Important: kernel security update
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (CVE-2024-40906) * kernel: net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink (CVE-2024-44970) * kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756) 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: net/mlx5: Always stop health timer during driver removal (CVE-2024-40906) * kernel: net/mlx5e: SHAMPO, Fix invalid WQ linked list unlink (CVE-2024-44970) * kernel: vsock: Keep the binding until socket destruction (CVE-2025-21756) 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-2025:8056
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40906
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-44970
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-21756
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2297490
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2309801
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2348609
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8056.html