CVE-2026-72137 Affecting kernel-uek-modules-usb package, versions <0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKMODULESUSB-20582739
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-72137  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

xfrm: nat_keepalive: avoid double free on send error

nat_keepalive_send() frees the keepalive skb whenever the IPv4 or IPv6 send helper reports an error.

That cleanup is only correct before the skb is handed to the output path. Once ip_build_and_send_pkt() or ip6_xmit() takes ownership, the networking stack may already have consumed the skb before returning an error, so freeing it again is unsafe.

Handle the pre-handoff failure cases inside nat_keepalive_send_ipv4() and nat_keepalive_send_ipv6(), where the caller still owns the skb, and keep nat_keepalive_send() responsible only for family dispatch and the unsupported-family cleanup path.

CVSS Base Scores

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