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High RLSA-2025:10379 5 CVEs

Important: kernel security update

Published Oct 4, 2025 · Updated Oct 4, 2025

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() (CVE-2025-21759)

* kernel: ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up (CVE-2025-21887)

* kernel: net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() (CVE-2025-22004)

* kernel: udf: Fix a slab-out-of-bounds write bug in udf_find_entry() (CVE-2022-49846)

* kernel: vmxnet3: Fix malformed packet sizing in vmxnet3_process_xdp (CVE-2025-37799)

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 kernel 0:5.14.0-570.25.1.el9_6

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 8.6

    net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() The ->send() operation frees skb so save the length before calling ->send() to avoid a use after free.

  • High 8.6

    vmxnet3: Fix malformed packet sizing in vmxnet3_process_xdp

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmxnet3: Fix malformed packet sizing in vmxnet3_process_xdp vmxnet3 driver's XDP handling is buggy for packet sizes using ring0 (that is, packet sizes between 128 - 3k bytes). We noticed MTU-…

  • High 7.8

    udf: Fix a slab-out-of-bounds write bug in udf_find_entry()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: Fix a slab-out-of-bounds write bug in udf_find_entry() Syzbot reported a slab-out-of-bounds Write bug: loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 2048 ====================================…

  • High 7.8

    ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: mcast: extend RCU protection in igmp6_send() igmp6_send() can be called without RTNL or RCU being held. Extend RCU protection so that we can safely fetch the net pointer and avoid a pot…

  • High 7.8

    ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: fix UAF in ovl_dentry_update_reval by moving dput() in ovl_link_up The issue was caused by dput(upper) being called before ovl_dentry_update_reval(), while upper->d_flags was still acces…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348596
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2355405
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2357142
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2363432
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2363876