SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279673

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 Azure kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2022-50253: bpf: make sure skb->len != 0 when redirecting to a tunneling device (bsc#1249912).
- CVE-2023-53676: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show() (bsc#1251786).
- CVE-2025-21710: tcp: correct handling of extreme memory squeeze (bsc#1237888).
- CVE-2025-37916: pds_core: remove write-after-free of client_id (bsc#1243474).
- CVE-2025-38359: s390/mm: Fix in_atomic() handling in do_secure_storage_access() (bsc#1247076).
- CVE-2025-38361: drm/amd/display: Check dce_hwseq before dereferencing it (bsc#1247079).
- CVE-2025-39788: scsi: ufs: exynos: Fix programming of HCI_UTRL_NEXUS_TYPE (bsc#1249547).
- CVE-2025-39805: net: macb: fix unregister_netdev call order in macb_remove() (bsc#1249982).
- CVE-2025-39819: fs/smb: Fix inconsistent refcnt update (bsc#1250176).
- CVE-2025-39859: ptp: ocp: fix use-after-free bugs causing by ptp_ocp_watchdog (bsc#1250252).
- CVE-2025-39944: octeontx2-pf: Fix use-after-free bugs in otx2_sync_tstamp() (bsc#1251120).
- CVE-2025-39980: nexthop: Forbid FDB status change while nexthop is in a group (bsc#1252063).
- CVE-2025-40001: scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue (bsc#1252303).
- CVE-2025-40021: tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent (bsc#1252681).
- CVE-2025-40027: net/9p: fix double req put in p9_fd_cancelled (bsc#1252763).
- CVE-2025-40030: pinctrl: check the return value of pinmux_ops::get_function_name() (bsc#1252773).
- CVE-2025-40038: KVM: SVM: Skip fastpath emulation on VM-Exit if next RIP isn't valid (bsc#1252817).
- CVE-2025-40040: mm/ksm: fix flag-dropping behavior in ksm_madvise (bsc#1252780).
- CVE-2025-40048: uio_hv_generic: Let userspace take care of interrupt mask (bsc#1252862).
- CVE-2025-40055: ocfs2: fix double free in user_cluster_connect() (bsc#1252821).
- CVE-2025-40059: coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc (bsc#1252809).
- CVE-2025-40064: smc: Fix use-after-free in __pnet_find_base_ndev() (bsc#1252845).
- CVE-2025-40070: pps: fix warning in pps_register_cdev when register device fail (bsc#1252836).
- CVE-2025-40074: ipv4: start using dst_dev_rcu() (bsc#1252794).
- CVE-2025-40075: tcp_metrics: use dst_dev_net_rcu() (bsc#1252795).
- CVE-2025-40083: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix null-deref in agg_dequeue (bsc#1252912).
- CVE-2025-40098: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state() (bsc#1252917).
- CVE-2025-40105: vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (bsc#1252928).
- CVE-2025-40139: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set() (bsc#1253409).
- CVE-2025-40149: tls: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in get_netdev_for_sock() (bsc#1253355).
- CVE-2025-40159: xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation (bsc#1253403).
- CVE-2025-40168: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match() (bsc#1253427).
- CVE-2025-40169: bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops (bsc#1253416).
- CVE-2025-40173: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (bsc#1253421).
- CVE-2025-40176: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (bsc#1253425).
- CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (bsc#1253436).

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: 279673

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4505-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/24/2025

Updated: 12/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

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-2025-39859

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-source-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel-azure, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-azure, 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: 12/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50253, CVE-2023-53676, CVE-2025-21710, CVE-2025-37916, CVE-2025-38359, CVE-2025-38361, CVE-2025-39788, CVE-2025-39805, CVE-2025-39819, CVE-2025-39859, CVE-2025-39944, CVE-2025-39980, CVE-2025-40001, CVE-2025-40021, CVE-2025-40027, CVE-2025-40030, CVE-2025-40038, CVE-2025-40040, CVE-2025-40048, CVE-2025-40055, CVE-2025-40059, CVE-2025-40064, CVE-2025-40070, CVE-2025-40074, CVE-2025-40075, CVE-2025-40083, CVE-2025-40098, CVE-2025-40105, CVE-2025-40107, CVE-2025-40109, CVE-2025-40110, CVE-2025-40111, CVE-2025-40115, CVE-2025-40116, CVE-2025-40118, CVE-2025-40120, CVE-2025-40121, CVE-2025-40127, CVE-2025-40129, CVE-2025-40139, CVE-2025-40140, CVE-2025-40141, CVE-2025-40149, CVE-2025-40154, CVE-2025-40156, CVE-2025-40157, CVE-2025-40159, CVE-2025-40164, CVE-2025-40168, CVE-2025-40169, CVE-2025-40171, CVE-2025-40172, CVE-2025-40173, CVE-2025-40176, CVE-2025-40180, CVE-2025-40183, CVE-2025-40186, CVE-2025-40188, CVE-2025-40194, CVE-2025-40198, CVE-2025-40200, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2025-40205, CVE-2025-40206, CVE-2025-40207

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1

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