SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 38 for SLE 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2025:02468-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242601

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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-2025:02468-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150400_24_158 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238920).
- CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238912).
- CVE-2024-56558: nfsd: make sure exp active before svc_export_show (bsc#1243648).

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_158-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242601

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02468-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2025

Updated: 7/23/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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-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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56558

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_158-default, 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: 7/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49465, CVE-2024-56558, CVE-2025-21772

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02468-1

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