CVE-2025-40053 Affecting kernel-uek-core package, versions <0:5.15.0-315.196.5.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKCORE-14397607
  • published12 Dec 2025
  • disclosed28 Oct 2025

Introduced: 28 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-40053  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-core to version 0:5.15.0-315.196.5.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-28048.

NVD Description

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

net: dlink: handle copy_thresh allocation failure

The driver did not handle failure of netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(). If the allocation failed, dereferencing skb-&gt;protocol could lead to a NULL pointer dereference.

This patch tries to allocate skb. If the allocation fails, it falls back to the normal path.

Tested-on: D-Link DGE-550T Rev-A3

CVSS Base Scores

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