SUSE SLES15: kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_219-default / etc (SUSE-SU-2026:3351-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 330557

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-2026:3351-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.219 fixes various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2026-43038: ipv6: icmp: clear skb2->cb[] in ip6_err_gen_icmpv6_unreach() (bsc#1271648).
- CVE-2026-46113: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN (bsc#1266970).
- CVE-2026-53359: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role (bsc#1270060).

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_219-default and / or kernel- livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_166-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 330557

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3351-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/29/2026

Updated: 7/29/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9

Percentile: 99.75

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-43038

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-53359

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_219-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_166-default

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-43038, CVE-2026-46113, CVE-2026-53359

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3351-1

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