NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-docs-html package, versions <6.12.0-160000.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDOCSHTML-14390429
  • published11 Dec 2025
  • disclosed25 Nov 2025

Introduced: 25 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-39693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-docs-html to version 6.12.0-160000.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs-html package and not the kernel-docs-html package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: Avoid a NULL pointer dereference

[WHY] Although unlikely drm_atomic_get_new_connector_state() or drm_atomic_get_old_connector_state() can return NULL.

[HOW] Check returns before dereference.

(cherry picked from commit 1e5e8d672fec9f2ab352be121be971877bff2af9)

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1