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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop package, versions <0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek

Severity

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high

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESDESKTOP-20646873
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026
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Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-98098  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop 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-debug-modules-desktop package and not the kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop 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:

tipc: fix NULL deref in tipc_named_node_up() on empty publication list

User-space applications can bind a large number of service addresses to one or more sockets. Each binding of a local-scope service address inserts one entry (publication) into the TIPC name table. If the number of these publications exceeds TIPC_MAX_PUBL (65535), protocol service types (such as node state and link state) are no longer inserted into the name table. This causes two issues:

  1. User-space applications subscribing to node or link up/down events stop receiving notifications.

  2. A NULL pointer dereference can occur:

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 00000000000000d0 ... CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4-default+ #5 PREEMPT(full) ... RIP: 0010:tipc_named_node_up (./include/linux/skbuff.h:2251 net/tipc/name_distr.c:195 net/tipc/name_distr.c:221) ... Call Trace: <IRQ> tipc_node_write_unlock (net/tipc/node.c:428) tipc_rcv (net/tipc/node.c:934 net/tipc/node.c:2189) tipc_udp_recv (net/tipc/udp_media.c:389)

    Thread 1 (tipc_net_finalize) Thread 2 (named_distribute) 
                             | ...
                         | list_for_each_entry(publ, pls, binding_node) {
                         | ...
                         | __skb_queue_tail(list, skb);
                         | ...
                         | }
                         | ...
                         | hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek_tail(list));

    ... | tipc_nametbl_publish(); |

    If 'tipc_nametbl_publish()' (Thread 1) fails because the number of local publications reaches TIPC_MAX_PUBL, list (Thread 2) will be empty. As a result, NULL is passed to 'buf_msg()', leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Fix these issues by allowing protocol service types (node state, link state, and topology server) to be inserted into the name table unconditionally. This ensures that users subscribing to these types always receive notifications. In addition, the maximum number of local user publications is reduced to (TIPC_MAX_PUBL - 1). This ensures that the maximum bulk size calculated in tipc_link_set_queue_limits() remains valid.

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