Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-default-livepatch-devel package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.90.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCHDEVEL-22225180
  • published5 Nov 2026
  • disclosed3 Nov 2026

Introduced: 3 Nov 2026

NewCVE-2026-53179  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-default-livepatch-devel to version 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 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:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

staging: rtl8723bs: fix buffer over-read in rtw_update_protection

rtw_update_protection() is called with a pointer offset into the ies buffer but the full ie_length is passed, causing a potential buffer over-read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1