Double Free Affecting kernel-docs-html package, versions <6.12.0-160000.26.1


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-15429458
  • published6 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Feb 2026

Introduced: 27 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2025-38423  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-docs-html to version 6.12.0-160000.26.1 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:

ASoC: codecs: wcd9375: Fix double free of regulator supplies

Driver gets regulator supplies in probe path with devm_regulator_bulk_get(), so should not call regulator_bulk_free() in error and remove paths to avoid double free.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1