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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDOCSHTML-15911836
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-23026  (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:

dmaengine: qcom: gpi: Fix memory leak in gpi_peripheral_config()

Fix a memory leak in gpi_peripheral_config() where the original memory pointed to by gchan->config could be lost if krealloc() fails.

The issue occurs when:

  1. gchan->config points to previously allocated memory
  2. krealloc() fails and returns NULL
  3. The function directly assigns NULL to gchan->config, losing the reference to the original memory
  4. The original memory becomes unreachable and cannot be freed

Fix this by using a temporary variable to hold the krealloc() result and only updating gchan->config when the allocation succeeds.

Found via static analysis and code review.

CVSS Base Scores

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