{"id":"RLSA-2025:23241","summary":"Important: kernel security update","details":"The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* kernel: clone_private_mnt(): make sure that caller has CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the right userns (CVE-2025-38499)\n\n* kernel: iommufd: Fix race during abort for file descriptors (CVE-2025-39966)\n\n* kernel: tls: wait for pending async decryptions if tls_strp_msg_hold fails (CVE-2025-40176)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-03-11T06:36:11.928568Z","published":"2025-12-23T09:09:01.444974Z","upstream":["CVE-2025-38499","CVE-2025-39966","CVE-2025-40176"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:23241"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2387670"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404107"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414524"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:5.14.0-611.16.1.el9_7"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:23241.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}