CVE-2025-38668 Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_16-rt package, versions <1-150700.1.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELLIVEPATCH640150700716RT-13099525
  • published27 Sept 2025
  • disclosed26 Sept 2025

Introduced: 26 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2025-38668  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_16-rt to version 1-150700.1.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_16-rt package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_16-rt 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:

regulator: core: fix NULL dereference on unbind due to stale coupling data

Failing to reset coupling_desc.n_coupled after freeing coupled_rdevs can lead to NULL pointer dereference when regulators are accessed post-unbind.

This can happen during runtime PM or other regulator operations that rely on coupling metadata.

For example, on ridesx4, unbinding the 'reg-dummy' platform device triggers a panic in regulator_lock_recursive() due to stale coupling state.

Ensure n_coupled is set to 0 to prevent access to invalid pointers.

CVSS Base Scores

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