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Medium ALSA-2025:11455 2 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Jul 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: tcp/dccp: Don't use timer_pending() in reqsk_queue_unlink(). (CVE-2024-50154)
* kernel: net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart (CVE-2025-38086)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 25

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 bpftool 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.63.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Critical 9.8

    tcp/dccp: Don't use timer_pending() in reqsk_queue_unlink().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tcp/dccp: Don't use timer_pending() in reqsk_queue_unlink(). Martin KaFai Lau reported use-after-free [0] in reqsk_timer_handler(). """ We are seeing a use-after-free from a bpf prog attached…

  • Unscored —

    net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ch9200: fix uninitialised access during mii_nway_restart In mii_nway_restart() the code attempts to call mii->mdio_read which is ch9200_mdio_read(). ch9200_mdio_read() utilises a local b…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50154
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38086
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2324313
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2375305
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-11455.html