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Critical RHSA-2025:18318 6 CVEs

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published Oct 21, 2025 · Updated Oct 17, 2026

Fixed packages 91

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Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-devel-matched 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-64k-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-abi-stablelists 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-devel-matched 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debug-uki-virt 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-devel-matched 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-doc 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-kvm 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-kvm 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-rt-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-tools 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-tools-libs 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-tools-libs-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-uki-virt 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-uki-virt-addons 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-devel 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-modules 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 libperf 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 libperf-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 perf 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 perf-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 python3-perf 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 python3-perf-debuginfo 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 rtla 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
Red Hat · RHEL 10 enterprise_linux:10.0 rv 0:6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0

Vulnerabilities 6

  • Critical 9.8

    scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix buffer free/clear order in deferred receive path Fix a use-after-free window by correcting the buffer release sequence in the deferred receive path. The code freed the RQ buff…

  • High 8.2

    sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts A security exploit was discovered in NFS over TLS in tls_alert_recv due to its assumption that there is valid data in the msghdr's iterator's kv…

  • High 7.8

    ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: reject malicious packets in ipv6_gso_segment() syzbot was able to craft a packet with very long IPv6 extension headers leading to an overflow of skb->transport_header. This 16bit field …

  • High 7.8

    eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: Fix semi-unbounded recursion Ensure that epoll instances can never form a graph deeper than EP_MAX_NESTS+1 links. Currently, ep_loop_check_proc() ensures that the graph is loop-fre…

  • High 7.1

    efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare Observed on kernel 6.6 (present on master as well): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in memcmp+0x98/0xd0 Call trace: kasan_check_range+0xe…

  • Unscored —

    KVM: x86/hyper-v: Skip non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/hyper-v: Skip non-canonical addresses during PV TLB flush In KVM guests with Hyper-V hypercalls enabled, the hypercalls HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_LIST and HVCALL_FLUSH_VIRTUAL_ADD…

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2382059
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389480
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389491
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389517
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2395805
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    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396944
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    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_18318.json
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38351
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38351
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38351
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025071951-CVE-2025-38351-75ea@gregkh/T
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38571
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38571
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38571
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    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081910-CVE-2025-38571-ba2a@gregkh/T
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38572
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38572
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38572
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081910-CVE-2025-38572-200b@gregkh/T
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38614
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38614
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38614
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025081924-CVE-2025-38614-883c@gregkh/T
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    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-39817
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39817
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39817
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    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091615-CVE-2025-39817-90b7@gregkh/T
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-39841
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39841
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39841
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091902-CVE-2025-39841-2c0f@gregkh/T