Memory Leak Affecting kernel-docs-html package, versions <6.12.0-160000.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDOCSHTML-15911793
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-23024  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-docs-html to version 6.12.0-160000.27.1 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:

idpf: fix memory leak of flow steer list on rmmod

The flow steering list maintains entries that are added and removed as ethtool creates and deletes flow steering rules. Module removal with active entries causes memory leak as the list is not properly cleaned up.

Prevent this by iterating through the remaining entries in the list and freeing the associated memory during module removal. Add a spinlock (flow_steer_list_lock) to protect the list access from multiple threads.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1