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

    This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150500.55.124 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.

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

high Nessus Plugin ID 303955

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.2 Apr 1, 2026, 10:26 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202604011026
Version 1.1 Mar 28, 2026, 12:01 PM New Plugin Feed: 202603281201