SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:4188-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276794

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4188-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-50327: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value (bsc#1249859).
- CVE-2022-50334: hugetlbfs: fix null-ptr-deref in hugetlbfs_parse_param() (bsc#1249857).
- CVE-2022-50388: nvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled (bsc#1250293).
- CVE-2022-50423: ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage() (bsc#1250784).
- CVE-2022-50432: kernfs: fix use-after-free in __kernfs_remove (bsc#1250851).
- CVE-2022-50488: block, bfq: fix possible uaf for 'bfqq->bic' (bsc#1251201).
- CVE-2022-50516: fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr (bsc#1251741).
- CVE-2023-53282: scsi: lpfc: Fix use-after-free KFENCE violation during sysfs firmware write (bsc#1250311).
- CVE-2023-53365: ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() (bsc#1249988).
- CVE-2023-53395: ACPICA: Add AML_NO_OPERAND_RESOLVE flag to Timer (bsc#1250358).
- CVE-2023-53500: xfrm: fix slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 (bsc#1250816).
- CVE-2023-53559: ip_vti: fix potential slab-use-after-free in decode_session6 (bsc#1251052).
- CVE-2023-53574: wifi: rtw88: delete timer and free skb queue when unloading (bsc#1251222).
- CVE-2023-53619: netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free (bsc#1251743).
- CVE-2023-53673: Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn (bsc#1251763).
- CVE-2023-53705: ipv6: Fix out-of-bounds access in ipv6_find_tlv() (bsc#1252554).
- CVE-2023-53722: md: raid1: fix potential OOB in raid1_remove_disk() (bsc#1252499).
- CVE-2025-38476: rpl: Fix use-after-free in rpl_do_srh_inline() (bsc#1247317).
- CVE-2025-39968: i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters (bsc#1252047).
- CVE-2025-39973: i40e: add validation for ring_len param (bsc#1252035).
- CVE-2025-40018: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (bsc#1252688).

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: 276794

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4188-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43945

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-preempt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-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: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43945, CVE-2022-50327, CVE-2022-50334, CVE-2022-50388, CVE-2022-50423, CVE-2022-50432, CVE-2022-50470, CVE-2022-50480, CVE-2022-50484, CVE-2022-50488, CVE-2022-50489, CVE-2022-50493, CVE-2022-50494, CVE-2022-50496, CVE-2022-50504, CVE-2022-50513, CVE-2022-50516, CVE-2022-50532, CVE-2022-50534, CVE-2022-50544, CVE-2022-50546, CVE-2022-50549, CVE-2022-50563, CVE-2022-50574, CVE-2023-53282, CVE-2023-53365, CVE-2023-53395, CVE-2023-53500, CVE-2023-53559, CVE-2023-53564, CVE-2023-53566, CVE-2023-53574, CVE-2023-53619, CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2023-53705, CVE-2023-53722, CVE-2025-38476, CVE-2025-39968, CVE-2025-39973, CVE-2025-40018, CVE-2025-40082

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4188-1

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