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Medium 1 exploited CVE RLSA-2025:16880 5 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update

Published Oct 10, 2025 · Updated Oct 10, 2025

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry (CVE-2025-38472)

* kernel: smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break (CVE-2025-38527)

* kernel: sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv (CVE-2025-38718)

* kernel: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list (CVE-2025-39682)

* kernel: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure (CVE-2025-39698)

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 0:5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6

Vulnerabilities 5

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2025-39682 Exploited Public exploit

    tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list Each recvmsg() call must process either - only contiguous DATA records (any number of them) - one non-DATA record If the next record ha…

    KEV Sep 18, 2026
  • Critical 9.8

    netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_conntrack: fix crash due to removal of uninitialised entry A crash in conntrack was reported while trying to unlink the conntrack entry from the hash bucket list: [exception RIP…

  • Critical 9.8

    smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix use-after-free in cifs_oplock_break A race condition can occur in cifs_oplock_break() leading to a use-after-free of the cinode structure when unmounting: cifs_oplock_break()…

  • High 7.8

    sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv A cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the original head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs. syzbot reported …

  • High 7.8

    io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/futex: ensure io_futex_wait() cleans up properly on failure The io_futex_data is allocated upfront and assigned to the io_kiocb async_data field, but the request isn't marked with RE…

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2383916
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2388928
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393166
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393511
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2393519