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Medium ALSA-2025:9581 6 CVEs

Moderate: kernel-rt security update

Published Jun 25, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: cifs: fix double free race when mount fails in cifs_get_root() (CVE-2022-48919)
* kernel: security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission (CVE-2024-50301)
* kernel: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path (CVE-2024-53064)
* kernel: ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb() (CVE-2025-21764)

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 10

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-devel 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-devel 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10
AlmaLinux · 8 kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.58.1.rt7.399.el8_10

Vulnerabilities 6

  • High 8.8

    cifs: fix double free race when mount fails in cifs_get_root()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix double free race when mount fails in cifs_get_root() When cifs_get_root() fails during cifs_smb3_do_mount() we call deactivate_locked_super() which eventually will call delayed_free…

  • High 7.8

    security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: security/keys: fix slab-out-of-bounds in key_task_permission KASAN reports an out of bounds read: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __kuid_val include/linux/uidgid.h:36 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-o…

  • High 7.8

    ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ndisc: use RCU protection in ndisc_alloc_skb() ndisc_alloc_skb() can be called without RTNL or RCU being held. Add RCU protection to avoid possible UAF.

  • Medium 5.5

    smb: client: fix warning in cifs_smb3_do_mount()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix warning in cifs_smb3_do_mount() This fixes the following warning reported by kernel test robot fs/smb/client/cifsfs.c:982 cifs_smb3_do_mount() warn: possible memory leak of '…

  • Medium 5.5

    idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix idpf_vc_core_init error path In an event where the platform running the device control plane is rebooted, reset is detected on the driver. It releases all the resources and waits fo…

  • Unscored —

    idpf: fix null-ptr-deref in idpf_features_check

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix null-ptr-deref in idpf_features_check idpf_features_check is used to validate the TX packet. skb header length is compared with the hardware supported value received from the device…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48919
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-50301
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-53064
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21764
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327188
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2327347
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348575
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-9581.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2023-53230.html
  • report
    https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-38053.html