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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0009840Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2026-09-02 21:59
Reportercyberdocwi Assigned Tosbrun  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Summary0009840: Kali Linux + OpenVAS not working - crashes
Description

Hello,

This is my first entry; please pardon if I am incomplete.

As documented in https://forum.greenbone.net/t/kali-scans-fail-at-0-vas-23-45-1-gvm-libs-22-41-0/22473/5 we see that a fully updated Kali environment

└─# uname -a
Linux openvas-arf 7.0.12+kali-amd64 0000001 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Kali 7.0.12-2kali1 (2026-06-18) x86_64 GNU/Linux

has a problem with OpenVAS

┌──(root㉿openvas-arf)-[~]
└─# gvmd --version
Greenbone Vulnerability Manager 26.24.0

When OpenVAS starts to run, some python errors are generated, and the whole process terminates.

A member of the Greenbone Team said that the upstream issue should be repaired, and that the repositories need an update. His words:

The issue stems from a Python 3.14 compatibility bug in ospd-openvas/OSPd multiprocessing due to a change in Python 3.14/Linux, where multiprocessing now defaults to forkserver instead of fork. forkserver requires the Process target to be pickleable.

He suggested that a bug report be sent; that brought me to your website.

As it is all laid out in https://forum.greenbone.net/t/kali-scans-fail-at-0-vas-23-45-1-gvm-libs-22-41-0/22473/5 please let me know if you need more details.

Thank you.

Activities

eero.volotinen@iki.fi

[email protected]

2026-08-27 18:14

reporter   ~0021958

fixes available from:

https://github.com/netseevol/openvas-patches-eero/

first to patch issue in live filesystem and second to rebuild fixed deb..

Have fun

br,
Eero
[email protected]

sbrun

sbrun

2026-08-28 07:12

manager   ~0021961

thank you for the report.
We are working on the updates of the packages for gvm/openvas.

sbrun

sbrun

2026-08-31 09:47

manager   ~0021965

I have uploaded ospd-openvas version 22.10.5-1 in kali-rolling. It fixes this issue.

I will update the other packages of gvm* too.

cyberdocwi

cyberdocwi

2026-08-31 16:06

reporter   ~0021966

Hello,
I saw the update for ospd-openvas this morning, and I am testing. Will report back. Thank you.

cyberdocwi

cyberdocwi

2026-09-02 21:59

reporter   ~0021969

Hello,

I updated two independent machines, and both are working properly. Thank you for repairing the issue, and not sure if I can mark it closed, or if an admin can, but all is well from my end.
Thank you,

Christian

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-08-24 21:58 cyberdocwi New Issue
2026-08-27 18:14 [email protected] Note Added: 0021958
2026-08-28 06:59 sbrun Assigned To => sbrun
2026-08-28 06:59 sbrun Status new => assigned
2026-08-28 07:12 sbrun Note Added: 0021961
2026-08-31 09:47 sbrun Note Added: 0021965
2026-08-31 16:06 cyberdocwi Note Added: 0021966
2026-09-02 21:59 cyberdocwi Note Added: 0021969