NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-uek-debug package, versions <0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUG-12589301
  • published10 Sept 2025
  • disclosed3 Jul 2025

Introduced: 3 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38156  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug to version 0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20551.

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:

wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix null-ptr-deref in mt7996_mmio_wed_init()

devm_ioremap() returns NULL on error. Currently, mt7996_mmio_wed_init() does not check for this case, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Prevent null pointer dereference in mt7996_mmio_wed_init()

CVSS Base Scores

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