NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-obs-build package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.50.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELOBSBUILD-10226489
  • published22 May 2025
  • disclosed21 May 2025

Introduced: 21 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-21936  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-obs-build to version 6.4.0-150600.23.50.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-obs-build package and not the kernel-obs-build 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:

Bluetooth: Add check for mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_device_connected()

Add check for the return value of mgmt_alloc_skb() in mgmt_device_connected() to prevent null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1