In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pseries: Rework lppaca_shared_proc() to avoid DEBUG_PREEMPT lppaca_shared_proc() takes a pointer to the lppaca which is typically accessed through get_lppaca(). With DEBUG_PREEMPT enabled, this leads to checking if preemption is enabled, for example: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: grep/10693 caller is lparcfg_data+0x408/0x19a0 CPU: 4 PID: 10693 Comm: grep Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3 #2 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x154/0x200 (unreliable) check_preemption_disabled+0x214/0x220 lparcfg_data+0x408/0x19a0 ... This isn't actually a problem however, as it does not matter which lppaca is accessed, the shared proc state will be the same. vcpudispatch_stats_procfs_init() already works around this by disabling preemption, but the lparcfg code does not, erroring any time /proc/powerpc/lparcfg is accessed with DEBUG_PREEMPT enabled. Instead of disabling preemption on the caller side, rework lppaca_shared_proc() to not take a pointer and instead directly access the lppaca, bypassing any potential preemption checks. [mpe: Rework to avoid needing a definition in paca.h and lppaca.h]

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-50630: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault (bsc#1254785).
    - CVE-2022-50700: wifi: ath10k: Delay the unmapping of the buffer (bsc#1255576).
    - CVE-2023-53254: cacheinfo: Fix shared_cpu_map to handle shared caches at different levels (bsc#1249871).
    - CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254751).
    - CVE-2024-56590: Bluetooth: hci_core: Fix not checking skb length on hci_acldata_packet (bsc#1235038).
    - CVE-2025-39977: futex: Prevent use-after-free during requeue-PI (bsc#1252046).
    - CVE-2025-40019: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (bsc#1252678).
    - CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
    - CVE-2025-40215: kABI: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x (bsc#1254959).
    - CVE-2025-40220: fuse: fix livelock in synchronous file put from fuseblk workers (bsc#1254520).
    - CVE-2025-40233: ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (bsc#1254813).
    - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1254843).
    - CVE-2025-40277: drm/vmwgfx: Validate command header size against (bsc#1254894).
    - CVE-2025-40280: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self() (bsc#1254847).
    - CVE-2025-40331: sctp: Prevent TOCTOU out-of-bounds write (bsc#1254615).
    - CVE-2025-68732: gpu: host1x: Fix race in syncpt alloc/free (bsc#1255688).

    The following non security issues were fixed:

    - ACPI/IORT: Fix memory leak in iort_rmr_alloc_sids() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: PRM: Remove unnecessary strict handler address checks (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Do not pass NULL handles to acpi_attach_data() (git-fixes).
    - ACPI: property: Fix buffer properties extraction for subnodes (git-fixes).
    - KVM: SVM: Fix TSC_AUX virtualization setup (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/cm: Rate limit destroy CM ID timeout error message (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/counter: Check CAP_NET_RAW check in user namespace for RDMA counters (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/hns: Fix the modification of max_send_sge (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for anchor create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for devx create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/mlx5: Fix compilation warning when USER_ACCESS isn't set (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/nldev: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP modify (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Add empty rdma_uattrs_has_raw_cap() declaration (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for RAW QP create (git-fixes).
    - RDMA/uverbs: Check CAP_NET_RAW in user namespace for flow create (git-fixes).
    - arch/idle: Change arch_cpu_idle() behavior: always exit with IRQs disabled (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle/poll: Ensure IRQs stay disabled after cpuidle_state::enter() calls (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: Move IRQ state validation (git-fixes).
    - cpuidle: haltpoll: Do not enable interrupts when entering idle (git-fixes).
    - dm: free table mempools if not used in __bind (git-fixes).
    - padata: Honor the caller's alignment in case of chunk_size 0 (bsc#1237563).
    - platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Fail module load when plat_info is NULL (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Fix RSB clearing in indirect_branch_prediction_barrier() (git-fixes).
    - x86/bugs: Use SBPB in write_ibpb() if applicable (git-fixes).
    - x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Drop flags from __tdx_hypercall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Dynamically disable SEPT violations from causing #VEs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Emit warning if IRQs are enabled during HLT #VE handling (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Extend TDX_MODULE_CALL to support more TDCALL/SEAMCALL leafs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix __noreturn build warning around __tdx_hypercall_failed() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Introduce wrappers to read and write TD metadata (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make TDX_HYPERCALL asm similar to TDX_MODULE_CALL (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Make macros of TDCALLs consistent with the spec (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Pass TDCALL/SEAMCALL input/output registers via a structure (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Reimplement __tdx_hypercall() using TDX_MODULE_CALL asm (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove 'struct tdx_hypercall_args' (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Remove TDX_HCALL_ISSUE_STI (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename __tdx_module_call() to __tdcall() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Rename tdx_parse_tdinfo() to tdx_setup() (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Retry partially-completed page conversion hypercalls (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Skip saving output regs when SEAMCALL fails with VMFailInvalid (git-fixes).
    - x86/tdx: Zero out the missing RSI in TDX_HYPERCALL macro (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX_MODULE_CALL handle SEAMCALL #UD and #GP (git-fixes).
    - x86/virt/tdx: Wire up basic SEAMCALL functions (git-fixes).
    - xfs: fix sparse inode limits on runt AG (bsc#1254392).

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

  - powerpc/pseries: Rework lppaca_shared_proc() to avoid DEBUG_PREEMPT lppaca_shared_proc() takes a pointer     to the lppaca which is typically accessed through get_lppaca(). With DEBUG_PREEMPT enabled, this leads to     checking if preemption is enabled, for example: BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000]     code: grep/10693 caller is lparcfg_data+0x408/0x19a0 CPU: 4 PID: 10693 Comm: grep Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3 #2     Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x154/0x200 (unreliable) check_preemption_disabled+0x214/0x220     lparcfg_data+0x408/0x19a0 ... This isn't actually a problem however, as it does not matter which lppaca is     accessed, the shared proc state will be the same. vcpudispatch_stats_procfs_init() already works around     this by disabling preemption, but the lparcfg code does not, erroring any time /proc/powerpc/lparcfg is     accessed with DEBUG_PREEMPT enabled. Instead of disabling preemption on the caller side, rework     lppaca_shared_proc() to not take a pointer and instead directly access the lppaca, bypassing any potential     preemption checks. [mpe: Rework to avoid needing a definition in paca.h and lppaca.h] (CVE-2023-54267)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
297194	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
297191	SUSE SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
296680	SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
296676	SUSE SLES15: kernel-azure / kernel-azure-devel / kernel-devel-azure / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
296481	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
280771	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-54267	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high

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