Race Condition Affecting kernel-uek-tools-libs package, versions <0:4.14.35-2025.401.4.el7uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KERNELUEKTOOLSLIBS-2579296
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed13 Sept 2020

Introduced: 13 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-25285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-tools-libs to version 0:4.14.35-2025.401.4.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-5885.

NVD Description

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

A race condition between hugetlb sysctl handlers in mm/hugetlb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.8.8 could be used by local attackers to corrupt memory, cause a NULL pointer dereference, or possibly have unspecified other impact, aka CID-17743798d812.

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