SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 65 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:02090-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 240608

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02090-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_247 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream (bsc#1238730).
- CVE-2022-49179: block, bfq: do not move oom_bfqq (bsc#1241331).

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_12_14-122_247-default package.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49179

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49545

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1238730

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1241331

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-June/040455.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240608

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02090-1.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

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49545

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49179

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_247-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: 6/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49179, CVE-2022-49545

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02090-1