Out-of-bounds Read Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-312.187.5.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-12562916
  • published9 Sept 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38204  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-312.187.5.el9uek 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

jfs: fix array-index-out-of-bounds read in add_missing_indices

stbl is s8 but it must contain offsets into slot which can go from 0 to 127.

Added a bound check for that error and return -EIO if the check fails. Also make jfs_readdir return with error if add_missing_indices returns with an error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1