SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 0 for SLE 15 SP7) (SUSE-SU-2025:02942-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 253637

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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-2025:02942-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150700_51 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-38494: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request (bsc#1247350).
- CVE-2025-38495: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID (bsc#1247351).
- CVE-2025-38079: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept (bsc#1245218).
- CVE-2025-38083: net_sched: prio: fix a race in prio_tune() (bsc#1245350).
- CVE-2025-37797: net_sched: hfsc: Fix a UAF vulnerability in class handling (bsc#1245793).
- CVE-2025-37752: net_sched: sch_sfq: move the limit validation (bsc#1245776).
- CVE-2025-21702: pfifo_tail_enqueue: Drop new packet when sch->limit == 0 (bsc#1245797).

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_0-150700_51-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 253637

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02942-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/22/2025

Updated: 8/22/2025

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: 6.9

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-2025-38495

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_0-150700_51-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: 8/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-21702, CVE-2025-37752, CVE-2025-37797, CVE-2025-38079, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2025-38494, CVE-2025-38495

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02942-1

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