Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:6.12.0-105.51.5.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDOC-13869172
  • published10 Nov 2025
  • disclosed4 Oct 2025

Introduced: 4 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-39940  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:6.12.0-105.51.5.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-25754.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc 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:

dm-stripe: fix a possible integer overflow

There's a possible integer overflow in stripe_io_hints if we have too large chunk size. Test if the overflow happened, and if it did, don't set limits->io_min and limits->io_opt;

CVSS Base Scores

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