SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel RT (Live Patch 9 for SLE 15 SP6) (SUSE-SU-2025:02405-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242542

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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-2025:02405-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_10_29 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-22115: btrfs: fix block group refcount race in btrfs_create_pending_block_groups() (bsc#1241579).
- 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 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_29-rt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242542

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02405-1.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-2025-21772

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_29-rt, 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: 7/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21772, CVE-2025-22115

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02405-1

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