SB2025102002 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel 



SB2025102002 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel

Published: October 20, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025102002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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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.