CVE-2025-38634 Affecting kernel-default-livepatch-devel package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.70.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCHDEVEL-13026560
  • published24 Sept 2025
  • disclosed23 Sept 2025

Introduced: 23 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2025-38634  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-default-livepatch-devel to version 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch-devel package and not the kernel-default-livepatch-devel 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:

power: supply: cpcap-charger: Fix null check for power_supply_get_by_name

In the cpcap_usb_detect() function, the power_supply_get_by_name() function may return NULL instead of an error pointer. To prevent potential null pointer dereferences, Added a null check.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1