Use After Free Affecting kernel-default-base package, versions <5.14.21-150500.55.116.1.150500.6.55.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-KERNELDEFAULTBASE-11382570
  • published2 Aug 2025
  • disclosed1 Aug 2025

Introduced: 1 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-38289  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 kernel-default-base to version 5.14.21-150500.55.116.1.150500.6.55.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-base package and not the kernel-default-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: lpfc: Avoid potential ndlp use-after-free in dev_loss_tmo_callbk

Smatch detected a potential use-after-free of an ndlp oject in dev_loss_tmo_callbk during driver unload or fatal error handling.

Fix by reordering code to avoid potential use-after-free if initial nodelist reference has been previously removed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1