CVE-2025-38705 Affecting kernel-uek package, versions <0:6.12.0-104.43.4.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK-13569221
  • published16 Oct 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38705  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek to version 0:6.12.0-104.43.4.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20662.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

drm/amd/pm: fix null pointer access

Writing a string without delimiters (' ', '\n', '\0') to the under gpu_od/fan_ctrl sysfs or pp_power_profile_mode for the CUSTOM profile will result in a null pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

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