SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 47 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2026:1237-1)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2026:1237-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(305989);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/04/11");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2025-71120",
    "CVE-2026-22999",
    "CVE-2026-23074",
    "CVE-2026-23209"
  );
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2026:1237-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 Security Update : kernel (Live Patch 47 for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4) (SUSE-SU-2026:1237-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in
the SUSE-SU-2026:1237-1 advisory.

    This update for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Kernel 5.14.21-150400.24.187 fixes various security issues

    The following security issues were fixed:

    - CVE-2025-71120: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf
    (bsc#1256780).
    - CVE-2026-22999: net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class() (bsc#1257238).
    - CVE-2026-23074: net/sched: Enforce that teql can only be used as root qdisc (bsc#1258051).
    - CVE-2026-23209: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink() (bsc#1258784).

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1256780");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1257238");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258051");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258784");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-April/045364.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-71120");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22999");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23074");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-23209");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2026-23209");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/04/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/04/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES15', 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

var uname_r = get_kb_item("Host/uname-r");
if (empty_or_null(uname_r)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "kernel");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var kernel_live_checks = [
  {
    'kernels': {
      '5.14.21-150400.24.187-default': {
        'pkgs': [
          {'reference':'kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default-4-150400.2.1', 'sp':'4', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sle-module-live-patching-release-15.4']}
        ]
      }
    }
  }
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
var kernel_affected = FALSE;
foreach var kernel_array ( kernel_live_checks ) {
  var kpatch_details = kernel_array['kernels'][uname_r];
  if (empty_or_null(kpatch_details)) continue;
  kernel_affected = TRUE;
  foreach var package_array ( kpatch_details['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (reference && _release) {
      if (exists_check) {
        var check_flag = 0;
        foreach var check (exists_check) {
          if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
          check_flag++;
        }
        if (!check_flag) continue;
      }
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

# No kpatch details found for the running kernel version
if (!kernel_affected) audit(AUDIT_INST_VER_NOT_VULN, 'kernel', uname_r);

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_187-default');
}