SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 255199

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2024-36028: mm/hugetlb: fix DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1) when dissolve_free_hugetlb_folio() (bsc#1225707).
- CVE-2024-36348, CVE-2024-36349, CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357: x86/process: Move the buffer clearing before MONITOR (bsc#1238896).
- CVE-2024-44963: btrfs: do not BUG_ON() when freeing tree block after error (bsc#1230216).
- CVE-2024-49861: net: clear the dst when changing skb protocol (bsc#1245954).
- CVE-2024-56742: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() (bsc#1235613).
- CVE-2025-21839: KVM: x86: Load DR6 with guest value only before entering .vcpu_run() loop (bsc#1239061).
- CVE-2025-21854: selftest/bpf: Add vsock test for sockmap rejecting unconnected (bsc#1239470).
- CVE-2025-21872: efi/mokvar-table: Avoid repeated map/unmap of the same page (bsc#1240323).
- CVE-2025-22090: mm: (un)track_pfn_copy() fix + doc improvements (bsc#1241537).
- CVE-2025-23163: net: vlan: do not propagate flags on open (bsc#1242837).
- CVE-2025-37856: btrfs: harden block_group::bg_list against list_del() races (bsc#1243068).
- CVE-2025-37864: net: dsa: clean up FDB, MDB, VLAN entries on unbind (bsc#1242965).
- CVE-2025-37885: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable (bsc#1242960).
- CVE-2025-37920: kABI workaround for xsk: Fix race condition in AF_XDP generic RX path (bsc#1243479).
- CVE-2025-37984: crypto: ecdsa - Harden against integer overflows in DIV_ROUND_UP() (bsc#1243669).
- CVE-2025-38034: btrfs: correct the order of prelim_ref arguments in btrfs__prelim_ref (bsc#1244792).
- CVE-2025-38035: nvmet-tcp: do not restore null sk_state_change (bsc#1244801).
- CVE-2025-38051: smb: client: Fix use-after-free in cifs_fill_dirent (bsc#1244750).
- CVE-2025-38058: __legitimize_mnt(): check for MNT_SYNC_UMOUNT should be under mount_lock (bsc#1245151).
- CVE-2025-38061: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write() (bsc#1245440).
- CVE-2025-38062: kABI: restore layout of struct msi_desc (bsc#1245216).
- CVE-2025-38063: dm: fix unconditional IO throttle caused by REQ_PREFLUSH (bsc#1245202).
- CVE-2025-38064: virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown() (bsc#1245201).
- CVE-2025-38074: vhost-scsi: protect vq->log_used with vq->mutex (bsc#1244735).
- CVE-2025-38094: net: cadence: macb: Fix a possible deadlock in macb_halt_tx (bsc#1245649).
- CVE-2025-38097: kabi: restore encap_sk in struct xfrm_state (bsc#1245660).
- CVE-2025-38098: drm/amd/display: Do not treat wb connector as physical in (bsc#1245654).
- CVE-2025-38099: Bluetooth: btusb: Fix regression in the initialization of fake Bluetooth controllers (bsc#1245671).
- CVE-2025-38100: x86/iopl: Cure TIF_IO_BITMAP inconsistencies (bsc#1245650).
- CVE-2025-38105: ALSA: usb-audio: Kill timer properly at removal (bsc#1245682).
- CVE-2025-38115: net_sched: sch_sfq: fix a potential crash on gso_skb handling (bsc#1245689).
- CVE-2025-38117: hci_dev centralize extra lock (bsc#1245695).
- CVE-2025-38126: net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring timestamping (bsc#1245708).
- CVE-2025-38131: coresight: prevent deactivate active config while enabling the config (bsc#1245677).
- CVE-2025-38132: coresight: holding cscfg_csdev_lock while removing cscfg from csdev (bsc#1245679).
- CVE-2025-38147: calipso: unlock rcu before returning -EAFNOSUPPORT (bsc#1245768).
- CVE-2025-38158: hisi_acc_vfio_pci: fix XQE dma address error (bsc#1245750).
- CVE-2025-38162: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: prevent overflow in lookup table allocation (bsc#1245752).
- CVE-2025-38166: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap (bsc#1245758).
- CVE-2025-38180: net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling (bsc#1245970).
- CVE-2025-38182: ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device (bsc#1245937).
- CVE-2025-38183: net: lan743x: fix potential out-of-bounds write in lan743x_ptp_io_event_clock_get() (bsc#1246006).
- CVE-2025-38187: drm/nouveau: fix a use-after-free in r535_gsp_rpc_push() (bsc#1245951).
- CVE-2025-38188: drm/msm/a7xx: Call CP_RESET_CONTEXT_STATE (bsc#1246098).
- CVE-2025-38200: i40e: fix MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw (bsc#1246045).
- CVE-2025-38202: bpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() in bpf_map_lookup_percpu_elem() (bsc#1245980).
- CVE-2025-38203: jfs: Fix null-ptr-deref in jfs_ioc_trim (bsc#1246044).
- CVE-2025-38204: jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices (bsc#1245983).
- CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246073).
- CVE-2025-38210: configfs-tsm-report: Fix NULL dereference of tsm_ops (bsc#1246020).
- CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246029).
- CVE-2025-38220: ext4: only dirty folios when data journaling regular files (bsc#1245966).
- CVE-2025-38222: ext4: inline: fix len overflow in ext4_prepare_inline_data (bsc#1245976).
- CVE-2025-38236: af_unix: Disable MSG_OOB for unprivileged users (bsc#1246093).
- CVE-2025-38239: scsi: megaraid_sas: Fix invalid node index (bsc#1246178).
- CVE-2025-38244: smb: client: fix potential deadlock when reconnecting channels (bsc#1246183).
- CVE-2025-38248: bridge: mcast: Fix use-after-free during router port configuration (bsc#1246173).
- CVE-2025-38250: kABI workaround for bluetooth hci_dev changes (bsc#1246182).
- CVE-2025-38264: llist: add interface to check if a node is on a list (bsc#1246387).
- CVE-2025-38272: net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx (bsc#1246268).
- CVE-2025-38279: selftests/bpf: Add tests with stack ptr register in conditional jmp (bsc#1246264).
- CVE-2025-38283: hisi_acc_vfio_pci: bugfix live migration function without VF device driver (bsc#1246273).
- CVE-2025-38303: Bluetooth: eir: Fix possible crashes on eir_create_adv_data (bsc#1246354).
- CVE-2025-38310: seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses (bsc#1246361).
- CVE-2025-38323: net: atm: add lec_mutex (bsc#1246473).
- CVE-2025-38334: x86/sgx: Prevent attempts to reclaim poisoned pages (bsc#1246384).
- CVE-2025-38335: Input: gpio-keys - fix a sleep while atomic with PREEMPT_RT (bsc#1246250).
- CVE-2025-38337: jbd2: fix data-race and null-ptr-deref in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() (bsc#1246253).
- CVE-2025-38349: eventpoll: do not decrement ep refcount while still holding the ep mutex (bsc#1246777).
- CVE-2025-38350: net/sched: Always pass notifications when child class becomes empty (bsc#1246781).
- CVE-2025-38352: posix-cpu-timers: fix race between handle_posix_cpu_timers() and posix_cpu_timer_del() (bsc#1246911).
- CVE-2025-38364: maple_tree: fix MA_STATE_PREALLOC flag in mas_preallocate() (bsc#1247091).
- CVE-2025-38365: btrfs: fix a race between renames and directory logging (bsc#1247023).
- CVE-2025-38371: drm/v3d: Disable interrupts before resetting the GPU (bsc#1247178).
- CVE-2025-38375: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size (bsc#1247177).
- CVE-2025-38382: btrfs: fix iteration of extrefs during log replay (bsc#1247031).
- CVE-2025-38392: idpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock (bsc#1247169).
- CVE-2025-38396: fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass (bsc#1247156).
- CVE-2025-38399: scsi: target: Fix NULL pointer dereference in core_scsi3_decode_spec_i_port() (bsc#1247097).
- CVE-2025-38403: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it (bsc#1247141).
- CVE-2025-38414: wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850 (bsc#1247145).
- CVE-2025-38426: drm/amdgpu: Add basic validation for RAS header (bsc#1247252).
- CVE-2025-38429: bus: mhi: ep: Update read pointer only after buffer is written (bsc#1247253).
- CVE-2025-38455: KVM: SVM: Reject SEV{-ES} intra host migration if vCPU creation is in-flight (bsc#1247101).
- CVE-2025-38457: net/sched: Abort __tc_modify_qdisc if parent class does not exist (bsc#1247098).
- CVE-2025-38460: atm: clip: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in to_atmarpd() (bsc#1247143).
- CVE-2025-38461: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (bsc#1247103).
- CVE-2025-38462: vsock: Fix transport_{g2h,h2g} TOCTOU (bsc#1247104).
- CVE-2025-38463: tcp: Correct signedness in skb remaining space calculation (bsc#1247113).
- CVE-2025-38465: netlink: make sure we allow at least one dump skb (bsc#1247118).
- CVE-2025-38470: kABI fix for net: vlan: fix VLAN 0 refcount imbalance of toggling (bsc#1247288).
- CVE-2025-38471: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock (bsc#1247450).
- CVE-2025-38497: usb: gadget: configfs: Fix OOB read on empty string write (bsc#1247347).
- CVE-2025-38498: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (bsc#1247374).

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 255199

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02969-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-11135

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49861

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-11135, CVE-2024-36028, CVE-2024-36348, CVE-2024-36349, CVE-2024-36350, CVE-2024-36357, CVE-2024-44963, CVE-2024-49861, CVE-2024-56742, CVE-2024-57947, CVE-2025-21839, CVE-2025-21854, CVE-2025-21872, CVE-2025-22090, CVE-2025-23163, CVE-2025-37798, CVE-2025-37856, CVE-2025-37864, CVE-2025-37885, CVE-2025-37920, CVE-2025-37984, CVE-2025-38034, CVE-2025-38035, CVE-2025-38051, CVE-2025-38052, CVE-2025-38058, CVE-2025-38061, CVE-2025-38062, CVE-2025-38063, CVE-2025-38064, CVE-2025-38074, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38087, CVE-2025-38088, CVE-2025-38089, CVE-2025-38090, CVE-2025-38094, CVE-2025-38095, CVE-2025-38097, CVE-2025-38098, CVE-2025-38099, CVE-2025-38100, CVE-2025-38102, CVE-2025-38105, CVE-2025-38107, CVE-2025-38108, CVE-2025-38109, CVE-2025-38110, CVE-2025-38111, CVE-2025-38112, CVE-2025-38113, CVE-2025-38115, CVE-2025-38117, CVE-2025-38118, CVE-2025-38120, CVE-2025-38122, CVE-2025-38123, CVE-2025-38124, CVE-2025-38126, CVE-2025-38127, CVE-2025-38129, CVE-2025-38131, CVE-2025-38132, CVE-2025-38135, CVE-2025-38136, CVE-2025-38138, CVE-2025-38142, CVE-2025-38143, CVE-2025-38145, CVE-2025-38147, CVE-2025-38148, CVE-2025-38149, CVE-2025-38151, CVE-2025-38153, CVE-2025-38154, CVE-2025-38155, CVE-2025-38157, CVE-2025-38158, CVE-2025-38159, CVE-2025-38161, CVE-2025-38162, CVE-2025-38165, CVE-2025-38166, CVE-2025-38173, CVE-2025-38174, CVE-2025-38177, CVE-2025-38180, CVE-2025-38181, CVE-2025-38182, CVE-2025-38183, CVE-2025-38187, CVE-2025-38188, CVE-2025-38192, CVE-2025-38193, CVE-2025-38194, CVE-2025-38197, CVE-2025-38198, CVE-2025-38200, CVE-2025-38202, CVE-2025-38203, CVE-2025-38204, CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38210, CVE-2025-38211, CVE-2025-38212, CVE-2025-38213, CVE-2025-38214, CVE-2025-38215, CVE-2025-38217, CVE-2025-38220, CVE-2025-38222, CVE-2025-38225, CVE-2025-38226, CVE-2025-38227, CVE-2025-38229, CVE-2025-38231, CVE-2025-38236, CVE-2025-38239, CVE-2025-38244, CVE-2025-38246, CVE-2025-38248, CVE-2025-38249, CVE-2025-38250, CVE-2025-38257, CVE-2025-38259, CVE-2025-38264, CVE-2025-38272, CVE-2025-38273, CVE-2025-38275, CVE-2025-38277, CVE-2025-38279, CVE-2025-38283, CVE-2025-38286, CVE-2025-38289, CVE-2025-38290, CVE-2025-38292, CVE-2025-38293, CVE-2025-38300, CVE-2025-38303, CVE-2025-38304, CVE-2025-38305, CVE-2025-38307, CVE-2025-38310, CVE-2025-38312, CVE-2025-38313, CVE-2025-38319, CVE-2025-38323, CVE-2025-38326, CVE-2025-38328, CVE-2025-38332, CVE-2025-38334, CVE-2025-38335, CVE-2025-38336, CVE-2025-38337, CVE-2025-38338, CVE-2025-38342, CVE-2025-38343, CVE-2025-38344, CVE-2025-38345, CVE-2025-38348, CVE-2025-38349, CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2025-38352, CVE-2025-38354, CVE-2025-38362, CVE-2025-38363, CVE-2025-38364, CVE-2025-38365, CVE-2025-38369, CVE-2025-38371, CVE-2025-38373, CVE-2025-38375, CVE-2025-38376, CVE-2025-38377, CVE-2025-38380, CVE-2025-38382, CVE-2025-38384, CVE-2025-38385, CVE-2025-38386, CVE-2025-38387, CVE-2025-38389, CVE-2025-38391, CVE-2025-38392, CVE-2025-38393, CVE-2025-38395, CVE-2025-38396, CVE-2025-38399, CVE-2025-38400, CVE-2025-38401, CVE-2025-38403, CVE-2025-38404, CVE-2025-38406, CVE-2025-38409, CVE-2025-38410, CVE-2025-38412, CVE-2025-38414, CVE-2025-38415, CVE-2025-38416, CVE-2025-38420, CVE-2025-38424, CVE-2025-38425, CVE-2025-38426, CVE-2025-38428, CVE-2025-38429, CVE-2025-38430, CVE-2025-38436, CVE-2025-38443, CVE-2025-38448, CVE-2025-38449, CVE-2025-38455, CVE-2025-38457, CVE-2025-38460, CVE-2025-38461, CVE-2025-38462, CVE-2025-38463, CVE-2025-38465, CVE-2025-38467, CVE-2025-38468, CVE-2025-38470, CVE-2025-38471, CVE-2025-38473, CVE-2025-38474, CVE-2025-38476, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38478, CVE-2025-38480, CVE-2025-38481, CVE-2025-38482, CVE-2025-38483, CVE-2025-38485, CVE-2025-38487, CVE-2025-38489, CVE-2025-38494, CVE-2025-38495, CVE-2025-38496, CVE-2025-38497, CVE-2025-38498

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1

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