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.

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SUSE SLES15 : Security update for the Linux Kernel (SUSE-SU-2026:1606-1)

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Version 1.3 Sep 29, 2026, 8:55 PM Plugin metadata (plugin titles now identify these as Linux kernel security updates) Plugin Feed: 202609292055
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