Use After Free Affecting kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop package, versions <0:6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDEBUGMODULESDESKTOP-12590508
  • published10 Sept 2025
  • disclosed25 Jul 2025

Introduced: 25 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38437  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop 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-desktop package and not the kernel-uek-debug-modules-desktop 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:

ksmbd: fix potential use-after-free in oplock/lease break ack

If ksmbd_iov_pin_rsp return error, use-after-free can happen by accessing opinfo->state and opinfo_put and ksmbd_fd_put could called twice.

CVSS Base Scores

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