Moderate: kernel security update
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461) * kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498) * kernel: HID: core: Harden s32ton() against conversion to 0 bits (CVE-2025-38556) 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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU (CVE-2025-38461) * kernel: do_change_type(): refuse to operate on unmounted/not ours mounts (CVE-2025-38498) * kernel: HID: core: Harden s32ton() against conversion to 0 bits (CVE-2025-38556) 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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:16372
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38461
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38498
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38556
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2384422
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2389456
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-16372.html