CVE-2026-80988 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
0.18% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKMODULESUSB-20583038
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Sept 2026

Introduced: 11 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-80988  (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:

NTB: ntb_transport: Fail TX enqueue when the QP link is down

Commit f195a1a6fe41 ("ntb: Drop packets when qp link is down") meant to make ntb_transport_tx_enqueue() drop packets submitted while the QP link is down, but it only returns 0 without consuming the packet. Zero means success by this function's contract, so ntb_netdev reports NETDEV_TX_OK and forgets the skb: nothing queued it, nothing frees it, and it leaks, one skb for every transmit racing a link-down.

Return -ENOLINK instead, restoring the contract that a non-zero return leaves the buffer owned by the caller. With the preceding patch, ntb_netdev frees the skb on non-retryable enqueue failures and returns NETDEV_TX_OK, so a packet racing with link-down is dropped without leaking or entering a busy retry loop.

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