ESB-2026.3137 — Vulnetix

ESB-2026.3137 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

=========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2026.3137 kernel security update 31 March 2026 =========================================================================== AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: kernel Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2025-68349 CVE-2025-38141 CVE-2025-71085 CVE-2025-38248 CVE-2025-40096 CVE-2025-37849 Original Bulletin: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6193 Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.5 CVE-2025-71085 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H) CVSS Source: Red Hat Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H EPSS (Max): 0.1% (17th) CVE-2025-37849 2026-03-30 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- RHSA-2026:6193 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-03-30 Updated: 2026-03-30 Synopsis Kernel security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): o kernel: KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation (CVE-2025-37849) o kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in device mapper due to race condition in zone reporting (CVE-2025-38141) o kernel: Linux kernel:A use-after-free in bridge multicast in br_multicast_port_ctx_init (CVE-2025-38248) o kernel: drm/sched: Fix potential double free in drm_sched_job_add_resv_dependencies (CVE-2025-40096) o kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid (CVE-2025-68349) o kernel: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr () (CVE-2025-71085) 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. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. Affected Products o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64 o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x o Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 aarch64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 s390x o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 ppc64le o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 x86_64 Fixes o BZ - 2365271 - CVE-2025-37849 kernel: KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation o BZ - 2376052 - CVE-2025-38141 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in device mapper due to race condition in zone reporting o BZ - 2378981 - CVE-2025-38248 kernel: Linux kernel:A use-after-free in bridge multicast in br_multicast_port_ctx_init o BZ - 2407333 - CVE-2025-40096 kernel: drm/sched: Fix potential double free in drm_sched_job_add_resv_dependencies o BZ - 2424880 - CVE-2025-68349 kernel: NFSv4/pNFS: Clear NFS_INO_LAYOUTCOMMIT in pnfs_mark_layout_stateid_invalid o BZ - 2429026 - CVE-2025-71085 kernel: ipv6: BUG() in pskb_expand_head() as part of calipso_skbuff_setattr() CVEs o CVE-2025-37849 o CVE-2025-38141 o CVE-2025-38248 o CVE-2025-40096 o CVE-2025-68349 o CVE-2025-71085 References o https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT---------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AUSCERT. 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Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	kernel

Timeline

Mar 30, 2026 CVE Published
Mar 31, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

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