Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:6.12.0-200.74.27.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (4th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Memory Leak vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDOC-15866555
  • published1 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Feb 2026

Introduced: 14 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-23170  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:6.12.0-200.74.27.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50160.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/imx/tve: fix probe device leak

Make sure to drop the reference taken to the DDC device during probe on probe failure (e.g. probe deferral) and on driver unbind.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1