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High ELSA-2025-28026 1 CVE

Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Dec 2, 2025 · Updated Dec 2, 2025

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.349.3.2]
- crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption (Herbert Xu) [Orabug: 38705546] {CVE-2025-40019}

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-tools 0:5.4.17-2136.349.3.2.el7uek

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-40019 Public exploit

    crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption Move the ssize check to the start in essiv_aead_crypt so that it's also checked for decryption and in-place encryption.