SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 51 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2025:4171-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276791

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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-2025:4171-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.3.18-150300.59.185 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-50388: nvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled (bsc#1250295).
- CVE-2022-50432: kernfs: fix use-after-free in __kernfs_remove (bsc#1251228).
- CVE-2023-53673: Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn (bsc#1251983).
- CVE-2024-53141: netfilter: ipset: add missing range check in bitmap_ip_uadt (bsc#1245778).

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-5_3_18-150300_59_185-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276791

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4171-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

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: 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-2024-53141

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-5_3_18-150300_59_185-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: 11/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50388, CVE-2022-50432, CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2024-53141

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4171-1

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