SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel-firmware (SUSE-SU-2026:0216-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 296476

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:0216-1 advisory.

- Update AMD CPU ucode to 20251203 (bsc#1256483)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256483

http://www.nessus.org/u?3e84cad0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 296476

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0216-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2026

Updated: 1/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ucode-amd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-usb-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-network, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-media, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-radeon, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-bnx2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-qcom, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-marvell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-atheros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-serial, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-all, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mellanox, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-dpaa2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-nvidia, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-i915, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ath11k, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-sound, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ath10k, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-qlogic, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mediatek, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-realtek, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-brcm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-prestera, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-amdgpu, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-mwifiex, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-iwlwifi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-liquidio, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ti, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-nfp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-ueagle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-bluetooth, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-chelsio, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-intel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-firmware-platform

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: 1/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/22/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0216-1