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RLSA-2026:21556 (CVE-2025-38653)

Vulnerability from osv_rocky – Published: 2026-05-30 18:03 – Updated: 2026-06-13 18:05 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Important: kernel security update
Details

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

Security Fix(es):

  • kernel: proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al (CVE-2025-38653)

  • kernel: ima: don't clear IMA_DIGSIG flag when setting or removing non-IMA xattr (CVE-2025-68183)

  • kernel: nbd: defer config unlock in nbd_genl_connect (CVE-2025-68366)

  • kernel: crypto: asymmetric_keys - prevent overflow in asymmetric_key_generate_id (CVE-2025-68724)

  • kernel: iommu: disable SVA when CONFIG_X86 is set (CVE-2025-71089)

  • kernel: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error (CVE-2026-23392)

  • kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_h323: check for zero length in DecodeQ931() (CVE-2026-23455)

  • kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold (CVE-2026-31408)

  • kernel: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers (CVE-2026-31684)

  • kernel: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets (CVE-2026-31685)

  • kernel: netfilter: nf_conntrack_helper: pass helper to expect cleanup (CVE-2026-43027)

  • kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: validate LTK enc_size on load (CVE-2026-43020)

  • kernel: HID: wacom: fix out-of-bounds read in wacom_intuos_bt_irq (CVE-2026-43051)

  • kernel: smb: client: validate the whole DACL before rewriting it in cifsacl (CVE-2026-31709)

  • kernel: Bluetooth: SCO: fix race conditions in sco_sock_connect() (CVE-2026-43023)

  • kernel: wifi: brcmfmac: validate bsscfg indices in IF events (CVE-2026-43110)

  • kernel: netfilter: xt_tcpmss: check remaining length before reading optlen (CVE-2026-43190)

  • kernel: xfs: fix freemap adjustments when adding xattrs to leaf blocks (CVE-2026-43158)

  • kernel: mm/page_alloc: clear page->private in free_pages_prepare() (CVE-2026-43303)

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.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Credits
Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Red Hat
References
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