RHSA-2025:12238MediumCVSS 7.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
July 30, 2025
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (5)

CVE-2025-37738 →CVE-2022-49058 →CVE-2022-50022 →CVE-2025-21905 →CVE-2025-22004 →

📋 Description

CVE-2022-49058 — kernel: cifs: potential buffer overflow in handling symlinks CVE-2022-50022 — kernel: drivers:md:fix a potential use-after-free bug CVE-2025-21905 — kernel: wifi: iwlwifi: limit printed string from FW file CVE-2025-22004 — kernel: net: atm: fix use after free in lec_send() CVE-2025-37738 — kernel: ext4: ignore xattrs past end

🎯 Affected products52

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • bpftool-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-abi-stablelists-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-core-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-core-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-devel-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-modules-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debug-modules-extra-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debuginfo-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-0:4.18.0-305.165.1.el8_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
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✅ Remediation

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. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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