Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation (CVE-2025-40300)
* kernel: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition (CVE-2023-53178)
* kernel: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy (CVE-2022-50367)
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
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-553.83.1.el8_10 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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High 7.8
fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy In alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode->i_private uninitialized. Then nilfs_is_m…
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High 7.8
mm: fix zswap writeback race condition
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: fix zswap writeback race condition The zswap writeback mechanism can cause a race condition resulting in memory corruption, where a swapped out page gets swapped in with data that was wri…
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Unscored —
x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmscape: Add conditional IBPB mitigation VMSCAPE is a vulnerability that exploits insufficient branch predictor isolation between a guest and a userspace hypervisor (like QEMU). Existing …