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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 45 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2026:0185-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294916

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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-2026:0185-1 advisory.

 This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.179 fixes various security issues

 The following security issues were fixed:

 - CVE-2022-50327: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value (bsc#1254451).
 - CVE-2022-50490: bpf: Propagate error from htab_lock_bucket() to userspace (bsc#1251165).
 - CVE-2023-53676: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show() (bsc#1251787).
 - CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (bsc#1253437).

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_14_21-150400_24_179-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1251165

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1251787

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253437

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254451

http://www.nessus.org/u?ff1a2040

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50327

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50490

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53676

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40204

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294916

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0185-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2026

Updated: 1/22/2026

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-50327

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-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: 1/20/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50327, CVE-2022-50490, CVE-2023-53676, CVE-2025-40204

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0185-1