SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 62 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:03138-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 264514

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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-2025:03138-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_234 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237930).
- CVE-2025-38000: sch_hfsc: Fix qlen accounting bug when using peek in hfsc_enqueue() (bsc#1245775).
- CVE-2025-38212: ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU (bsc#1246030).

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_234-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 264514

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03138-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/11/2025

Updated: 9/11/2025

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-2025-38212

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-2022-49053

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_234-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: 9/10/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49053, CVE-2025-38000, CVE-2025-38212

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03138-1

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