SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 34 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2025:02112-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240580

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-2025:02112-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_144 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-56601: net: inet: do not leave a dangling sk pointer in inet_create() (bsc#1235231).
- CVE-2024-56605: Bluetooth: L2CAP: do not leave dangling sk pointer on error in l2cap_sock_create() (bsc#1235062).

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_24_144-default package.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56605

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-56601

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235062

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235231

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-June/040479.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240580

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02112-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2025

Updated: 6/26/2025

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56605

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/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_24_144-default

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: 6/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-56601, CVE-2024-56605

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02112-1