CVE-2026-98066 Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEK-20628856
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026

Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-98066  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek to version 0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500374.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek package and not the kernel-uek package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: caiaq: Fix potential double-free at error path

The fix for caiaq driver's resource management to handle the errors tries to release the resources in a common destructor call, but as a sashiko review for another patch suggested, some of the audio resources such as URBs have been already freed, and this may lead to a double-free.

For addressing the double-free, call the common destructor function from each place, and assure that the resource pointers get cleared.

CVSS Base Scores

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