SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 31 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2026:1048-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 303955

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1048-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.187 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2022-50697: mrp: introduce active flags to prevent UAF when applicant uninit (bsc#1255595).
- CVE-2023-53781: smc: Fix use-after-free in tcp_write_timer_handler() (bsc#1254755).
- CVE-2025-21738: ata: libata-sff: ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer (bsc#1257118).
- CVE-2025-38159: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds (bsc#1257629).
- CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1255053).
- CVE-2025-68284: libceph: prevent potential out-of-bounds writes in handle_auth_session_key() (bsc#1255378).
- CVE-2025-68285: libceph: fix potential use-after-free in have_mon_and_osd_map() (bsc#1255402).
- CVE-2025-68813: ipvs: fix ipv4 null-ptr-deref in route error path (bsc#1256644).
- CVE-2025-71085: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() (bsc#1256624).

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_187-default and / or kernel- livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 303955

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1048-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/27/2026

Updated: 3/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-38159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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_187-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_124-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: 3/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-50697, CVE-2023-53781, CVE-2025-21738, CVE-2025-38159, CVE-2025-40258, CVE-2025-68284, CVE-2025-68285, CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-71085

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1048-1

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