SUSE SLES16: cryptsetup / cryptsetup-doc / cryptsetup-lang / cryptsetup-ssh / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:22645-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 327619

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:22645-1 advisory.

Changes in cryptsetup:

- Fix for (bsc#1270254) to avoid undesired pinning of all volume keys (via the thread keyring) through the caller's credentials when the kernel opens a file. This is due to the refactoring in kernel commit a28d893eb327 (md: port block device access to file) that accidentally causes the caller's thread keyring to be kept alive long beyond the caller's lifetime, the kernel part is tracked in (bsc#1270252).

* Add keyring key type. [b6fb6fc0]
* Load volume keys in intermediary keyring linked in thread keyring. [413a3dd0]
* Use unique intermediary keyring name per device. [04ef07a7]
* Add regression tests. [bfcb0c38, bb5e8e9f, e6573494, aa214c09]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 327619

File Name: suse_SU-2026-22645-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/17/2026

Updated: 7/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cryptsetup-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cryptsetup-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcryptsetup-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cryptsetup, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcryptsetup12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cryptsetup-lang

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: 7/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2026

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:22645-1

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