SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 63 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:02415-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242525

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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-2025:02415-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_237 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-53146: NFSD: Prevent a potential integer overflow (bsc#1234854).
- CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238920).
- CVE-2024-53214: vfio/pci: Properly hide first-in-list PCIe extended capability (bsc#1235005).
- CVE-2024-53173: NFSv4.0: Fix a use-after-free problem in the asynchronous open() (bsc#1234892).
- 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).

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_237-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242525

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02415-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

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-2024-53173

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:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_237-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: 12/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49465, CVE-2024-53146, CVE-2024-53173, CVE-2024-53214, CVE-2024-57893, CVE-2025-21772

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02415-1

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