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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 45 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2026:0533-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 299262

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0533-1 advisory.

 This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.179 fixes one security issue

 The following security issue was fixed:

 - CVE-2025-39742: RDMA: hfi1: fix possible divide-by-zero in find_hw_thread_mask() (bsc#1249480).

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 kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1249480

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9dfdc52

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-39742

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 299262

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0533-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2026

Updated: 2/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2025-39742

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_179-default

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: 2/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39742

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0533-1