NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-container package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.347.6.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKCONTAINER-12613108
  • published11 Sept 2025
  • disclosed16 Jul 2024

Introduced: 16 Jul 2024

CVE-2022-48773  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-container to version 0:5.4.17-2136.347.6.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20553.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-container package and not the kernel-uek-container package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create

If there are failures then we must not leave the non-NULL pointers with the error value, otherwise rpcrdma_ep_destroy gets confused and tries free them, resulting in an Oops.

CVSS Base Scores

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