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High ELSA-2025-28068 1 CVE

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

Published Dec 22, 2025 · Updated Dec 22, 2025

Summary

[5.4.17-2136.350.3.2]
- fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() (Wei Yang) [Orabug: 38786776] {CVE-2025-40271}

[5.4.17-2136.350.3.1]
- Reapply 'cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information' (Harshvardhan Jha) [Orabug: 38744458]
- fbcon: fix integer overflow in font allocation (Samasth Norway Ananda) [Orabug: 38744453]

[5.4.17-2136.350.3]
- net/rds: Fix rs_recv_pending counting issue (Gerd Rausch) [Orabug: 38506370]

[5.4.17-2136.350.2]
- LTS tag: v5.4.301 (Alok Tiwari)
- net: rtnetlink: fix module reference count leak issue in rtnetlink_rcv_msg (Zhengchao Shao)
- media: s5p-mfc: remove an unused/uninitialized variable (Arnd Bergmann)
- NFSD: Fix last write offset handling in layoutcommit (Sergey Bashirov)
- NFSD: Minor cleanup in layoutcommit processing (Sergey Bashirov)
- padata: Reset next CPU when reorder sequence wraps around (Xiao Liang)
- KEYS: trusted_tpm1: Compare HMAC values in constant time (Eric Biggers)
- NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type (Chuck Lever) [Orabug: 38601819] {CVE-2025-40087}
- vfs: Don't leak disconnected dentries on umount (Jan Kara) [Orabug: 38601924] {CVE-2025-40105}
- jbd2: ensure that all ongoing I/O complete before freeing blocks (Zhang Yi)
- ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination (Deepanshu Kartikey) [Orabug: 38649223] {CVE-2025-40167}
- drm/amdgpu: use atomic functions with memory barriers for vm fault info (Gui-Dong Han)
- ext4: avoid potential buffer over-read in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() (Theodore Ts'O) [Orabug: 38649412] {CVE-2025-40198}
- spi: cadence-quadspi: Flush posted register writes before DAC access (Pratyush Yadav)
- spi: cadence-quadspi: Flush posted register writes before INDAC access (Pratyush Yadav)
- memory: samsung: exynos-srom: Fix of_iomap leak in exynos_srom_probe (Zhen Ni)
- memory: samsung: exynos-srom: Correct alignment (Krzysztof Kozlowski)
- arm64: errata: Apply workarounds for Neoverse-V3AE (Mark Rutland)
- arm64: cputype: Add Neoverse-V3AE definitions (Mark Rutland)
- comedi: fix divide-by-zero in comedi_buf_munge() (Deepanshu Kartikey)
- binder: remove 'invalid inc weak' check (Alice Ryhl)
- xhci: dbc: enable back DbC in resume if it was enabled before suspend (Mathias Nyman)
- usb/core/quirks: Add Huawei ME906S to wakeup quirk (Tim Guttzeit)
- USB: serial: option: add Telit FN920C04 ECM compositions (Li Qingwu)
- USB: serial: option: add Quectel RG255C (Reinhard Speyerer)
- USB: serial: option: add UNISOC UIS7720 (Renjun Wang)
- net: ravb: Ensure memory write completes before ringing TX doorbell (Lad Prabhakar)
- net: usb: rtl8150: Fix frame padding (Michal Pecio)
- ocfs2: clear extent cache after moving/defragmenting extents (Deepanshu Kartikey) [Orabug: 38730547] {CVE-2025-40233}
- MIPS: Malta: Fix keyboard resource preventing i8042 driver from registering (Maciej W. Rozycki)
- Revert 'cpuidle: menu: Avoid discarding useful information' (Rafael J. Wysocki)
- net: bonding: fix possible peer notify event loss or dup issue (Tonghao Zhang)
- sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing (Alexey Simakov) [Orabug: 38730567] {CVE-2025-40240}
- arm64, mm: avoid always making PTE dirty in pte_mkwrite() (Huang, Ying)
- net: enetc: correct the value of ENETC_RXB_TRUESIZE (Wei Fang)
- rtnetlink: Allow deleting FDB entries in user namespace (Johannes Wiesboeck)
- net: rtnetlink: add NLM_F_BULK support to rtnl_fdb_del (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: add ndo_fdb_del_bulk (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: rtnetlink: add bulk delete support flag (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: netlink: add NLM_F_BULK delete request modifier (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: rtnetlink: use BIT for flag values (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: rtnetlink: add helper to extract msg type's kind (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: rtnetlink: add msg kind names (Nikolay Aleksandrov)
- net: rtnetlink: remove redundant assignment to variable err (Colin Ian King)
- m68k: bitops: Fix find_*_bit() signatures (Geert Uytterhoeven)
- hfsplus: return EIO when type of hidden directory mismatch in hfsplus_fill_super() (Yangtao Li)
- hfs: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfs_find_set_zero_bits() (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- dlm: check for defined force value in dlm_lockspace_release (Alexander Aring)
- hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in hfsplus_delete_cat() (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- hfs: validate record offset in hfsplus_bmap_alloc (Yang Chenzhi)
- hfsplus: fix KMSAN uninit-value issue in __hfsplus_ext_cache_extent() (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- hfs: make proper initalization of struct hfs_find_data (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- hfs: clear offset and space out of valid records in b-tree node (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- exec: Fix incorrect type for ret (Xichao Zhao)
- hfsplus: fix slab-out-of-bounds read in hfsplus_strcasecmp() (Viacheslav Dubeyko)
- ALSA: firewire: amdtp-stream: fix enum kernel-doc warnings (Randy Dunlap)
- sched/fair: Fix pelt lost idle time detection (Vincent Guittot)
- sched/balancing: Rename newidle_balance() => sched_balance_newidle() (Ingo Molnar)
- sched/fair: Trivial correction of the newidle_balance() comment (Barry Song)
- sched: Make newidle_balance() static again (Chen Yu)
- tls: don't rely on tx_work during send() (Sabrina Dubroca)
- tls: always set record_type in tls_process_cmsg (Sabrina Dubroca)
- tg3: prevent use of uninitialized remote_adv and local_adv variables (Alexey Simakov)
- tcp: fix tcp_tso_should_defer() vs large RTT (Eric Dumazet)
- amd-xgbe: Avoid spurious link down messages during interface toggle (Raju Rangoju)
- net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth (Dmitry Safonov) [Orabug: 38649261] {CVE-2025-40173}
- net: dlink: handle dma_map_single() failure properly (Moon Yeounsu)
- net: dl2k: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API (Christophe Jaillet)
- media: pci: ivtv: Add missing check after DMA map (Thomas Fourier)
- media: pci/ivtv: switch from 'pci_' to 'dma_' API (Christophe Jaillet)
- xen/events: Update virq_to_irq on migration (Jason Andryuk)
- media: lirc: Fix error handling in lirc_register() (

Fixed packages 8

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-container-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-debug-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-devel 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-doc 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el8uek
Oracle Linux · 7 kernel-uek-tools 0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.2.el7uek

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-40271 Public exploit

    fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: fix uaf in proc_readdir_de() Pde is erased from subdir rbtree through rb_erase(), but not set the node to EMPTY, which may result in uaf access. We should use RB_CLEAR_NODE() set the…