CVE-2025-38079
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
RHSA-2025:12753: kernel-rt security update (Important)
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 9 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.147-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.244-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.12.32-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.12.32-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.32-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 5.4.294 | |
| linux-kernel | 6.15 | affected | |
| debian | 11.0 | affected | |
| almalinux | 8 | fixed | kernel-rt-4.18.0-553.66.1.rt7.407.el8_10.x86_64.rpm |
| almalinux | 9 | fixed | kernel-devel-5.14.0-570.33.2.el9_6.aarch64.rpm |
| rhel | 8 | fixed | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13602
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0346f4b742345d1c733c977f3a7aef5a6419a967
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/134daaba93193df9e988524b5cd2f52d15eb1993
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f45a8d64fb4ed4830a4b3273834ecd6ca504896
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2df03ed4052e97126267e8c13ad4204ea6ba9b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7bba75b91539e93615f560893a599c1e1c98bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3059d58f79fdfb2201249c2741514e34562b547
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0f3d09f53534ea385d55ced408f2b67059b16e4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:12753
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:12752
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38079.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:13602
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38079
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2373383
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2379219
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-13602.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12752
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2356592
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2360099
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2366848
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2373380
CWEs
CWE-415
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.