CVE-2026-53238 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated package, versions <0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESDEPRECATED-19613388
  • published5 Sept 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026

Introduced: 25 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-53238  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-debug-modules-deprecated to version 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500248.

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:

netlabel: validate unlabeled address and mask attribute lengths

netlbl_unlabel_addrinfo_get() used the address attribute length to determine whether the attribute data could be read as an IPv4 or IPv6 address, but did not independently validate the corresponding mask attribute length. A crafted Generic Netlink request could therefore provide a valid IPv4/IPv6 address attribute with a shorter mask attribute, which would later be read as a full struct in_addr or struct in6_addr.

NLA_BINARY policy lengths are maximum lengths by default, so use NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN() for the unlabeled IPv4/IPv6 address and mask attributes. This rejects short attributes during policy validation and also exposes the exact length requirements through policy introspection.

CVSS Base Scores

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