ESB-2026.3407
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.300000190734863 HIGH
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3407
kernel-rt security update
9 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel-rt
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2025-38180 CVE-2025-38206 CVE-2025-38248
CVE-2025-38154 CVE-2026-23209
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7100
Comment: CVSS (Max): 7.3 CVE-2025-38206 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H)
CVSS Source: Red Hat
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
EPSS (Max): 0.0% (7th) CVE-2025-38206 2026-04-08
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RHSA-2026:7100 - Security Advisory
Issued: 2026-04-08
Updated: 2026-04-08
Synopsis
Kernel-rt security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Moderate
Topic
An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0
Update Services for SAP Solutions.
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-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables
fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism requirements.
Security Fix(es):
o kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in BPF sockmap can lead to denial of
service and privilege escalation (CVE-2025-38154)
o kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free vulnerability in ATM subsystem
(CVE-2025-38180)
o kernel: Kernel: Double free vulnerability in exFAT filesystem can lead to
denial of service (CVE-2025-38206)
o kernel: Linux kernel:A use-after-free in bridge multicast in
br_multicast_port_ctx_init (CVE-2025-38248)
o kernel: macvlan: fix error recovery in macvlan_common_newlink()
(CVE-2026-23209)
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 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.0
x86_64
Fixes
o BZ - 2376056 - CVE-2025-38154 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in BPF
sockmap can lead to denial of service and privilege escalation
o BZ - 2376376 - CVE-2025-38180 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free
vulnerability in ATM subsystem
o BZ - 2376377 - CVE-2025-38206 kernel: Kernel: Double free vulnerability in
exFAT filesystem can lead to denial of service
o BZ - 2378981 - CVE-2025-38248 kernel: Linux kernel:A use-after-free in
bridge multicast in br_multicast_port_ctx_init
o BZ - 2439900 - CVE-2026-23209 kernel: macvlan: fix error recovery in
macvlan_common_newlink()
CVEs
o CVE-2025-38154
o CVE-2025-38180
o CVE-2025-38206
o CVE-2025-38248
o CVE-2026-23209
References
o https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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