RHSA-2025:22910MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
December 9, 2025
Last Modified
August 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2025-38718 →CVE-2022-3640 →CVE-2022-50341 →CVE-2022-50386 →CVE-2022-50408 →CVE-2023-53305 →CVE-2023-53365 →

📋 Description

CVE-2022-3640 — kernel: use after free flaw in l2cap_conn_del in net/bluetooth/l2cap_core.c CVE-2022-50341 — kernel: cifs: fix oops during encryption CVE-2022-50386 — kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix user-after-free CVE-2022-50408 — kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: fix use-after-free bug in brcmf_netdev_start_xmit() CVE-2023-53305 — kernel: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free CVE-2023-53365 — kernel: ip6mr: Fix skb_under_panic in ip6mr_cache_report() CVE-2025-38718 — kernel: sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv

🎯 Affected products95

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-abi-whitelists-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-bootwrapper-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:3.10.0-1160.143.1.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS)
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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. Workaround: To mitigate these vulnerabilities on the operating system level, disable the Bluetooth functionality via blocklisting kernel modules in the Linux kernel. The kernel modules can be prevented from being loaded by using system-wide modprobe rules. Instructions on how to disable Bluetooth modules are available on the customer portal at https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2682931. Alternatively, bluetooth can be disabled within the hardware or at the BIOS level, which will also provide effective mitigation as the kernel will not detect Bluetooth hardware on the system. Workaround: To mitigate this issue, prevent module brcmfmac 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 sctp 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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