SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 280691

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-2025:4320-1 advisory.

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 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-2022-50490: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace (bsc#1251164).
- CVE-2022-50516: fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr (bsc#1251741).
- CVE-2023-53365: ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() (bsc#1249988).
- 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-2025-37885: KVM: x86: Reset IRTE to host control if *new* route isn't postable (bsc#1242960).
- CVE-2025-38084: hugetlb: unshare some PMDs when splitting VMAs (bsc#1245498).
- CVE-2025-38085: mm/hugetlb: fix huge_pmd_unshare() vs GUP-fast race (bsc#1245499).
- CVE-2025-38476: rpl: Fix use-after-free in rpl_do_srh_inline() (bsc#1247317).
- CVE-2025-39742: RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask() (bsc#1249479).
- CVE-2025-39797: xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling (bsc#1249608).
- CVE-2025-39945: cnic: Fix use-after-free bugs in cnic_delete_task (bsc#1251230).
- CVE-2025-39967: fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font (bsc#1252033).
- 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-2025-39978: octeontx2-pf: Fix potential use after free in otx2_tc_add_flow() (bsc#1252069).
- CVE-2025-39981: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs (bsc#1252060).
- CVE-2025-40018: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (bsc#1252688).
- CVE-2025-40044: fs: udf: fix OOB read in lengthAllocDescs handling (bsc#1252785).

The following non security issues were fixed:

- NFS: remove revoked delegation from server's delegation list (bsc#1246211).
- NFSv4: Allow FREE_STATEID to clean up delegations (bsc#1246211).
- fbcon: Fix OOB access in font allocation (bsc#1252033)
- kabi fix for NFSv4: Allow FREE_STATEID to clean up delegations (bsc#1246211).
- kernel-subpackage-spec: Do not doubly-sign modules (bsc#1251930).
- mm: avoid unnecessary page fault retires on shared memory types (bsc#1251823).
- net: hv_netvsc: fix loss of early receive events from host during channel open (bsc#1252265).
- net: mana: Switch to page pool for jumbo frames (bsc#1248754).
- net: mana: Use page pool fragments for RX buffers instead of full pages to improve memory efficiency (bsc#1248754).
- netfilter: nft_objref: validate objref and objrefmap expressions (bsc#1250237).
- rpm/check-for-config-changes: ignore CONFIG_SCHED_PROXY_EXEC, too (bsc#1250946)

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: 280691

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4320-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2025

Updated: 12/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-39797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43945, CVE-2022-50327, CVE-2022-50334, CVE-2022-50470, CVE-2022-50471, CVE-2022-50472, CVE-2022-50475, CVE-2022-50478, CVE-2022-50479, CVE-2022-50480, CVE-2022-50482, CVE-2022-50484, CVE-2022-50485, CVE-2022-50488, CVE-2022-50489, CVE-2022-50490, CVE-2022-50492, CVE-2022-50493, CVE-2022-50494, CVE-2022-50496, CVE-2022-50497, CVE-2022-50498, CVE-2022-50499, CVE-2022-50501, CVE-2022-50503, CVE-2022-50504, CVE-2022-50505, CVE-2022-50509, CVE-2022-50511, CVE-2022-50512, CVE-2022-50513, CVE-2022-50514, CVE-2022-50515, CVE-2022-50516, CVE-2022-50519, CVE-2022-50520, CVE-2022-50521, CVE-2022-50523, CVE-2022-50524, CVE-2022-50525, CVE-2022-50526, CVE-2022-50527, CVE-2022-50528, CVE-2022-50529, CVE-2022-50530, CVE-2022-50532, CVE-2022-50534, CVE-2022-50535, CVE-2022-50537, CVE-2022-50541, CVE-2022-50542, CVE-2022-50543, CVE-2022-50544, CVE-2022-50545, CVE-2022-50546, CVE-2022-50549, CVE-2022-50551, CVE-2022-50553, CVE-2022-50556, CVE-2022-50559, CVE-2022-50560, CVE-2022-50561, CVE-2022-50562, CVE-2022-50563, CVE-2022-50564, CVE-2022-50566, CVE-2022-50567, CVE-2022-50568, CVE-2022-50570, CVE-2022-50572, CVE-2022-50574, CVE-2022-50575, CVE-2022-50576, CVE-2022-50577, CVE-2022-50578, CVE-2022-50579, CVE-2022-50580, CVE-2022-50581, CVE-2022-50582, CVE-2023-52923, CVE-2023-53365, CVE-2023-53500, CVE-2023-53533, CVE-2023-53534, CVE-2023-53539, CVE-2023-53541, CVE-2023-53542, CVE-2023-53546, CVE-2023-53547, CVE-2023-53548, CVE-2023-53551, CVE-2023-53552, CVE-2023-53553, CVE-2023-53554, CVE-2023-53556, CVE-2023-53557, CVE-2023-53559, CVE-2023-53560, CVE-2023-53562, CVE-2023-53564, CVE-2023-53566, CVE-2023-53567, CVE-2023-53568, CVE-2023-53571, CVE-2023-53572, CVE-2023-53574, CVE-2023-53578, CVE-2023-53579, CVE-2023-53580, CVE-2023-53581, CVE-2023-53582, CVE-2023-53587, CVE-2023-53589, CVE-2023-53591, CVE-2023-53592, CVE-2023-53594, CVE-2023-53597, CVE-2023-53598, CVE-2023-53601, CVE-2023-53603, CVE-2023-53604, CVE-2023-53605, CVE-2023-53607, CVE-2023-53608, CVE-2023-53611, CVE-2023-53612, CVE-2023-53615, CVE-2023-53616, CVE-2023-53617, CVE-2023-53619, CVE-2023-53622, CVE-2023-53625, CVE-2023-53626, CVE-2023-53631, CVE-2023-53637, CVE-2023-53639, CVE-2023-53640, CVE-2023-53641, CVE-2023-53644, CVE-2023-53648, CVE-2023-53650, CVE-2023-53651, CVE-2023-53658, CVE-2023-53659, CVE-2023-53662, CVE-2023-53667, CVE-2023-53668, CVE-2023-53670, CVE-2023-53673, CVE-2023-53674, CVE-2023-53675, CVE-2023-53679, CVE-2023-53680, CVE-2023-53681, CVE-2023-53683, CVE-2023-53687, CVE-2023-53692, CVE-2023-53693, CVE-2023-53695, CVE-2023-53696, CVE-2023-53697, CVE-2023-53700, CVE-2023-53704, CVE-2023-53705, CVE-2023-53707, CVE-2023-53708, CVE-2023-53709, CVE-2023-53711, CVE-2023-53715, CVE-2023-53716, CVE-2023-53717, CVE-2023-53718, CVE-2023-53719, CVE-2023-53722, CVE-2023-53723, CVE-2023-53724, CVE-2023-53725, CVE-2023-53726, CVE-2023-53730, CVE-2023-7324, CVE-2025-37885, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38476, CVE-2025-39742, CVE-2025-39797, CVE-2025-39945, CVE-2025-39965, CVE-2025-39967, CVE-2025-39968, CVE-2025-39973, CVE-2025-39978, CVE-2025-39981, CVE-2025-40018, CVE-2025-40044

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

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