SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel RT (Live Patch 17 for SLE 15 SP5) (SUSE-SU-2024:3856-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210046

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3856-1 advisory.

This update for the Linux Kernel 5.14.21-150500_13_61 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-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).

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_14_21-150500_13_61-rt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210046

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3856-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/1/2024

Updated: 11/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-40954

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:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_61-rt

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: 10/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-47598, CVE-2024-40909, CVE-2024-40954, CVE-2024-41059

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3856-1

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