diff --git a/grype/pkg/package_test.go b/grype/pkg/package_test.go
index 25d6309a543e..ed28a6dc02ae 100644
--- a/grype/pkg/package_test.go
+++ b/grype/pkg/package_test.go
@@ -431,6 +431,61 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "nix-store-metadata",
+			syftPkg: syftPkg.Package{
+				MetadataType: syftPkg.NixStoreMetadataType,
+				Metadata: syftPkg.NixStoreMetadata{
+					OutputHash: "a",
+					Output:     "a",
+					Files: []string{
+						"a",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "linux-kernel-metadata",
+			syftPkg: syftPkg.Package{
+				MetadataType: syftPkg.LinuxKernelMetadataType,
+				Metadata: syftPkg.LinuxKernelMetadata{
+					Name:            "a",
+					Architecture:    "a",
+					Version:         "a",
+					ExtendedVersion: "a",
+					BuildTime:       "a",
+					Author:          "a",
+					Format:          "a",
+					RWRootFS:        true,
+					SwapDevice:      10,
+					RootDevice:      11,
+					VideoMode:       "a",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "linux-kernel-module-metadata",
+			syftPkg: syftPkg.Package{
+				MetadataType: syftPkg.LinuxKernelModuleMetadataType,
+				Metadata: syftPkg.LinuxKernelModuleMetadata{
+					Name:          "a",
+					Version:       "a",
+					SourceVersion: "a",
+					Path:          "a",
+					Description:   "a",
+					Author:        "a",
+					License:       "a",
+					KernelVersion: "a",
+					VersionMagic:  "a",
+					Parameters: map[string]syftPkg.LinuxKernelModuleParameter{
+						"a": {
+							Type:        "a",
+							Description: "a",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	// capture each observed metadata type, we should see all of them relate to what syft provides by the end of testing
diff --git a/grype/pkg/provider_test.go b/grype/pkg/provider_test.go
index b2954cecd3a3..a9aaf1f18998 100644
--- a/grype/pkg/provider_test.go
+++ b/grype/pkg/provider_test.go
@@ -160,12 +160,9 @@ func Test_filterPackageExclusions(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, pkg := range test.locations {
 				locations := source.NewLocationSet()
 				for _, l := range pkg {
-					locations.Add(source.Location{
-						Coordinates: source.Coordinates{
-							RealPath: l,
-						},
-						VirtualPath: l,
-					})
+					locations.Add(
+						source.NewVirtualLocation(l, l),
+					)
 				}
 				packages = append(packages, Package{Locations: locations})
 			}
@@ -224,13 +221,7 @@ func Test_matchesLocation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			matches, err := locationMatches(source.Location{
-				Coordinates: source.Coordinates{
-					RealPath: test.realPath,
-				},
-				VirtualPath: test.virtualPath,
-			}, test.match)
-
+			matches, err := locationMatches(source.NewVirtualLocation(test.realPath, test.virtualPath), test.match)
 			assert.NoError(t, err)
 			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, matches)
 		})
diff --git a/grype/presenter/sarif/presenter_test.go b/grype/presenter/sarif/presenter_test.go
index 1c4d72456030..a83fbc7c1e8c 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/sarif/presenter_test.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/sarif/presenter_test.go
@@ -163,12 +163,7 @@ func Test_locationPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 			path := pres.packagePath(pkg.Package{
 				Locations: source.NewLocationSet(
-					source.Location{
-						Coordinates: source.Coordinates{
-							RealPath: test.real,
-						},
-						VirtualPath: test.virtual,
-					},
+					source.NewVirtualLocation(test.real, test.virtual),
 				),
 			})
 
diff --git a/test/integration/compare_sbom_input_vs_lib_test.go b/test/integration/compare_sbom_input_vs_lib_test.go
index 12599cea1cc0..6e33170e4b0d 100644
--- a/test/integration/compare_sbom_input_vs_lib_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/compare_sbom_input_vs_lib_test.go
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ func TestCompareSBOMInputToLibResults(t *testing.T) {
 		string(syftPkg.CocoapodsPkg),
 		string(syftPkg.HackagePkg),
 		string(syftPkg.JenkinsPluginPkg), // package type cannot be inferred for all formats
-		string(syftPkg.Elixir),
-		string(syftPkg.Erlang),
+		string(syftPkg.LinuxKernelPkg),
+		string(syftPkg.LinuxKernelModulePkg),
 	)
 	observedPkgTypes := strset.New()