NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-source package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.65.1


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-KERNELSOURCE-12222575
  • published28 Aug 2025
  • disclosed27 Aug 2025

Introduced: 27 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-38363  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-source to version 6.4.0-150600.23.65.1 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:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/tegra: Fix a possible null pointer dereference

In tegra_crtc_reset(), new memory is allocated with kzalloc(), but no check is performed. Before calling __drm_atomic_helper_crtc_reset, state should be checked to prevent possible null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1