CVE-2025-38061 Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-10779170
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38061  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20480.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-debug package and not the kernel-uek-debug 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: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()

Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1