Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless package, versions <0:6.12.0-108.64.6.3.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESWIRELESS-15335491
  • published23 Feb 2026
  • disclosed14 Jan 2026

Introduced: 14 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-71114  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-debug-modules-wireless to version 0:6.12.0-108.64.6.3.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50112.

NVD Description

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

via_wdt: fix critical boot hang due to unnamed resource allocation

The VIA watchdog driver uses allocate_resource() to reserve a MMIO region for the watchdog control register. However, the allocated resource was not given a name, which causes the kernel resource tree to contain an entry marked as "<BAD>" under /proc/iomem on x86 platforms.

During boot, this unnamed resource can lead to a critical hang because subsequent resource lookups and conflict checks fail to handle the invalid entry properly.

CVSS Base Scores

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