SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 70 for SLE 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2025:03662-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270824

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-2025:03662-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 4.12.14-122_266 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-50386: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free (bsc#1250302).
- CVE-2025-38499: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (bsc#1248673).
- CVE-2025-38644: wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated (bsc#1248749).

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_266-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270824

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03662-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_266-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: 10/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50386, CVE-2025-38499, CVE-2025-38644

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03662-1

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