SB2025082069 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel

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SB2025082069 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel

Published: August 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025082069
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 6
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.


1) 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.


2) 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.


3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-47670)

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 pcan_usb_fd_decode_canmsg() and pcan_usb_fd_decode_status() functions in drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_fd.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


4) 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.


5) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50020)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

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 memory corruption within the ext4_resize_fs() function in fs/ext4/resize.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


6) Use of uninitialized resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38086)

CWE-ID: CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource

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 use of uninitialized resource within the ch9200_mdio_read() function in drivers/net/usb/ch9200.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References