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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:2853-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205279

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:2853-1 advisory.

 This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_68 fixes one issue.

 The following security issue was fixed:

 - CVE-2024-26923: Fixed false-positive lockdep splat for spin_lock() in __unix_gc() (bsc#1223683).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default package.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26923

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1223683

http://www.nessus.org/u?fca278d5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205279

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2853-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2024

Updated: 12/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26923

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_68-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26923

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2853-1