CVE-2023-53842 Affecting kernel-source package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.194.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELSOURCE-15347323
  • published25 Feb 2026
  • disclosed24 Feb 2026

Introduced: 24 Feb 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-source to version 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-source package and not the kernel-source package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ASoC: codecs: wcd-mbhc-v2: fix resource leaks on component remove

The MBHC resources must be released on component probe failure and removal so can not be tied to the lifetime of the component device.

This is specifically needed to allow probe deferrals of the sound card which otherwise fails when reprobing the codec component:

snd-sc8280xp sound: ASoC: failed to instantiate card -517
genirq: Flags mismatch irq 299. 00002001 (mbhc sw intr) vs. 00002001 (mbhc sw intr)
wcd938x_codec audio-codec: Failed to request mbhc interrupts -16
wcd938x_codec audio-codec: mbhc initialization failed
wcd938x_codec audio-codec: ASoC: error at snd_soc_component_probe on audio-codec: -16
snd-sc8280xp sound: ASoC: failed to instantiate card -16

CVSS Base Scores

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