NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.348.3.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKDOC-13540248
  • published13 Oct 2025
  • disclosed5 Sept 2025

Introduced: 5 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-39676  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:5.4.17-2136.348.3.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20663.

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:

scsi: qla4xxx: Prevent a potential error pointer dereference

The qla4xxx_get_ep_fwdb() function is supposed to return NULL on error, but qla4xxx_ep_connect() returns error pointers. Propagating the error pointers will lead to an Oops in the caller, so change the error pointers to NULL.

CVSS Base Scores

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