RHSA-2025:23730HighCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1 security update

Published
December 22, 2025
Last Modified
July 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-38499 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-38499 — kernel: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns

🎯 Affected products8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-0:1-1.el9_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-0:1-1.el9_7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-0:1-1.el9_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-debuginfo-0:1-1.el9_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-debuginfo-0:1-1.el9_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-debugsource-0:1-1.el9_7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-611_9_1-debugsource-0:1-1.el9_7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)

✅ 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.

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