ELSA-2025-28049: Security update for 8 packages

ELSA-2025-28049, released December 12, 2025, fixes 63 CVEs across 8 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.

Urgent

CVEs closed

7 rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

9.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0064

51st percentile

Priority of the 63 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 7
                                High 36
                                Routine 20

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
kernel-uek	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-container	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-container-debug	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-debug	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-debug-devel	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-devel	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-doc	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el8uek
kernel-uek-tools	ol 8	0:5.4.17-2136.350.3.1.el7uek

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
Urgent	CVE-2025-39996	media: b2c2: Fix use-after-free causing by irq_check_work in flexcop_pci_remove	9.8	0.0023	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39967	fbcon: fix integer overflow in fbcon_do_set_font	9.8	0.0017	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39994	media: tuner: xc5000: Fix use-after-free in xc5000_release	9.8	0.0016	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39970	i40e: fix input validation logic for action_meta	9.8	0.0016	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39971	i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg	9.8	0.0016	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39972	i40e: fix idx validation in i40e_validate_queue_map	9.8	0.0016	None reported
Urgent	CVE-2025-39968	i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters	9.8	0.0015	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40240	sctp: avoid NULL dereference when chunk data buffer is missing	8.6	0.0064	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40048	uio_hv_generic: Let userspace take care of interrupt mask	8.4	0.0064	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40187	net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce()	7.5	0.0064	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40186	linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_c...	8.1	0.0059	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40087	NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type	7.5	0.0050	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40204	sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time	8.1	0.0047	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40140	linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: Remove disruptive netif_wake_queue in...	8.8	0.0032	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40001	scsi: mvsas: Fix use-after-free bugs in mvs_work_queue	7.8	0.0026	None reported
High	CVE-2025-22058	kernel: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: u...	7.3	0.0024	None reported
High	CVE-2025-39995	media: i2c: tc358743: Fix use-after-free bugs caused by orphan timer in probe	7.1	0.0023	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40035	Input: uinput - zero-initialize uinput_ff_upload_compat to avoid info leak	7.1	0.0023	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40055	ocfs2: fix double free in user_cluster_connect()	7.8	0.0023	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40020	can: peak_usb: fix shift-out-of-bounds issue	7.1	0.0021	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40006	linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix folio is still mapped when delet...	7.8	0.0021	None reported
High	CVE-2025-39913	tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork.	7.8	0.0019	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40190	ext4: guard against EA inode refcount underflow in xattr update	7.8	0.0018	None reported
High	CVE-2025-39998	scsi: target: target_core_configfs: Add length check to avoid buffer overflow	7.8	0.0018	None reported
High	CVE-2025-40044	fs: udf: fix OOB read in lengthAllocDescs handling	7.8	0.0017	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2025-39996

SUSE-SU-2025:4057-1
kernel-64kb, kernel-default, kernel-default-base and 6 more on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_6 on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1
kernel-azure, kernel-source-azure, kernel-syms-azure on sles 15.7
SUSE-SU-2025:4301-1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_17, kernel-rt, kernel-rt_debug and 2 more on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6
SUSE-SU-2025:4140-1
dtb-aarch64, kernel-64kb, kernel-debug and 10 more on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6
SUSE-SU-2025:4128-1
kernel-azure, kernel-source-azure, kernel-syms-azure on opensuse-leap 15.6, sles 15.6
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1
dtb-aarch64, kernel-64kb, kernel-default and 9 more on opensuse-leap 16.0
SUSE-SU-2025:21147-1
kernel-64kb, kernel-default, kernel-default-base and 6 more on sles 16.0

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-28049.html

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