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SUSE SLES15 : Recommended update for initial livepatch (SUSE-SU-2026:1606-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 310236

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:1606-1 advisory.

 The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to fix various security issues

 The following security issues were fixed:

 - CVE-2025-38234: sched/rt: Fix race in push_rt_task (bsc#1246057).
 - CVE-2026-23103: ipvlan: Make the addrs_lock be per port (bsc#1257773).
 - CVE-2026-23243: RDMA/umad: Reject negative data_len in ib_umad_write (bsc#1259797).
 - CVE-2026-23272: netfilter: nf_tables: unconditionally bump set-nelems before insertion (bsc#1260009).
 - CVE-2026-23274: netfilter: xt_IDLETIMER: reject rev0 reuse of ALARM timer labels (bsc#1260005).
 - CVE-2026-23317: drm/vmwgfx: Return the correct value in vmw_translate_ptr functions (bsc#1260562).

 The following non security issues were fixed:

 - nvme-fc: use ctrl state getter (git-fixes bsc#1215492).
 - nvme-pci: fix queue unquiesce check on slot_reset (git-fixes).
 - nvme-pci: skip nvme_write_sq_db on empty rqlist (git-fixes).
 - PCI: dwc: ep: Return -ENOMEM for allocation failures (git-fixes).
 - PCI: Fix lock symmetry in pci_slot_unlock() (git-fixes).
 - PCI: Fix pci_slot_trylock() error handling (git-fixes).
 - PCI: tegra194: Fix duplicate PLL disable in pex_ep_event_pex_rst_assert() (git-fixes).
 - PCI/ACS: Fix 'pci=config_acs=' parameter (git-fixes).
 - x86/platform/uv: Handle deconfigured sockets (bsc#1260347).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215492

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1246057

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38234

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256675

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68818

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257773

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1259797

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260005

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260009

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260347

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23103

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23243

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23272

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23274

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1260562

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23317

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045934.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 310236

File Name: suse_SU-2026-1606-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2026

Updated: 4/25/2026

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-23103

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:reiserfs-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-macros, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_144-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default-livepatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-zfcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cluster-md-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-obs-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-syms, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ocfs2-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dlm-kmp-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-source, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-64kb, 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: 4/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-38234, CVE-2025-68818, CVE-2026-23103, CVE-2026-23243, CVE-2026-23272, CVE-2026-23274, CVE-2026-23317

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:1606-1