SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 71 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2026:3706-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 339308

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-2026:3706-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 4.12.14-122.269 fixes various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2023-53995: net: ipv4: fix one memleak in __inet_del_ifa() (bsc#1269284).
- CVE-2025-40204,CVE-2026-53224,CVE-2026-53246: sctp: validate cached peer INIT chunk length in COOKIE_ECHO processing (bsc#1253437 bsc#1270023 bsc#1270024).
- CVE-2025-40204: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time (bsc#1253437).
- CVE-2026-23449: net/sched: teql: Fix double-free in teql_master_xmit (bsc#1262213).
- CVE-2026-31629: nfc: llcp: add missing return after LLCP_CLOSED checks (bsc#1263791).
- CVE-2026-31759: usb: ulpi: fix double free in ulpi_register_interface() error path (bsc#1264078).
- CVE-2026-43077: crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption (bsc#1265306).
- CVE-2026-43206: drm/amdkfd: Fix out-of-bounds write in kfd_event_page_set() (bsc#1266668).
- CVE-2026-46331: net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache (bsc#1267625).
- CVE-2026-52923: ipc: limit next_id allocation to the valid ID range (bsc#1269034).
- CVE-2026-52956: libceph: Fix potential out-of-bounds access in __ceph_x_decrypt() (bsc#1272139).
- CVE-2026-52972: crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000 (bsc#1269196).
- CVE-2026-64600: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK (RefluXFS) (bsc#1271543).

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_269-default package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253437

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262213

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1263791

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1264078

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265306

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1266668

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1267625

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269034

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269196

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269284

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270023

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1270024

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271543

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1272139

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-August/049430.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53995

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40204

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23449

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31629

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31759

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43077

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-43206

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46331

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52923

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52956

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52972

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53224

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53246

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-64600

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 339308

File Name: suse_SU-2026-3706-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2026

Updated: 8/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.9

Percentile: 99.36

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31759

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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_269-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: 8/23/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-53995, CVE-2025-40204, CVE-2026-23449, CVE-2026-31629, CVE-2026-31759, CVE-2026-43077, CVE-2026-43206, CVE-2026-46331, CVE-2026-52923, CVE-2026-52956, CVE-2026-52972, CVE-2026-53224, CVE-2026-53246, CVE-2026-64600

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:3706-1