NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.63.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-17779669
  • published2 Jul 2026
  • disclosed1 Jul 2026

Introduced: 1 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-43101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-default-livepatch to version 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ipv6: ioam: fix potential NULL dereferences in __ioam6_fill_trace_data()

We need to check __in6_dev_get() for possible NULL value, as suggested by Yiming Qian.

Also add skb_dst_dev_rcu() instead of skb_dst_dev(), and two missing READ_ONCE().

Note that @dev can't be NULL.

CVSS Base Scores

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