SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 30 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2026:1212-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 305684

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-2026:1212-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.176 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2025-39973: i40e: add validation for ring_len param (bsc#1252036).
- CVE-2025-40018: ipvs: Defer ip_vs_ftp unregister during netns cleanup (bsc#1252689).
- CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf (bsc#1256780).
- CVE-2026-22999: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() (bsc#1257238).
- CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1258051).
- CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() (bsc#1258784).

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_176-default and / or kernel- livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 305684

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1212-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/9/2026

Updated: 4/9/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23209

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_121-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_176-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: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-39973, CVE-2025-40018, CVE-2025-71120, CVE-2026-22999, CVE-2026-23074, CVE-2026-23209

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1212-1

Detections

Analytics