SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 5 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7) (SUSE-SU-2026:0561-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 299265

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-2026:0561-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise kernel 6.4.0-150700.53.19 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-40129: sunrpc: fix null pointer dereference on zero-length checksum (bsc#1253473).
- CVE-2025-40186: tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request() (bsc#1253439).

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-6_4_0-150700_53_19-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299265

File Name: suse_SU-2026-0561-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/17/2026

Updated: 2/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-40186

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_19-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: 2/16/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40129, CVE-2025-40186

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:0561-1

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