CVE-2026-23090 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
0.01% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCE-15913206
  • published6 Apr 2026
  • disclosed25 Mar 2026

Introduced: 25 Mar 2026

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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:

slimbus: core: fix device reference leak on report present

Slimbus devices can be allocated dynamically upon reception of report-present messages.

Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up already registered devices.

Note that this requires taking an extra reference in case the device has not yet been registered and has to be allocated.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1