SB2025102002 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
Published: October 20, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-53125)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the smsc75xx_rx_fixup() function in drivers/net/usb/smsc75xx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38550)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the mld_del_delrec() function in net/ipv6/mcast.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.