CVE-2026-90221 Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default package, versions <1-150700.15.3.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELLIVEPATCH6401507005390DEFAULT-22238205
  • published5 Nov 2026
  • disclosed3 Nov 2026

Introduced: 3 Nov 2026

NewCVE-2026-90221  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default to version 1-150700.15.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_90-default 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:

nfc: nci: fix use of uninitialized memory in CORE_INIT_RSP parsing

nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v1() and nci_core_init_rsp_packet_v2() parse the CORE_INIT_RSP packet without validating that the skb contains enough data. A malformed response (e.g. injected via virtual_ncidev) can declare a large num_supported_rf_interfaces while providing insufficient data, causing reads of uninitialized slab memory. This is later used in nci_init_complete_req(), triggering a KMSAN uninit-value warning.

Add skb length checks before accessing packet fields:

  • Validate the skb has at least 1 byte for the status field.
  • Validate the skb can hold the fixed-size header before parsing.
  • In v2, bounds-check each variable-length rf_interface entry and its extension parameters within the parsing loop.
  • In v1, verify the skb is large enough for both the variable-length rf_interfaces array and the trailing rsp_2 structure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1