NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-source-azure package, versions <6.4.0-150700.20.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELSOURCEAZURE-10666105
  • published9 Jul 2025
  • disclosed8 Jul 2025

Introduced: 8 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-37853  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-source-azure to version 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

drm/amdkfd: debugfs hang_hws skip GPU with MES

debugfs hang_hws is used by GPU reset test with HWS, for MES this crash the kernel with NULL pointer access because dqm->packet_mgr is not setup for MES path.

Skip GPU with MES for now, MES hang_hws debugfs interface will be supported later.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1