SB2025111931 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: November 19, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 9 vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38729)
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 validate_uac3_feature_unit() and FUNC() functions in sound/usb/validate.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38718)
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 sctp_rcv() function in net/sctp/input.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39697)
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 nfs_page_set_inode_ref(), nfs_page_group_lock() and nfs_inode_remove_request() functions in fs/nfs/write.c, within the nfs_page_group_unlock() function in fs/nfs/pagelist.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39702)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
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 resource management error within the seg6_hmac_validate_skb() function in net/ipv6/seg6_hmac.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39757)
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 convert_chmap_v3() and snd_usb_get_audioformat_uac3() functions in sound/usb/stream.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40300)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
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 input validation within the vcpu_enter_guest() function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39817)
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 efivarfs_d_compare() function in fs/efivarfs/super.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
8) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39849)
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 __cfg80211_connect_result() function in net/wireless/sme.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
9) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53494)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
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 input validation within the xts_encrypt_done() and xts_decrypt_done() functions in crypto/xts.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.