RHSA-2025:21933MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
November 24, 2025
Last Modified
July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2025-39898 · pendingCVE-2025-39971 →CVE-2025-39973 →CVE-2025-40047 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-39898 — kernel: e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom CVE-2025-39971 — kernel: i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg CVE-2025-39973 — kernel: i40e: add validation for ring_len param CVE-2025-40047 — kernel: io_uring/waitid: always prune wait queue entry in io_waitid_wait()

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-core-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-core-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-core-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-debuginfo-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-devel-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-devel-matched-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.6)
  • kernel-64k-modules-0:5.14.0-570.66.1.el9_6.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.6)
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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: 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: 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.

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