Memory Leak Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-15601723
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed31 Jan 2026

Introduced: 31 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-23021  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-318.199.3.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50145.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

net: usb: pegasus: fix memory leak in update_eth_regs_async()

When asynchronously writing to the device registers and if usb_submit_urb() fail, the code fail to release allocated to this point resources.

CVSS Base Scores

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