SB2025082506 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: August 25, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22058)
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 udp_skb_has_head_state(), udp_rmem_release(), EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and first_packet_length() functions in net/ipv4/udp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37914)
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 cl_is_active() and ets_qdisc_enqueue() functions in net/sched/sch_ets.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38417)
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 ice_eswitch_attach_vf() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_eswitch.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.