NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default-extra package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.73.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELDEFAULTEXTRA-13573815
  • published16 Oct 2025
  • disclosed15 Oct 2025

Introduced: 15 Oct 2025

CVE-2023-53150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default-extra to version 6.4.0-150600.23.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-extra package and not the kernel-default-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

scsi: qla2xxx: Pointer may be dereferenced

Klocwork tool reported pointer 'rport' returned from call to function fc_bsg_to_rport() may be NULL and will be dereferenced.

Add a fix to validate rport before dereferencing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1