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
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDOCS-18205780
  • published22 Jul 2026
  • disclosed21 Jul 2026

Introduced: 21 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-43480  (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:

ASoC: amd: acp3x-rt5682-max9836: Add missing error check for clock acquisition

The acp3x_5682_init() function did not check the return value of clk_get(), which could lead to dereferencing error pointers in rt5682_clk_enable().

Fix this by:

  1. Changing clk_get() to the device-managed devm_clk_get().
  2. Adding proper IS_ERR() checks for both clock acquisitions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1