Use After Free Affecting kernel-source package, versions <6.12.0-160000.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCE-15910380
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2025-71071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-source to version 6.12.0-160000.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

iommu/mediatek: fix use-after-free on probe deferral

The driver is dropping the references taken to the larb devices during probe after successful lookup as well as on errors. This can potentially lead to a use-after-free in case a larb device has not yet been bound to its driver so that the iommu driver probe defers.

Fix this by keeping the references as expected while the iommu driver is bound.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1