Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-kvmsmall-devel package, versions <6.12.0-160000.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELKVMSMALLDEVEL-14379681
  • published11 Dec 2025
  • disclosed25 Nov 2025

Introduced: 25 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-38101  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-kvmsmall-devel to version 6.12.0-160000.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

ring-buffer: Fix buffer locking in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set()

Enlarge the critical section in ring_buffer_subbuf_order_set() to ensure that error handling takes place with per-buffer mutex held, thus preventing list corruption and other concurrency-related issues.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1