8a50 (size 8): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 225, jiffies 4294894407 hex dump (first 8 bytes): 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 00 testing. backtrace (crc 5eab668b): [<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000006e6c7776>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x300/0x3e0 [<000000006870467c>] kmemdup_noprof+0x34/0x60 [<000000001176bb03>] aa_unpack_strdup+0xd0/0x18c [<000000008ecde918>] policy_unpack_test_unpack_strdup_with_null_name+0xf8/0x3ec [<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<0000000041bb1628>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80c2a29090 (size 8): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 227, jiffies 4294894409 hex dump (first 8 bytes): 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 00 testing. backtrace (crc 5eab668b): [<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000006e6c7776>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x300/0x3e0 [<000000006870467c>] kmemdup_noprof+0x34/0x60 [<000000001176bb03>] aa_unpack_strdup+0xd0/0x18c [<0000000046a45c1a>] policy_unpack_test_unpack_strdup_with_name+0xd0/0x3c4 [<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<0000000041bb1628>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

The remote Oracle Linux 8 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2025-20095 advisory.

    - macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet (Jianbo Liu)  [Orabug: 37268700]     {CVE-2024-50261}
    - net/mlx5e: Fix CT entry update leaks of modify header context (Chris Mi)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-43864}
    - net/mlx5: Fix missing lock on sync reset reload (Moshe Shemesh)  [Orabug: 36948578] {CVE-2024-42268}
    - mlxsw: core_linecards: Fix double memory deallocation in case of invalid INI file (Aleksandr Mishin)     [Orabug: 36948578] {CVE-2024-42138}
    - mlxsw: spectrum_buffers: Fix memory corruptions on Spectrum-4 systems (Ido Schimmel)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-42073}
    - net: wwan: iosm: Fix tainted pointer delete is case of region creation fail (Aleksandr Mishin)  [Orabug:
    36948578] {CVE-2024-40939}
    - net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (Shay Drory)  [Orabug: 36948578]     {CVE-2024-40906}

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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1 advisory.

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


    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2023-52489: mm/sparsemem: fix race in accessing memory_section->usage (bsc#1221326).
    - CVE-2024-26596: net: dsa: fix netdev_priv() dereference before check on non-DSA netdevice events     (bsc#1220355).
    - 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-2024-45828: i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Mask ring interrupts before ring stop request (bsc#1235705).
    - CVE-2024-46680: Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix random crash seen while removing driver (bsc#1230557).
    - CVE-2024-46765: ice: protect XDP configuration with a mutex (bsc#1230807).
    - CVE-2024-46800: sch/netem: fix use after free in netem_dequeue (bsc#1230827).
    - CVE-2024-47678: icmp: change the order of rate limits (bsc#1231854).
    - CVE-2024-48881: bcache: revert replacing IS_ERR_OR_NULL with IS_ERR again (bsc#1235727).
    - CVE-2024-49944: sctp: set sk_state back to CLOSED if autobind fails in sctp_listen_start (bsc#1232166).
    - CVE-2024-49951: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible crash on mgmt_index_removed (bsc#1232158).
    - CVE-2024-49952: netfilter: nf_tables: prevent nf_skb_duplicated corruption (bsc#1232157).
    - CVE-2024-49998: net: dsa: improve shutdown sequence (bsc#1232087).
    - 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-2024-50143: udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad (bsc#1233038).
    - CVE-2024-50151: smb: client: fix OOBs when building SMB2_IOCTL request (bsc#1233055).
    - CVE-2024-50199: mm/swapfile: skip HugeTLB pages for unuse_vma (bsc#1233112).
    - CVE-2024-50202: nilfs2: propagate directory read errors from nilfs_find_entry() (bsc#1233324).
    - CVE-2024-50252: mlxsw: spectrum_ipip: Fix memory leak when changing remote IPv6 address (bsc#1233201).
    - 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 bsc#1233469).
    - CVE-2024-50278: dm cache: fix potential out-of-bounds access on the first resume (bsc#1233467).
    - CVE-2024-50279: dm cache: fix out-of-bounds access to the dirty bitset when resizing (bsc#1233468).
    - CVE-2024-50296: net: hns3: fix kernel crash when uninstalling driver (bsc#1233485).
    - CVE-2024-50299: sctp: properly validate chunk size in sctp_sf_ootb() (bsc#1233488).
    - CVE-2024-53043: mctp i2c: handle NULL header address (bsc#1233523).
    - CVE-2024-53050: drm/i915/hdcp: Add encoder check in hdcp2_get_capability (bsc#1233546).
    - CVE-2024-53051: drm/i915/hdcp: Add encoder check in intel_hdcp_get_capability (bsc#1233547).
    - CVE-2024-53055: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix 6 GHz scan construction (bsc#1233550).
    - CVE-2024-53056: drm/mediatek: Fix potential NULL dereference in mtk_crtc_destroy() (bsc#1233568).
    - CVE-2024-53064: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (bsc#1233558 bsc#1234464).
    - CVE-2024-53090: afs: Fix lock recursion (bsc#1233637).
    - CVE-2024-53091: bpf: Add sk_is_inet and IS_ICSK check in tls_sw_has_ctx_tx/rx (bsc#1233638).
    - 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-2024-53110: vp_vdpa: fix id_table array not null terminated error (bsc#1234085).
    - 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-2024-53121: net/mlx5: fs, lock FTE when checking if active (bsc#1234078).
    - 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-2024-53138: net/mlx5e: kTLS, Fix incorrect page refcounting (bsc#1234223).
    - 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-2024-53164: net: sched: fix ordering of qlen adjustment (bsc#1234863).
    - CVE-2024-53170: block: fix uaf for flush rq while iterating tags (bsc#1234888).
    - CVE-2024-53172: ubi: fastmap: Fix duplicate slab cache names while attaching (bsc#1234898).
    - CVE-2024-53175: ipc: fix memleak if msg_init_ns failed in create_ipc_ns (bsc#1234893).
    - CVE-2024-53179: smb: client: fix use-after-free of signing key (bsc#1234921).
    - CVE-2024-53185: smb: client: fix NULL ptr deref in crypto_aead_setkey() (bsc#1234901).
    - CVE-2024-53195: KVM: arm64: Get rid of userspace_irqchip_in_use (bsc#1234957).
    - CVE-2024-53196: KVM: arm64: Do not retire aborted MMIO instruction (bsc#1234906).
    - CVE-2024-53198: xen: Fix the issue of resource not being properly released in xenbus_dev_probe()     (bsc#1234923).
    - 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-2024-53227: scsi: bfa: Fix use-after-free in bfad_im_module_exit() (bsc#1235011).
    - CVE-2024-53232: iommu/s390: Implement blocking domain (bsc#1235050).
    - CVE-2024-53234: erofs: handle NONHEAD !delta[1] lclusters gracefully (bsc#1235045).
    - CVE-2024-53236: xsk: Free skb when TX metadata options are invalid (bsc#1235000).
    - 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 (XSA-466 bsc#1234282).
    - CVE-2024-53685: ceph: give up on paths longer than PATH_MAX (bsc#1235720).
    - CVE-2024-55639: net: renesas: rswitch: avoid use-after-put for a device tree node (bsc#1235737).
    - CVE-2024-55881: KVM: x86: Play nice with protected guests in complete_hypercall_exit() (bsc#1235745).
    - CVE-2024-56372: net: tun: fix tun_napi_alloc_frags() (bsc#1235753).
    - 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-2024-56568: iommu/arm-smmu: Defer probe of clients after smmu device bound (bsc#1235032).
    - CVE-2024-56569: ftrace: Fix regression with module command in stack_trace_filter (bsc#1235031).
    - CVE-2024-56570: ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function (bsc#1235035).
    - CVE-2024-56582: btrfs: fix use-after-free in btrfs_encoded_read_endio() (bsc#1235128).
    - CVE-2024-56588: scsi: hisi_sas: Create all dump files during debugfs initialization (bsc#1235123).
    - CVE-2024-56589: scsi: hisi_sas: Add cond_resched() for no forced preemption model (bsc#1235241).
    - CVE-2024-56599: wifi: ath10k: avoid NULL pointer error during sdio remove (bsc#1235138).
    - CVE-2024-56602: net: ieee802154: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in ieee802154_create()     (bsc#1235521).
    - CVE-2024-56603: net: af_can: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in can_create() (bsc#1235415).
    - CVE-2024-56604: Bluetooth: RFCOMM: avoid leaving dangling sk pointer in rfcomm_sock_alloc()     (bsc#1235056).
    - CVE-2024-56605: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create()     (bsc#1235061).
    - CVE-2024-56611: mm/mempolicy: fix migrate_to_node() assuming there is at least one VMA in a MM     (bsc#1235391).
    - CVE-2024-56614: xsk: fix OOB map writes when deleting elements (bsc#1235424).
    - CVE-2024-56615: bpf: fix OOB devmap writes when deleting elements (bsc#1235426).
    - CVE-2024-56617: cacheinfo: Allocate memory during CPU hotplug if not done from the primary CPU     (bsc#1235429).
    - CVE-2024-56620: scsi: ufs: qcom: Only free platform MSIs when ESI is enabled (bsc#1235227).
    - CVE-2024-56622: scsi: ufs: core: sysfs: Prevent div by zero (bsc#1235251).
    - CVE-2024-56631: scsi: sg: Fix slab-use-after-free read in sg_release() (bsc#1235480).
    - CVE-2024-56635: net: avoid potential UAF in default_operstate() (bsc#1235519).
    - CVE-2024-56636: geneve: do not assume mac header is set in geneve_xmit_skb() (bsc#1235520).
    - CVE-2024-56637: netfilter: ipset: Hold module reference while requesting a module (bsc#1235523).
    - CVE-2024-56641: net/smc: initialize close_work early to avoid warning (bsc#1235526).
    - CVE-2024-56643: dccp: Fix memory leak in dccp_feat_change_recv (bsc#1235132).
    - CVE-2024-56648: net: hsr: avoid potential out-of-bound access in fill_frame_info() (bsc#1235451).
    - CVE-2024-56649: net: enetc: Do not configure preemptible TCs if SIs do not support (bsc#1235449).
    - CVE-2024-56656: bnxt_en: Fix aggregation ID mask to prevent oops on 5760X chips (bsc#1235444).
    - CVE-2024-56659: net: lapb: increase LAPB_HEADER_LEN (bsc#1235439).
    - CVE-2024-56660: net/mlx5: DR, prevent potential error pointer dereference (bsc#1235437).
    - CVE-2024-56664: bpf, sockmap: Fix race between element replace and close() (bsc#1235249).
    - CVE-2024-56675: bpf: Fix UAF via mismatching bpf_prog/attachment RCU flavors (bsc#1235555).
    - CVE-2024-56694: bpf: fix recursive lock when verdict program return SK_PASS (bsc#1235412).
    - CVE-2024-56704: 9p/xen: fix release of IRQ (bsc#1235584).
    - CVE-2024-56708: EDAC/igen6: Avoid segmentation fault on module unload (bsc#1235564).
    - CVE-2024-56712: udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path (bsc#1235565).
    - CVE-2024-56716: netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write() (bsc#1235587).
    - CVE-2024-56729: smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before performing network ops (bsc#1235503).
    - CVE-2024-56747: scsi: qedi: Fix a possible memory leak in qedi_alloc_and_init_sb() (bsc#1234934).
    - CVE-2024-56748: scsi: qedf: Fix a possible memory leak in qedf_alloc_and_init_sb() (bsc#1235627).
    - CVE-2024-56755: netfs/fscache: Add a memory barrier for FSCACHE_VOLUME_CREATING (bsc#1234920).
    - CVE-2024-56759: btrfs: fix use-after-free when COWing tree bock and tracing is enabled (bsc#1235645).
    - CVE-2024-56774: btrfs: add a sanity check for btrfs root in btrfs_search_slot() (bsc#1235653).
    - CVE-2024-56775: drm/amd/display: Fix handling of plane refcount (bsc#1235657).
    - CVE-2024-57791: net/smc: check return value of sock_recvmsg when draining clc data (bsc#1235759).
    - CVE-2024-57793: virt: tdx-guest: Just leak decrypted memory on unrecoverable errors (bsc#1235768).
    - CVE-2024-57795: RDMA/rxe: Remove the direct link to net_device (bsc#1235906).
    - CVE-2024-57801: net/mlx5e: Skip restore TC rules for vport rep without loaded flag (bsc#1235940).
    - CVE-2024-57804: scsi: mpi3mr: Fix corrupt config pages PHY state is switched in sysfs (bsc#1235779).
    - CVE-2024-57809: PCI: imx6: Fix suspend/resume support on i.MX6QDL (bsc#1235793).
    - CVE-2024-57838: s390/entry: Mark IRQ entries to fix stack depot warnings (bsc#1235798).
    - CVE-2024-57857: RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device (bsc#1235946).
    - CVE-2024-57892: ocfs2: fix slab-use-after-free due to dangling pointer dqi_priv (bsc#1235964).
    - CVE-2024-57896: btrfs: flush delalloc workers queue before stopping cleaner kthread during unmount     (bsc#1235965).
    - CVE-2024-57903: net: restrict SO_REUSEPORT to inet sockets (bsc#1235967).
    - CVE-2024-57929: dm array: fix releasing a faulty array block twice in dm_array_cursor_end (bsc#1236096).
    - CVE-2024-57932: gve: guard XDP xmit NDO on existence of xdp queues (bsc#1236190).
    - CVE-2024-57933: gve: guard XSK operations on the existence of queues (bsc#1236178).
    - CVE-2025-21632: x86/fpu: Ensure shadow stack is active before 'getting' registers (bsc#1236106).
    - CVE-2025-21649: net: hns3: fix kernel crash when 1588 is sent on HIP08 devices (bsc#1236143).
    - CVE-2025-21650: net: hns3: fixed hclge_fetch_pf_reg accesses bar space out of bounds issue     (bsc#1236144).
    - CVE-2025-21651: net: hns3: do not auto enable misc vector (bsc#1236145).
    - CVE-2025-21662: net/mlx5: Fix variable not being completed when function returns (bsc#1236198).


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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
215966	Oracle Linux 8 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2025-20095)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
214901	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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