Memory Leak Affecting kernel-docs-html package, versions <6.12.0-160000.33.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDOCSHTML-17127624
  • published2 Jun 2026
  • disclosed28 May 2026

Introduced: 28 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-23464  (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 6.12.0-160000.33.1 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:

soc: microchip: mpfs: Fix memory leak in mpfs_sys_controller_probe()

In mpfs_sys_controller_probe(), if of_get_mtd_device_by_node() fails, the function returns immediately without freeing the allocated memory for sys_controller, leading to a memory leak.

Fix this by jumping to the out_free label to ensure the memory is properly freed.

Also, consolidate the error handling for the mbox_request_channel() failure case to use the same label.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1