Memory Leak Affecting kernel-uek64k-modules-usb package, versions <0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEK64KMODULESUSB-12584925
  • published10 Sept 2025
  • disclosed9 Jul 2025

Introduced: 9 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38258  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek64k-modules-usb to version 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20551.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek64k-modules-usb package and not the kernel-uek64k-modules-usb package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

mm/damon/sysfs-schemes: free old damon_sysfs_scheme_filter->memcg_path on write

memcg_path_store() assigns a newly allocated memory buffer to filter->memcg_path, without deallocating the previously allocated and assigned memory buffer. As a result, users can leak kernel memory by continuously writing a data to memcg_path DAMOS sysfs file. Fix the leak by deallocating the previously set memory buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

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