CVE-2025-39981

high
Published 2025-12-01 · Modified 2026-05-28
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Important: kernel-rt security update

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Red Hat Errata — Red Hat Inc. · View original ↗ · Open-Errata-API

Description kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs Red Hat statement Ensure Bluetooth management interfaces are hardened or, if unused, disabled. CVSS v3: 7.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H) Errata / fixed releases ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10kernel-0:6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1RHSA-2025:228542025-12-09T00:00:00Z Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended…

Description

kernel: Bluetooth: MGMT: Fix possible UAFs

Red Hat statement

Ensure Bluetooth management interfaces are hardened or, if unused, disabled.

CVSS v3: 7.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H)

Errata / fixed releases

ProductPackageAdvisoryReleased
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10kernel-0:6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1RHSA-2025:228542025-12-09T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Supportkernel-0:6.12.0-55.52.1.el10_0RHSA-2026:02712026-01-08T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-611.11.1.el9_7RHSA-2025:224052025-12-01T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-0:5.14.0-611.11.1.el9_7RHSA-2025:224052025-12-01T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionskernel-0:5.14.0-284.166.1.el9_2RHSA-2026:96442026-04-22T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutionskernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.166.1.rt14.451.el9_2RHSA-2026:95122026-04-22T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Supportkernel-0:5.14.0-427.121.1.el9_4RHSA-2026:101082026-04-23T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Supportkernel-0:5.14.0-570.77.1.el9_6RHSA-2026:04572026-01-12T00:00:00Z

Package state

ProductPackageState
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6kernelNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernelNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7kernel-rtNot affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernelAffected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8kernel-rtAffected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9kernel-rtAffected

Apply commands

bash fix
Apply RHSA-2025:22854 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
yum update -y kernel
# or:
dnf upgrade -y kernel

Affected

VendorProductVersion
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7Not affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8Affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8Affected
redhatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 9Affected

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
suse slesaffected
rockylinux rocky9fixed
debian debianbookwormaffected
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed6.16.10-1
debian debiansidfixed6.16.10-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.12.63-1
almalinux almalinux8fixedkernel-doc-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm
almalinux almalinux9fixedkernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-611.11.1.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.