SB2025101405 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM CICS TX Advanced

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SB2025101405 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM CICS TX Advanced

Published: October 14, 2025 Updated: February 6, 2026

Security Bulletin ID SB2025101405
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38352)

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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:A/U:Amber


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

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the run_posix_cpu_timers() function in kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild against Android devices.


2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38350)

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 qdisc_alloc_handle() and qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog() functions in net/sched/sch_api.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References