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High ALSA-2025:23279 2 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published Dec 16, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (CVE-2025-38499)
* kernel: net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process (CVE-2025-39984)

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 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-abi-stablelists 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
AlmaLinux · 10 kernel-doc 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.8

    clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns What we want is to verify there is that clone won't expose something hidden by a mount we wouldn't be able to …

  • Unscored —

    net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tun: Update napi->skb after XDP process The syzbot report a UAF issue: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in skb_reset_mac_header include/linux/skbuff.h:3150 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-a…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38499
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-39984
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2387670
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2404111
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-23279.html