CVE-2025-21789 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
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-10780475
  • published18 Jul 2025
  • disclosed27 Feb 2025

Introduced: 27 Feb 2025

CVE-2025-21789  (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:

LoongArch: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths

Commit 69e3a6aa6be2 ("LoongArch: Add checksum optimization for 64-bit system") would cause an undefined shift and an out-of-bounds read.

Commit 8bd795fedb84 ("arm64: csum: Fix OoB access in IP checksum code for negative lengths") fixes the same issue on ARM64.

CVSS Base Scores

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