NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.73.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDOCS-18204274
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-43251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-docs to version 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

HID: prodikeys: Check presence of pm->input_ep82

Fake USB devices can send their own report descriptors for which the input_mapping() hook does not get called. In this case, pm->input_ep82 stays NULL, which leads to a crash later.

This does not happen with the real device, but can be provoked by imposing as one.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1