SB2025081482 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 34 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21991)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the load_microcode_amd() function in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/amd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43888)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the list_lru_from_memcg_idx() and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() functions in mm/list_lru.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57980)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the uvc_status_init() function in drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

4) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-58002)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the uvc_v4l2_release() function in drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c, within the uvc_ctrl_send_slave_event(), uvc_ctrl_status_event(), uvc_ctrl_commit_entity() and uvc_ctrl_init_device() functions in drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_ctrl.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

5) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5222)

CWE-ID: CWE-121 - Stack-based buffer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the SRBRoot::addTag() function in genrb binary. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass a specially crafted input to the application, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

6) Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-5994)

CWE-ID: CWE-349 - Acceptance of Extraneous Untrusted Data With Trusted Data

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cache poisoning attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to a logic error in the EDNS Client Subnet (ECS) implementation. A remote attacker can perform cache poisoning attacks against Unbound servers with ECS support, a.k.a. Rebirthday Attack.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that the server is compiled with '--enable-subnet' and configured to send ECS information to upstream name servers with at least one of the 'send-client-subnet', 'client-subnet-zone' or 'client-subnet-always-forward' options.

7) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6965)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing aggregated terms. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application where the number of aggregate terms exceeds the number of columns available, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

8) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21727)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the padata_free_shell() function in kernel/padata.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21928)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ishtp_hid_remove() function in drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

10) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-36945)

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to information disclosure within the smc_ib_find_route() function in net/smc/smc_ib.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

11) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37890)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the hfsc_enqueue() function in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

12) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37958)

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the __split_huge_pmd_locked() and split_huge_pmd_locked() functions in mm/huge_memory.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

13) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38052)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the tipc_aead_encrypt() and tipc_aead_encrypt_done() functions in net/tipc/crypto.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

14) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47273)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in package_index.py. A remote attacker can trick the victim into installing a specially crafted script and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, leading to code execution.

15) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49133)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the CryptHmacSign() function. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read error by sending malicious commands to a TPM 2.0/vTPM (swtpm) whose firmware is based on an affected TCG reference implementation and make vTPM (swtpm) unavailable to a VM.

16) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49794)

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xmlSchematronGetNode() function when processing XPath expressions in Schematron schema elements schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted XML input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

17) Type Confusion (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-49796)

CWE-ID: CWE-843 - Type confusion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a type confusion error within the xmlSchematronFormatReport() function when processing sch:name elements in schematron.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a type confusion error and crash the application. 

18) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49083)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when calling the load_pem_pkcs7_certificates() or load_der_pkcs7_certificates() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted PKCS7 blob/certificate certificate to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

19) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45339)

CWE-ID: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure link following when writing log files. A local user can point a symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with the log data.

20) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48384)

CWE-ID: CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data when reading config values. A remote user can pass specially crafted config lines to the application containing CR-LF characters and execute arbitrary code on the system after checkout.

21) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48385)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected client.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of bundle-uri parameter when cloning a repository. A remote attacker can trick the victim into cloning a specially crafted repository, perform a protocol injection attack and write code to arbitrary locations on the system, leading to remote code execution. 

22) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6021)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the xmlBuildQName() function in tree.c . A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

23) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-47527)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the uart_tty_port_shutdown() function in drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

24) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48669)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_platform_attributes.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

25) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49395)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the write_ldt_entry() function in arch/x86/um/ldt.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

26) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49788)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the qp_notify_peer_local() and qp_notify_peer() functions in drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

27) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45338)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in several Parse functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

28) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52451)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the dlpar_memory_remove_by_index() function in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-memory.c. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds read and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

29) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52764)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the set_flicker() function in drivers/media/usb/gspca/cpia1.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

30) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52877)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the tcpm_pd_svdm() function in drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

31) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26659)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the process_isoc_td() function in drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

32) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26934)

CWE-ID: CWE-667 - Improper Locking

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the interface_authorized_store() function in drivers/usb/core/sysfs.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.

33) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26964)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the xhci_map_temp_buffer() function in drivers/usb/host/xhci.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

34) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27059)

CWE-ID: CWE-369 - Divide By Zero

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the isd200_dump_driveid(), isd200_get_inquiry_data() and isd200_init_info() functions in drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13325