CVE-2025-38044 Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.346.6.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDEBUG-11778661
  • published12 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38044  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:5.4.17-2136.346.6.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20521.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

media: cx231xx: set device_caps for 417

The video_device for the MPEG encoder did not set device_caps.

Add this, otherwise the video device can't be registered (you get a WARN_ON instead).

Not seen before since currently 417 support is disabled, but I found this while experimenting with it.

CVSS Base Scores

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