The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3840-1 advisory.

    This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_55_68 fixes several issues.

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2021-47598: sch_cake: do not call cake_destroy() from cake_init() (bsc#1227471).
    - CVE-2023-52752: smb: client: fix use-after-free bug in cifs_debug_data_proc_show() (bsc#1225819).
    - CVE-2024-36899: gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify (bsc#1225739).
    - CVE-2024-40954: net: do not leave a dangling sk pointer, when socket creation fails (bsc#1227808)
    - CVE-2024-41059: hfsplus: fix uninit-value in copy_name (bsc#1228573).
    - CVE-2024-40909: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free() (bsc#1228349).
    - CVE-2023-52846: hsr: Prevent use after free in prp_create_tagged_frame() (bsc#1225099).
    - CVE-2024-26923: Fixed false-positive lockdep splat for spin_lock() in __unix_gc() (bsc#1223683).

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.

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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 15 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:3840-1)

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