SB2025100103 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for kernel
Published: October 1, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-21759)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the mld_send_cr() and igmp6_send() functions in net/ipv6/mcast.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-2022-50211)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the raid10_remove_disk() function in drivers/md/raid10.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
4) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38200)
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow within the i40e_pf_reset() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
5) 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.
6) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38527)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the cifs_oplock_break() and cifs_put_tlink() functions in fs/smb/client/file.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.