NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_7-default package, versions <5-160000.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELLIVEPATCH61201600007DEFAULT-16120188
  • published22 Apr 2026
  • disclosed13 Apr 2026

Introduced: 13 Apr 2026

CVE-2025-71120  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_7-default to version 5-160000.1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_7-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_12_0-160000_7-default 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:

SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf

A zero length gss_token results in pages == 0 and in_token->pages[0] is NULL. The code unconditionally evaluates page_address(in_token->pages[0]) for the initial memcpy, which can dereference NULL even when the copy length is 0. Guard the first memcpy so it only runs when length > 0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1