SB2025092501 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: September 25, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50121)
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 nfs4_state_shutdown_net() function in fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) 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.
3) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37810)
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 dwc3_check_event_buf() function in drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38211)
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 EXPORT_SYMBOL(), destroy_cm_id() and cm_work_handler() functions in drivers/infiniband/core/iwcm.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
5) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38461)
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 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and vsock_assign_transport() functions in net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.