CVE-2025-38467 Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEK-13540015
  • published13 Oct 2025
  • disclosed25 Jul 2025

Introduced: 25 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38467  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 kernel-uek to version 0:5.4.17-2136.348.3.el8uek 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 package and not the kernel-uek 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:

drm/exynos: exynos7_drm_decon: add vblank check in IRQ handling

If there's support for another console device (such as a TTY serial), the kernel occasionally panics during boot. The panic message and a relevant snippet of the call stack is as follows:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000000000000000 Call trace: drm_crtc_handle_vblank+0x10/0x30 (P) decon_irq_handler+0x88/0xb4 [...]

Otherwise, the panics don't happen. This indicates that it's some sort of race condition.

Add a check to validate if the drm device can handle vblanks before calling drm_crtc_handle_vblank() to avoid this.

CVSS Base Scores

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