SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel RT (Live Patch 1 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7) (SUSE-SU-2025:4164-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276798

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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-2025:4164-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-150600.10.39 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-38500: xfrm: interface: fix use-after-free after changing collect_md xfrm interface (bsc#1248672).
- CVE-2025-38616: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP (bsc#1249537).

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_39-rt and / or kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276798

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4164-1.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: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38616

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-2025-38500

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt, 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: 11/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38500, CVE-2025-38616

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4164-1

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