RHSA-2025:12977HighCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1, kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1, and kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_68_2 security update

Published
August 5, 2025
Last Modified
October 29, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-38089 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-38089 — kernel: sunrpc: handle SVC_GARBAGE during svc auth processing as auth error

🎯 Affected products36

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-0:1-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-0:1-11.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-0:1-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-debuginfo-0:1-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-debuginfo-0:1-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-debugsource-0:1-11.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_13_1-debugsource-0:1-11.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-0:1-9.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-0:1-9.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-0:1-9.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-debuginfo-0:1-9.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-debuginfo-0:1-9.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-debugsource-0:1-9.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_31_1-debugsource-0:1-9.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-0:1-7.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-0:1-7.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-0:1-7.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-debuginfo-0:1-7.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-debuginfo-0:1-7.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-debugsource-0:1-7.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_44_1-debugsource-0:1-7.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-0:1-5.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-0:1-5.el9_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-0:1-5.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-debuginfo-0:1-5.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-debuginfo-0:1-5.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-debugsource-0:1-5.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_55_1-debugsource-0:1-5.el9_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-427_68_2-0:1-2.el9_4.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.4)
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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: Red Hat has investigated whether a possible mitigation exists for this issue, and has not been able to identify a practical example. Please update the affected package as soon as possible. Additionally, to protect against this and other similar vulnerabilities, ensure appropriate access controls are in place to prevent unauthorized use of RPC-based services. If SunRPC not being used, then to mitigate this issue to prevent the sunrpc module from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for information on how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.

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