Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDOC-15569551
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed1 Apr 2024

Introduced: 1 Apr 2024

CVE-2024-26655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50145.

NVD Description

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

Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()

If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock.

Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

CVSS Base Scores

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