CVE-2025-40140 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-core package, versions <0:5.15.0-315.196.5.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUGCORE-14409253
  • published13 Dec 2025
  • disclosed12 Nov 2025

Introduced: 12 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-40140  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug-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-debug-core package and not the kernel-uek-debug-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: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in rtl8150_set_multicast

syzbot reported WARNING in rtl8150_start_xmit/usb_submit_urb. This is the sequence of events that leads to the warning:

rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); }

rtl8150_set_multicast() { netif_stop_queue(); netif_wake_queue(); <-- wakes up TX queue before URB is done }

rtl8150_start_xmit() { netif_stop_queue(); usb_submit_urb(dev->tx_urb); <-- double submission }

rtl8150_set_multicast being the ndo_set_rx_mode callback should not be calling netif_stop_queue and notif_start_queue as these handle TX queue synchronization.

The net core function dev_set_rx_mode handles the synchronization for rtl8150_set_multicast making it safe to remove these locks.

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