CVE-2026-43336 Affecting kernel-uek-modules-wireless package, versions <0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKMODULESWIRELESS-17867841
  • published6 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 May 2026

Introduced: 8 May 2026

CVE-2026-43336  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-modules-wireless to version 0:6.12.0-204.92.4.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50372.

NVD Description

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

lib/crypto: chacha: Zeroize permuted_state before it leaves scope

Since the ChaCha permutation is invertible, the local variable 'permuted_state' is sufficient to compute the original 'state', and thus the key, even after the permutation has been done.

While the kernel is quite inconsistent about zeroizing secrets on the stack (and some prominent userspace crypto libraries don't bother at all since it's not guaranteed to work anyway), the kernel does try to do it as a best practice, especially in cases involving the RNG.

Thus, explicitly zeroize 'permuted_state' before it goes out of scope.