Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek-modules-usb package, versions <0:6.12.0-201.74.2.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKMODULESUSB-15865966
  • published1 Apr 2026
  • disclosed14 Feb 2026

Introduced: 14 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-23164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-modules-usb to version 0:6.12.0-201.74.2.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50232.

NVD Description

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

rocker: fix memory leak in rocker_world_port_post_fini()

In rocker_world_port_pre_init(), rocker_port->wpriv is allocated with kzalloc(wops->port_priv_size, GFP_KERNEL). However, in rocker_world_port_post_fini(), the memory is only freed when wops->port_post_fini callback is set:

if (!wops-&gt;port_post_fini)
    return;
wops-&gt;port_post_fini(rocker_port);
kfree(rocker_port-&gt;wpriv);

Since rocker_ofdpa_ops does not implement port_post_fini callback (it is NULL), the wpriv memory allocated for each port is never freed when ports are removed. This leads to a memory leak of sizeof(struct ofdpa_port) bytes per port on every device removal.

Fix this by always calling kfree(rocker_port->wpriv) regardless of whether the port_post_fini callback exists.

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