CVE-2026-72305 Affecting bpftool package, versions <0:5.15.0-325.220.5.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-BPFTOOL-19556902
  • published5 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Aug 2026

Introduced: 15 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-72305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 bpftool to version 0:5.15.0-325.220.5.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-500377.

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:

VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace

The bounceing is not necessarily page aligned, so current VDUSE can leak kernel information through mapping bounce pages to userspace. Allocate bounce pages with __GFP_ZERO to avoid leaking information to userspace.

CVSS Base Scores

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