Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-26959

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  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: btnxpuart: Fix
    btnxpuart_close Fix scheduling while atomic BUG in btnxpuart_close(), properly purge the transmit queue
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    hci_dev_close_sync+0x2d8/0x718 [bluetooth] [ 10.981728] hci_dev_do_close+0x2c/0x70 [bluetooth] [
    10.981862] hci_power_off+0x20/0x64 [bluetooth] (CVE-2024-26959)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

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    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
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