SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 36 for SLE 12 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153620

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.180-94_135 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2021-3653: Fixed missing validation of the KVM `int_ctl` VMCB field that would have allowed a malicious L1 guest to enable AVIC support for the L2 guest (bsc#1189420).
- CVE-2021-38198: Fixed KVM MMU to use the correct inherited permissions to get shadow page (bsc#1189278).

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.

Solution

Update the affected kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153620

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3196-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.31

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3653

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_4_180-94_135-default

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3653, CVE-2021-38198

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3196-1

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