CVE-2026-97601 Affecting kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop package, versions <0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK64KMODULESDESKTOP-20645689
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed25 Sept 2026

Introduced: 25 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-97601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop to version 0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500374.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop package and not the kernel-uek64k-modules-desktop 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:

ieee802154: 6lowpan: fix NULL dereference in lowpan_newlink

TUNSETLINK allows a TUN device to change its link-layer type to ARPHRD_IEEE802154 without initializing ieee802154_ptr. lowpan_newlink() checks only the device type before dereferencing the pointer, so an RTM_NEWLINK request can trigger a NULL pointer dereference.

Reject devices without ieee802154_ptr along with devices of the wrong type.

CVSS Base Scores

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