CVE-2025-37884 Affecting kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter package, versions <0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELUEKMODULESEXTRANETFILTER-10790898
  • published19 Jul 2025
  • disclosed9 May 2025

Introduced: 9 May 2025

CVE-2025-37884  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-uek-modules-extra-netfilter to version 0:6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el9uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-20480.

NVD Description

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

bpf: Fix deadlock between rcu_tasks_trace and event_mutex.

Fix the following deadlock: CPU A _free_event() perf_kprobe_destroy() mutex_lock(&event_mutex) perf_trace_event_unreg() synchronize_rcu_tasks_trace()

There are several paths where _free_event() grabs event_mutex and calls sync_rcu_tasks_trace. Above is one such case.

CPU B bpf_prog_test_run_syscall() rcu_read_lock_trace() bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu() bpf_prog_load() bpf_tracing_func_proto() trace_set_clr_event() mutex_lock(&event_mutex)

Delegate trace_set_clr_event() to workqueue to avoid such lock dependency.

CVSS Base Scores

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