SB2025081806 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: August 18, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 9 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21867)
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 bpf_test_init() function in net/bpf/test_run.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-28956)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a malicious guest to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the hardware support for prediction-domain isolation dubbed "Indirect Target Selection". A malicious guest can infer the contents of arbitrary host memory, including memory assigned to other guests.
3) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38084)
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_vma() function in mm/vma.c, within the hugetlb_vma_lock_free(), hugetlb_vm_op_split(), move_hugetlb_state() and hugetlb_unshare_pmds() functions in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38085)
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 huge_pmd_unshare() function in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38124)
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 __udp_gso_segment() function in net/ipv4/udp_offload.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38159)
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 rtw_coex_tdma_timer_base() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/coex.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38250)
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 DEFINE_IDA(), hci_dev_get(), hci_dev_do_reset(), hci_dev_reset(), hci_alloc_dev_priv() and hci_unregister_dev() functions in net/bluetooth/hci_core.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
8) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38380)
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 amd_i2c_dw_xfer_quirk() function in drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-designware-master.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38471)
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 tls_strp_read_sock() function in net/tls/tls_strp.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.