CVE-2025-23157 Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.345.5.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-10762259
  • published16 Jul 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2025

Introduced: 1 May 2025

CVE-2025-23157  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:5.4.17-2136.345.5.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20471.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc 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: venus: hfi_parser: add check to avoid out of bound access

There is a possibility that init_codecs is invoked multiple times during manipulated payload from video firmware. In such case, if codecs_count can get incremented to value more than MAX_CODEC_NUM, there can be OOB access. Reset the count so that it always starts from beginning.

CVSS Base Scores

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