Memory Leak 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
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-10762320
  • published16 Jul 2025
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

CVE-2025-37982  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (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:

wifi: wl1251: fix memory leak in wl1251_tx_work

The skb dequeued from tx_queue is lost when wl1251_ps_elp_wakeup fails with a -ETIMEDOUT error. Fix that by queueing the skb back to tx_queue.

CVSS Base Scores

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