NULL Pointer Dereference 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
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKDOC-15569572
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed14 Jan 2026

Introduced: 14 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-71120  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (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:

SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: avoid NULL deref on zero length gss_token in gss_read_proxy_verf

A zero length gss_token results in pages == 0 and in_token->pages[0] is NULL. The code unconditionally evaluates page_address(in_token->pages[0]) for the initial memcpy, which can dereference NULL even when the copy length is 0. Guard the first memcpy so it only runs when length > 0.

CVSS Base Scores

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