SB2025082736 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support update for kernel
Published: August 27, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 9 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-57980)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the uvc_status_init() function in drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_status.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21928)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ishtp_hid_remove() function in drivers/hid/intel-ish-hid/ishtp-hid.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-23150)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the do_split() function in fs/ext4/namei.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49788)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the qp_notify_peer_local() and qp_notify_peer() functions in drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38000)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the hfsc_enqueue() function in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
6) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50020)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the ext4_resize_fs() function in fs/ext4/resize.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50022)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the raid5_end_write_request() function in drivers/md/raid5.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
8) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38177)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the eltree_insert() and hfsc_qlen_notify() functions in net/sched/sch_hfsc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38350)
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.