SB2025091069 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel-rt
Published: September 10, 2025 Updated: February 6, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 9 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2513)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the ext4 filesystem in the way it handled the extra inode size for extended attributes. A local user can trigger a use-after-free error and escalate privileges on the system.
2) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22097)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the vkms_init() and vkms_destroy() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/vkms/vkms_drv.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22058)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the udp_skb_has_head_state(), udp_rmem_release(), EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and first_packet_length() functions in net/ipv4/udp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38079)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the hash_accept() function in crypto/algif_hash.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
5) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38085)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the huge_pmd_unshare() function in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
6) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38159)
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 rtw_coex_tdma_timer_base() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw88/coex.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
7) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38250)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the DEFINE_IDA(), hci_dev_get(), hci_dev_do_reset(), hci_dev_reset(), hci_alloc_dev_priv() and hci_unregister_dev() functions in net/bluetooth/hci_core.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
8) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38352)
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.
9) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38464)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the tipc_topsrv_stop() function in net/tipc/topsrv.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.