CVE-2025-38676 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-314.193.5.3.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-BPFTOOL-13914408
  • published12 Nov 2025
  • disclosed26 Aug 2025

Introduced: 26 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-38676  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-314.193.5.3.el8uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-25757.

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:

iommu/amd: Avoid stack buffer overflow from kernel cmdline

While the kernel command line is considered trusted in most environments, avoid writing 1 byte past the end of "acpiid" if the "str" argument is maximum length.

CVSS Base Scores

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