SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel RT (Live Patch 13 for SLE 15 SP6) (SUSE-SU-2025:03646-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 270841

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:03646-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 6.4.0-150600_10_44 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-38678: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates (bsc#1249534).
- CVE-2025-38499: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (bsc#1248673).
- CVE-2025-38396: fs: export anon_inode_make_secure_inode() and fix secretmem LSM bypass (bsc#1247158).
- CVE-2025-38566: sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts (bsc#1248376).
- CVE-2025-38644: wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated (bsc#1248749).
- CVE-2025-38206: exfat: fix double free in delayed_free (bsc#1246075).
- CVE-2025-38471: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock (bsc#1247452).

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_0-150600_10_44-rt and / or kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_8-rt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 270841

File Name: suse_SU-2025-03646-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/21/2025

Updated: 10/21/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38566

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38499

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_8-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_44-rt

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: 10/18/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38206, CVE-2025-38396, CVE-2025-38471, CVE-2025-38499, CVE-2025-38566, CVE-2025-38644, CVE-2025-38678

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:03646-1

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