SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 45 for SLE 15 SP3) (SUSE-SU-2024:2797-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 205123

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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-2024:2797-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.3.18-150200_24_194 fixes several issues.

The following security issues were fixed:

- CVE-2024-26923: Fixed false-positive lockdep splat for spin_lock() in __unix_gc() (bsc#1223683).
- CVE-2024-35950: drm/client: Fully protect modes with dev->mode_config.mutex (bsc#1225310).

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_3_18-150200_24_194-default and / or kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 205123

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2797-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/7/2024

Updated: 8/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150200_24_194-default, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_3_18-150300_59_164-default, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 8/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26923, CVE-2024-35950

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2797-1

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