SUSE SLES16 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 6 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 16) (SUSE-SU-2026:24451-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 374177

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:24451-1 advisory.

This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 6.12.0-160000.27.1 fixes various security issues:

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2026-53131: netfilter: require Ethernet MAC header before using eth_hdr() (bsc#1269775).
- CVE-2026-63794: KVM: SVM: Fix page overflow in sev_dbg_crypt() for ENCRYPT path (bsc#1271965).
- CVE-2026-63795: 9p: avoid putting oldfid in p9_client_walk() error path (bsc#1272136).
- CVE-2026-63887: scsi: target: iscsi: Bound iscsi_encode_text_output() appends to rsp_buf (bsc#1272386).
- CVE-2026-63939: KVM: SEV: Compute the correct max length of the in-GHCB scratch area (bsc#1272692).
- CVE-2026-64054: net: shaper: reject duplicate leaves in GROUP request (bsc#1272895).
- CVE-2026-68158: libceph: Fix multiplication overflow in decode_new_up_state_weight() (bsc#1276303).

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-6_12_0-160000_27-default package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 374177

File Name: suse_SU-2026-24451-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/30/2026

Updated: 10/30/2026

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 93.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-64054

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_27-default

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: 10/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-53131, CVE-2026-63794, CVE-2026-63795, CVE-2026-63887, CVE-2026-63939, CVE-2026-64054, CVE-2026-68158

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2026:24451-1

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