SB2025032609 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel-rt 



SB2025032609 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel-rt

Published: March 26, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025032609
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21785)

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 populate_cache_leaves() function in arch/arm64/kernel/cacheinfo.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.