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High ALSA-2025:8056 3 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published May 21, 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: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (CVE-2024-40906)
* kernel: net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink (CVE-2024-44970)
* kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756)

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 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-abi-stablelists 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-core 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-cross-headers 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-core 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-devel 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-doc 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-headers 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-tools-libs-devel 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-core 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 perf 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-perf 4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 3

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2024-44970

    net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink When all the strides in a WQE have been consumed, the WQE is unlinked from the WQ linked list (mlx5_wq_ll_pop()). For SHAMPO, it is possib…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • High 7.8
    CVE-2025-21756 Public exploit

    vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction Preserve sockets bindings; this includes both resulting from an explicit bind() and those implicitly bound through autobind during connect(). …

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux
  • Unscored —
    CVE-2024-40906

    net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal Currently, if teardown_hca fails to execute during driver removal, mlx5 does not stop the health timer. Afterwards, mlx5 continue with…

    Linux Linux linux-raspi2 linux-hwe Linux Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40906
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44970
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21756
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297490
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2309801
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348609
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8056.html