Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELHEADERS-14114330
  • published26 Nov 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2025

Introduced: 1 May 2025

CVE-2022-49845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-headers to version 0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20518-0.

NVD Description

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

can: j1939: j1939_send_one(): fix missing CAN header initialization

The read access to struct canxl_frame::len inside of a j1939 created skbuff revealed a missing initialization of reserved and later filled elements in struct can_frame.

This patch initializes the 8 byte CAN header with zero.

CVSS Base Scores

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