SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2023:0749-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172654

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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-2023:0749-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4 RT kernel was updated to receive various security and bugfixes.

- CVE-2022-3523: Fixed use after free related to device private page handling (bsc#1204363).
- CVE-2022-38096: Fixed NULL-ptr deref in vmw_cmd_dx_define_query() (bsc#1203331).
- CVE-2023-0461: Fixed use-after-free in icsk_ulp_data (bsc#1208787).
- CVE-2023-0597: Fixed lack of randomization of per-cpu entry area in x86/mm (bsc#1207845).
- CVE-2023-1118: Fixed a use-after-free bugs caused by ene_tx_irqsim() in media/rc (bsc#1208837).
- CVE-2023-22995: Fixed lacks of certain platform_device_put and kfree in drivers/usb/dwc3/dwc3-qcom.c (bsc#1208741).
- CVE-2023-22998: Fixed misinterpretation of the irtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() return value (bsc#1208776).
- CVE-2023-23000: Fixed return value of tegra_xusb_find_port_node function phy/tegra (bsc#1208816).
- CVE-2023-23004: Fixed misinterpretation of the get_sg_table return value in arm/malidp_planes.c (bsc#1208843).
- CVE-2023-23559: Fixed integer overflow in rndis_wlan that leads to a buffer overflow (bsc#1207051).
- CVE-2023-25012: Fixed a use-After-Free in bigben_set_led() in hid (bsc#1207560).
- CVE-2023-26545: Fixed double free in net/mpls/af_mpls.c upon an allocation failure (bsc#1208700).

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_14_21-150400_15_14-rt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172654

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0749-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/17/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23559

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_15_14-rt

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: 3/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3523, CVE-2022-38096, CVE-2023-0461, CVE-2023-0597, CVE-2023-1118, CVE-2023-22995, CVE-2023-22998, CVE-2023-23000, CVE-2023-23004, CVE-2023-23559, CVE-2023-25012, CVE-2023-26545

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0749-1

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