SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 7 for SLE 15 SP2) (SUSE-SU-2021:3710-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155582

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3710-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-24_37 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2021-3752: Fixed vulnerability in the linux kernel Bluetooth uaf module (bsc#1190432).
- CVE-2021-41864: Fixed an integer overflow with a resultant out-of-bounds write in prealloc_elems_and_freelist in kernel/bpf/stackmap.c (bsc#1191318).

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 kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_37-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155582

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3710-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2021

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: Medium

Score: 6.9

Percentile: 97.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.9

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41864

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-24_37-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: 11/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3752, CVE-2021-41864

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3710-1

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