SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 22 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:02437-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242500

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-2025:02437-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_91 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-57893: ALSA: seq: oss: Fix races at processing SysEx messages (bsc#1235921).
- CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238912).
- CVE-2024-53166: block, bfq: fix bfqq uaf in bfq_limit_depth() (bsc#1234885).
- CVE-2024-57793: virt: tdx-guest: Just leak decrypted memory on unrecoverable errors (bsc#1235769).

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_21-150500_55_91-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234885

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235769

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1235921

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1238912

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-July/040832.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53166

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57793

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-57893

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21772

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242500

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02437-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-2024-53166

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_21-150500_55_91-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: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53166, CVE-2024-57793, CVE-2024-57893, CVE-2025-21772

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02437-1