CVE-2026-72049 Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default package, versions <1-150700.15.3.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELLIVEPATCH6401507005390DEFAULT-22225693
- published5 Nov 2026
- disclosed3 Nov 2026
Introduced: 3 Nov 2026
NewCVE-2026-72049 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default to version 1-150700.15.3.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default package as distributed by SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations
In net/ieee802154/netlink.c, the legacy IEEE802154_NL family ops table builds the LLSEC dump entries (LLSEC_LIST_KEY, LLSEC_LIST_DEV, LLSEC_LIST_DEVKEY, LLSEC_LIST_SECLEVEL) with IEEE802154_DUMP() which sets no .flags, so generic netlink runs them ungated. The modern nl802154 family admin-gates the equivalent reads via NL802154_CMD_GET_SEC_KEY and friends with .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM.
Any local uid that can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_GENERIC can resolve the "802.15.4 MAC" family and dump LLSEC_LIST_KEY on any wpan netdev that has an LLSEC key installed; the dump handler writes the raw 16-byte AES-128 key bytes (IEEE802154_ATTR_LLSEC_KEY_BYTES, copied verbatim from struct ieee802154_llsec_key.key) into the reply. Recovering the AES key compromises 802.15.4 LLSEC link confidentiality and authenticity, since LLSEC uses CCM* and the same key authenticates and encrypts frames.
Impact: any local uid with no capabilities can read the raw 16-byte AES-128 LLSEC key from the kernel keytable on any wpan netdev that has an administrator-installed LLSEC key, by issuing an LLSEC_LIST_KEY dump on the legacy IEEE802154_NL generic-netlink family.
Introduce IEEE802154_DUMP_PRIV() mirroring IEEE802154_DUMP() but setting .flags = GENL_ADMIN_PERM, and use it for the four LLSEC dump entries. LIST_PHY and LIST_IFACE retain IEEE802154_DUMP() because the modern nl802154 family exposes their equivalents to unprivileged readers by design (NL802154_CMD_GET_WPAN_PHY and NL802154_CMD_GET_INTERFACE carry "can be retrieved by unprivileged users" annotations).
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72049.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1277094
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09fd25cd8cd80a6b3edef04e53a7324d06ac2180
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1905ebabe638c946aced00c4bb664da26cac56d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3465035ba18b1ed50f8d201897d14135d20532b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abe94a205539d27945cda3ba43fdcfe295cf2c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6383248058956f2a52d720b1e9f8921099cdae04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1e0b6d49471a712511d23fc9d06901561135e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dffe745760f38fac0b8288e0dc4759b23d9888ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e84708ef7521f3bffc85a449954042018abbd60e