NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.22.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELSYMS-13919663
  • published13 Nov 2025
  • disclosed11 Nov 2025

Introduced: 11 Nov 2025

CVE-2023-53206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-syms to version 6.4.0-150700.53.22.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

hwmon: (pmbus_core) Fix NULL pointer dereference

Pass i2c_client to _pmbus_is_enabled to drop the assumption that a regulator device is passed in.

This will fix the issue of a NULL pointer dereference when called from _pmbus_get_flags.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1