CVE-2025-38513 Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules package, versions <0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULES-12575711
  • published10 Sept 2025
  • disclosed16 Aug 2025

Introduced: 16 Aug 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug-modules 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-modules package and not the kernel-uek-debug-modules 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: zd1211rw: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev()

There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(). For example, the following is possible:

    T0			    		T1

zd_mac_tx_to_dev() /* len == skb_queue_len(q) */ while (len > ZD_MAC_MAX_ACK_WAITERS) {

                  filter_ack()
                    spin_lock_irqsave(&amp;q-&gt;lock, flags);
                    /* position == skb_queue_len(q) */
                    for (i=1; i&lt;position; i++)
                          skb = __skb_dequeue(q)

                if (mac-&amp;gt;type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
                  skb = __skb_dequeue(q);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&amp;amp;q-&amp;gt;lock, flags);

skb_dequeue() -&gt; NULL

Since there is a small gap between checking skb queue length and skb being unconditionally dequeued in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(), skb_dequeue() can return NULL. Then the pointer is passed to zd_mac_tx_status() where it is dereferenced.

In order to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference due to situations like above, check if skb is not NULL before passing it to zd_mac_tx_status().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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