CVE-2025-40284 Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:6.12.0-107.59.3.2.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKDOC-15007716
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed6 Dec 2025

Introduced: 6 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-40284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:6.12.0-107.59.3.2.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2026-50006.

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:

Bluetooth: MGMT: cancel mesh send timer when hdev removed

mesh_send_done timer is not canceled when hdev is removed, which causes crash if the timer triggers after hdev is gone.

Cancel the timer when MGMT removes the hdev, like other MGMT timers.

Should fix the BUG: sporadically seen by BlueZ test bot (in "Mesh - Send cancel - 1" test).

Log:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in run_timer_softirq+0x76b/0x7d0 ... Freed by task 36: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_save_free_info+0x3a/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x43/0x70 kfree+0x103/0x500 device_release+0x9a/0x210 kobject_put+0x100/0x1e0 vhci_release+0x18b/0x240

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