SB2025091102 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) 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.

2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38332)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the lpfc_sli4_get_ctl_attr() function in drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

3) 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.

4) Improper locking (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38449)

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the drm_gem_fb_destroy() and drm_gem_fb_init_with_funcs() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.c, within the drm_gem_private_object_fini(), drm_gem_object_exported_dma_buf_free(), drm_gem_object_handle_put_unlocked() and drm_gem_handle_create_tail() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15661