SB2025120122 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel

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SB2025120122 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel

Published: December 1, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025120122
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-2025-38724)

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 nfsd4_setclientid_confirm() function in fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


2) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39825)

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

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/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 race condition within the cifs_rename2() function in fs/smb/client/inode.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


3) Improper error handling (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39883)

CWE-ID: CWE-388 - Error Handling

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 error handling within the unpoison_memory() function in mm/memory-failure.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39898)

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 e1000_set_eeprom() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ethtool.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


5) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53513)

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 nbd_set_size() and nbd_add_socket() functions in drivers/block/nbd.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


6) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-39955)

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 tcp_disconnect() function in net/ipv4/tcp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References