Memory Leak Affecting kernel-kvmsmall package, versions <6.12.0-160000.37.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELKVMSMALL-19298953
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed11 Aug 2026

Introduced: 11 Aug 2026

NewCVE-2026-31762  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-kvmsmall to version 6.12.0-160000.37.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-kvmsmall package and not the kernel-kvmsmall 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:

iio: gyro: mpu3050: Fix irq resource leak

The interrupt handler is setup but only a few lines down if iio_trigger_register() fails the function returns without properly releasing the handler.

Add cleanup goto to resolve resource leak.

Detected by Smatch: drivers/iio/gyro/mpu3050-core.c:1128 mpu3050_trigger_probe() warn: 'irq' from request_threaded_irq() not released on lines: 1124.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1