In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2022-49053: scsi: target: tcmu: Fix possible page UAF (bsc#1237918).
    - CVE-2022-49465: blk-throttle: Set BIO_THROTTLED when bio has been throttled (bsc#1238919).
    - CVE-2022-49739: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes (bsc#1240207).
    - CVE-2023-52935: mm/khugepaged: fix ->anon_vma race (bsc#1240276).
    - CVE-2024-53124: net: fix data-races around sk->sk_forward_alloc (bsc#1234074).
    - CVE-2024-53176: smb: During unmount, ensure all cached dir instances drop their dentry (bsc#1234894).
    - CVE-2024-53178: smb: Do not leak cfid when reconnect races with open_cached_dir (bsc#1234895).
    - CVE-2024-56651: can: hi311x: hi3110_can_ist(): fix potential use-after-free (bsc#1235528).
    - CVE-2024-57996: net_sched: sch_sfq: do not allow 1 packet limit (bsc#1239076).
    - CVE-2024-58013: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix slab-use-after-free Read in mgmt_remove_adv_monitor_sync     (bsc#1239095).
    - CVE-2024-58014: wifi: brcmsmac: add gain range check to wlc_phy_iqcal_gainparams_nphy() (bsc#1239109).
    - CVE-2025-21693: mm: zswap: properly synchronize freeing resources during CPU hotunplug (bsc#1237029).
    - CVE-2025-21718: net: rose: fix timer races against user threads (bsc#1239073).
    - CVE-2025-21772: partitions: mac: fix handling of bogus partition table (bsc#1238911).
    - CVE-2025-21780: drm/amdgpu: avoid buffer overflow attach in smu_sys_set_pp_table() (bsc#1239115).


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.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0834-1 advisory.

    The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 kernel was updated to receive various security bugfixes.

    The following security bugs were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-22543: Fixed improper handling of VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP vmas in KVM (bsc#1186482).
    - CVE-2021-47634: ubi: Fix race condition between ctrl_cdev_ioctl and ubi_cdev_ioctl (bsc#1237758).
    - CVE-2021-47644: media: staging: media: zoran: move videodev alloc (bsc#1237766).
    - CVE-2022-48953: rtc: cmos: fix build on non-ACPI platforms (bsc#1231941).
    - CVE-2022-48975: gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev() (bsc#1231885).
    - CVE-2022-49006: tracing: Free buffers when a used dynamic event is removed (bsc#1232163).
    - CVE-2022-49076: RDMA/hfi1: Fix use-after-free bug for mm struct (bsc#1237738).
    - CVE-2022-49080: mm/mempolicy: fix mpol_new leak in shared_policy_replace (bsc#1238033).
    - CVE-2022-49089: IB/rdmavt: add lock to call to rvt_error_qp to prevent a race condition (bsc#1238041).
    - CVE-2022-49124: x86/mce: Work around an erratum on fast string copy instructions (bsc#1238148).
    - CVE-2022-49134: mlxsw: spectrum: Guard against invalid local ports (bsc#1237982).
    - CVE-2022-49135: drm/amd/display: Fix memory leak (bsc#1238006).
    - CVE-2022-49151: can: mcba_usb: properly check endpoint type (bsc#1237778).
    - CVE-2022-49178: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of read-only devices (bsc#1238107).
    - CVE-2022-49182: net: hns3: add vlan list lock to protect vlan list (bsc#1238260).
    - CVE-2022-49201: ibmvnic: fix race between xmit and reset (bsc#1238256).
    - CVE-2022-49247: media: stk1160: If start stream fails, return buffers with VB2_BUF_STATE_QUEUED     (bsc#1237783).
    - CVE-2022-49490: drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_pipe_release when deadlock is (bsc#1238275).
    - CVE-2022-49626: sfc: fix use after free when disabling sriov (bsc#1238270).
    - CVE-2022-49661: can: gs_usb: gs_usb_open/close(): fix memory leak (bsc#1237788).
    - CVE-2023-52572: Fixed UAF in cifs_demultiplex_thread() in cifs (bsc#1220946).
    - CVE-2023-52853: hid: cp2112: Fix duplicate workqueue initialization (bsc#1224988).
    - CVE-2023-52924: netfilter: nf_tables: do not skip expired elements during walk (bsc#1236821).
    - CVE-2023-6606: Fixed an out of bounds read in the SMB client when receiving a malformed length from a     server (bsc#1217947).
    - CVE-2024-23307: Fixed Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in x86 and ARM md, raid, raid5     modules (bsc#1219169).
    - CVE-2024-27397: netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (bsc#1224095).
    - CVE-2024-49963: mailbox: bcm2835: Fix timeout during suspend mode (bsc#1232147).
    - CVE-2024-49975: uprobes: fix kernel info leak via '[uprobes]' vma (bsc#1232104).
    - CVE-2024-50036: net: do not delay dst_entries_add() in dst_release() (bsc#1231912).
    - CVE-2024-50067: uprobe: avoid out-of-bounds memory access of fetching args (bsc#1232416).
    - CVE-2024-50251: netfilter: nft_payload: sanitize offset and length before calling skb_checksum()     (bsc#1233248).
    - CVE-2024-50304: ipv4: ip_tunnel: Fix suspicious RCU usage warning in ip_tunnel_find() (bsc#1233522).
    - CVE-2024-53217: nfsd: restore callback functionality for NFSv4.0 (bsc#1234999).
    - CVE-2024-56633: bpf, sockmap: Fix repeated calls to sock_put() when msg has more_data (bsc#1235485).
    - CVE-2024-56647: net: Fix icmp host relookup triggering ip_rt_bug (bsc#1235435).
    - CVE-2024-56658: net: defer final 'struct net' free in netns dismantle (bsc#1235441).
    - CVE-2024-56688: sunrpc: clear XPRT_SOCK_UPD_TIMEOUT when reset transport (bsc#1235538).
    - CVE-2025-21638: sctp: sysctl: auth_enable: avoid using current->nsproxy (bsc#1236115).
    - CVE-2025-21639: sctp: sysctl: rto_min/max: avoid using current->nsproxy (bsc#1236122).
    - CVE-2025-21640: sctp: sysctl: cookie_hmac_alg: avoid using current->nsproxy (bsc#1236123).
    - CVE-2025-21673: smb: client: fix double free of TCP_Server_Info::hostname (bsc#1236689).
    - CVE-2025-21689: USB: serial: quatech2: fix null-ptr-deref in qt2_process_read_urb() (bsc#1237017).
    - CVE-2025-21690: scsi: storvsc: Ratelimit warning logs to prevent VM denial of service (bsc#1237025).
    - CVE-2025-21700: net: sched: Disallow replacing of child qdisc from one parent to another (bsc#1237159).
    - CVE-2025-21753: btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction (bsc#1237875).


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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick/mspro_block: fix handling of     read-only devices Use set_disk_ro to propagate the read-only state to the block layer instead of checking     for it in ->open and leaking a reference in case of a read-only device. (CVE-2022-49178)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234407	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
232643	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : kernel (SUSE-SU-2025:0834-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
225649	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49178	Nessus	Misc.	high

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