CVE-2025-38103 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-312.187.5.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-BPFTOOL-12566308
  • published9 Sept 2025
  • disclosed3 Jul 2025

Introduced: 3 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38103  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-312.187.5.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20552.

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:

HID: usbhid: Eliminate recurrent out-of-bounds bug in usbhid_parse()

Update struct hid_descriptor to better reflect the mandatory and optional parts of the HID Descriptor as per USB HID 1.11 specification. Note: the kernel currently does not parse any optional HID class descriptors, only the mandatory report descriptor.

Update all references to member element desc[0] to rpt_desc.

Add test to verify bLength and bNumDescriptors values are valid.

Replace the for loop with direct access to the mandatory HID class descriptor member for the report descriptor. This eliminates the possibility of getting an out-of-bounds fault.

Add a warning message if the HID descriptor contains any unsupported optional HID class descriptors.

CVSS Base Scores

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