SB2025093002 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel
Published: September 30, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 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) 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.
3) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38477)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the qfq_change_class(), qfq_delete_class(), qfq_dump_class() and qfq_dump_class_stats() functions in net/sched/sch_qfq.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.