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High ELSA-2025-25733 1 CVE

Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 8)

Published Nov 3, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025

Summary

[5.15.0-313.189.5.3]
- i40e: add validation for ring_len param (Lukasz Czapnik) [Orabug: 38603025] {CVE-2025-39973}
- i40e: increase max descriptors for XL710 (Justin Bronder) [Orabug: 38603025]

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 8 bpftool 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-container 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-container-debug 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-core 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-debug 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-debug-core 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-debug-modules 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-devel 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-doc 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-modules 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek-modules-extra 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek64k 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek64k-core 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek64k-devel 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek64k-modules 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek
Oracle Linux · 8 kernel-uek64k-modules-extra 0:5.15.0-313.189.5.3.el9uek

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.8

    i40e: add validation for ring_len param

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: add validation for ring_len param The `ring_len` parameter provided by the virtual function (VF) is assigned directly to the hardware memory context (HMC) without any validation. To add…