{"id":"RLSA-2025:8056","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: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (CVE-2024-40906)\n\n* kernel: net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink (CVE-2024-44970)\n\n* kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756)\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":"2026-03-11T06:38:11.576690Z","published":"2025-07-29T13:38:26.982620Z","upstream":["CVE-2024-40906","CVE-2024-44970","CVE-2025-21756"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:8056"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2297490"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309801"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2348609"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/kernel?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:4.18.0-553.53.1.el8_10"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:8056.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"}]}