Memory Leak Affecting kernel-source package, versions <6.12.0-160000.35.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSOURCE-17355327
  • published17 Jun 2026
  • disclosed15 Jun 2026

Introduced: 15 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-43393  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-source to version 6.12.0-160000.35.1 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:

btrfs: fix chunk map leak in btrfs_map_block() after btrfs_chunk_map_num_copies()

Fix a chunk map leak in btrfs_map_block(): if we return early with -EINVAL, we're not freeing the chunk map that we've just looked up.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1