CVE-2025-38729 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
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-KERNELUEK-13540381
  • published13 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38729  (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:

ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too

UAC3 power domain descriptors need to be verified with its variable bLength for avoiding the unexpected OOB accesses by malicious firmware, too.

CVSS Base Scores

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