CVE-2025-37970 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-BPFTOOL-10764824
  • published17 Jul 2025
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

CVE-2025-37970  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-310.184.5.2.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20470.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

iio: imu: st_lsm6dsx: fix possible lockup in st_lsm6dsx_read_fifo

Prevent st_lsm6dsx_read_fifo from falling in an infinite loop in case pattern_len is equal to zero and the device FIFO is not empty.

CVSS Base Scores

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