Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated package, versions <0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESDEPRECATED-10849869
  • published20 Jul 2025
  • disclosed29 Dec 2024

Introduced: 29 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-56742  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated to version 0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20530.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated package and not the kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated 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:

vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages()

Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages().

If a set of pages is allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak.

Any pages successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer().

CVSS Base Scores

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