RHSA-2025:17958MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
October 14, 2025
Last Modified
July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (6)

CVE-2025-38498 →CVE-2025-38550 →CVE-2025-38566 →CVE-2022-50087 →CVE-2023-53125 →CVE-2025-38392 →

📋 Description

CVE-2022-50087 — kernel: firmware: arm_scpi: Ensure scpi_info is not assigned if the probe fails CVE-2023-53125 — kernel: net: usb: smsc75xx: Limit packet length to skb->len CVE-2025-38392 — kernel: idpf: convert control queue mutex to a spinlock CVE-2025-38498 — kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts CVE-2025-38550 — kernel: ipv6: mcast: Delay put pmc->idev in mld_del_delrec() CVE-2025-38566 — kernel: sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:7.3.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-427.94.1.el9_4.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module smsc75xx from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module idpf from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module sunrpc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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