CVE-2026-98873 Affecting kernel-uek-modules package, versions <0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEKMODULES-22157808
  • published3 Nov 2026
  • disclosed23 Oct 2026

Introduced: 23 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-98873  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek-modules to version 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500574.

NVD Description

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

netfilter: nf_conntrack_expect: zero at allocation time

There are occasional LLM hints wrt. leaking uninitialized data to userspace via ctnetlink. Just zero at allocation time, expectations are not frequently used these days.

Intentionally keeps _init as-is because we could theoretically support re-init, so add the missing exp->dir there.

CVSS Base Scores

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