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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 17 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6) (SUSE-SU-2026:1099-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 304132

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-2026:1099-1 advisory.

 This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.4.0-150600.23.78 fixes various security issues

 The following security issues were fixed:

 - CVE-2025-40258: mptcp: fix race condition in mptcp_schedule_work() (bsc#1255053).
 - CVE-2025-40284: Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send timer when hdev removed (bsc#1257669).
 - CVE-2025-40297: net: bridge: fix use-after-free due to MST port state bypass (bsc#1255895).
 - 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-6_4_0-150600_23_78-default and / or kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_19-default packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255053

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255378

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255402

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1255895

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256624

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256644

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257669

http://www.nessus.org/u?d8ccb14a

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40258

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40284

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40297

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68284

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68285

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68813

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71085

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 304132

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1099-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2026

Updated: 3/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2025-71085

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-6_4_0-150600_23_78-default, 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: 3/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-40258, CVE-2025-40284, CVE-2025-40297, CVE-2025-68284, CVE-2025-68285, CVE-2025-68813, CVE-2025-71085

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1099-1