SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 68 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2026:1535-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 309170

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1535-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.258 fixes various security issues

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2026-23191: ALSA: aloop: Fix racy access at PCM trigger (bsc#1258396).
- CVE-2026-23268: apparmor: fix unprivileged local user can do privileged policy management (bsc#1259859).

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 kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_258-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 309170

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1535-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/22/2026

Updated: 4/22/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2026-23191

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:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_258-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: 4/21/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-23191, CVE-2026-23268

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1535-1

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