Memory Leak Affecting kernel-source package, versions <6.12.0-160000.27.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCE-15911632
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-23021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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:

net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()

When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1