CVE-2025-38188 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-devel package, versions <0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE10-KERNELUEKDEBUGDEVEL-12572798
  • published10 Sept 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38188  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:10 kernel-uek-debug-devel 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-uek-debug-devel package and not the kernel-uek-debug-devel 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:

drm/msm/a7xx: Call CP_RESET_CONTEXT_STATE

Calling this packet is necessary when we switch contexts because there are various pieces of state used by userspace to synchronize between BR and BV that are persistent across submits and we need to make sure that they are in a "safe" state when switching contexts. Otherwise a userspace submission in one context could cause another context to function incorrectly and hang, effectively a denial of service (although without leaking data). This was missed during initial a7xx bringup.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/654924/

CVSS Base Scores

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