Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELTOOLS-14560248
  • published24 Dec 2025
  • disclosed4 Sept 2025

Introduced: 4 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-38729  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-tools to version 0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:23947.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ALSA: usb-audio: Validate UAC3 power domain descriptors, too

UAC3 power domain descriptors need to be verified with its variable bLength for avoiding the unexpected OOB accesses by malicious firmware, too.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1