CVE-2025-38015 Affecting kernel-uek64k package, versions <0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEK64K-10811746
  • published19 Jul 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38015  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek64k to version 0:6.12.0-102.36.5.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20530.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek64k package and not the kernel-uek64k 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:

dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc

Memory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during idxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.

CVSS Base Scores

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