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CVE-2026-80923 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules package, versions <0:5.15.0-325.220.5.el8uek

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULES-20649797
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed9 Sept 2026
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Introduced: 9 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-80923  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-debug-modules to version 0:5.15.0-325.220.5.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500377.

NVD Description

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

xhci: dbgtty: Fix unregister on tty_register_driver() failure

If tty_register_driver() fails, it drops the reference, but fails to set the global dbc_tty_driver to NULL, causing the unregister to be called again when module exits.

On module unload dbc_tty_exit() only gates its cleanup on the driver pointer being non-NULL, so it operates on the already-freed driver:

module_init(xhci_hcd_init)
  xhci_hcd_init()
    xhci_dbc_init()                       [return value ignored]
      dbc_tty_init()
        tty_register_driver() fails
          tty_driver_kref_put()           -&gt; driver freed
          (dbc_tty_driver left dangling)
...
module_exit(xhci_hcd_fini)
  xhci_hcd_fini()
    xhci_dbc_exit()
      dbc_tty_exit()
        if (dbc_tty_driver)               -&gt; true (dangling)
          tty_unregister_driver()         -&gt; use-after-free