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Medium ALSA-2025:15008 4 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Sep 2, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction (CVE-2025-38211)
* kernel: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version (CVE-2025-38332)
* kernel: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close() (CVE-2025-38464)
* kernel: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate (CVE-2025-38477)

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 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.72.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 4

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2025-38211

    RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/iwcm: Fix use-after-free of work objects after cm_id destruction The commit 59c68ac31e15 ("iw_cm: free cm_id resources on the last deref") simplified cm_id resource management by freeing…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-38464

    tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close().

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_conn_close(). syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref in tipc_conn_close() during netns dismantle. [0] tipc_topsrv_stop() iterates tipc_net(net)->topsrv->conn_idr an…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-38477

    net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_qfq: Fix race condition on qfq_aggregate A race condition can occur when 'agg' is modified in qfq_change_agg (called during qfq_enqueue) while other threads access it concurren…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2025-38332

    scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version The strlcat() with FORTIFY support is triggering a panic because it thinks the target buffer will overflow although the correct target buffer size is…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38211
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38332
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38464
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38477
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376406
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2379246
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383509
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383922
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-15008.html